Jim Slater

Independent Construction Design & Risk Management Professional

 

I’m a mechanical engineer & commercial space planner by trade and have worked in the construction sector since 1986. In 1988, I established a consultancy specialising in space planning and risk management; and have had the opportunity of working throughout the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.  

 

2015 to date as CDM principal designer
2007 to 2015 as CDM coordinator
2003 to 2007 as CDM planning supervisor

Every year people are killed, and thousands injured or made ill, through construction work. Such incidents often have a significant and long-lasting effect on the individuals, colleagues, family, friends and businesses. Careful planning and assessment of risks and hazards involved are vital to ensure the safety of those onsite and the public.

 

By law, everyone involved in construction must get involved with health & safety to help improve planning and management and identify hazards and risks. The regulations also place responsibilities on those where they can most benefit health & safety aiming to focus the attention of the project team on the health & safety aspects of the project because they have to, it's the law.

 

Breaching CDM Regulations is a criminal offence punishable with unlimited fines and, for individuals, imprisonment.​