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  by Kaleem Khan 1 year ago

  if i am mistaken, is this Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) group?
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  by Declan O Neill 2 years ago

  Well just about to undertake my first project, i know everything im supposed to be doing in theory, but still feel worried. Any advise on those first steps is more that welcome...
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  by MALCOLM SHIELS 2 years ago

  Morning Declan
  
  Yeh i agree its been a bit quiet so far, hopefully with more posters like yourself we can get some discussion going and advice passing to and fro.
  
  Regards, Malcolm
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  by Declan O Neill 2 years ago

  Hi All
  Its a bit quite in here,
  I am just starting out as a CDM-C amd look forward to any advise that people can offer
  Thanks
  Declan
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  by Chris Huddart 2 years ago

  Totally endorse & support Malcolm's open letter. Whilst I support healthy competition there are rates at either end of the scale that are totally out of proportion to the project. The worry at the lower end of the scale is largely in the detail, particularly of design & whilst design related SHE competencies have improved over the years, I still believe this is a weak area within the application CDM that the CDM C role is critically there to support. However, applying Reg 4(2) I have concerns that role holders accepting such low fee positions may find themselves in case law in the future.
  
  Chris
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  by MALCOLM SHIELS 2 years ago

  Please see below opne letter today sent to many construction trade publications in UK hoping they will publish it, it has also ben sent to the Chief Inspector of Construction at the HSE.
  
  Dear Sir / Madam
  
  An open letter on CDM coordinator fees.
  
  Could I bring to your attention the current worrying practice of organisations supplying the CDM coordinator (CDMC) role on projects at fee levels which cannot possibly facilitate the full and proper delivery of the CDMC function as set out in the CDM ACOP and other related guidance.
  Whilst accepting that current economic conditions may necessitate the need for organisations to ‘trim’ fee levels to operate as efficiently as they can. The level of some fees at the present time is just not sustainable and will take us back to ‘planning supervisor’ days and the tick box function.
  The whole ethos behind the CDMC role is to be a proactive integral member of the project delivery team and to be a key advisor to the client. If organisations submit such so low fees and clients accept them then the above just cannot happen. A key client duty is not only to appoint ‘competent’ organisations / individuals to the role of CDMC, but to make sure they are adequately resourced. You cannot adequately resource the delivery of the CDMC function at such low fee levels and ultimately the client increases their chances of construction risk management problems with the project.
  National professional institutions and large scale government departments should be taking a lead on this and stressing that getting ‘best value’ does not mean cheapest price! The value placed on the CDMC role must not be allowed to be diluted. How can any credence be given to the role when such low fees are submitted and accepted.
  The construction industry has made commendable strides in terms of health and safety and construction risk management over the last few years. To continue to allow these unsustainable fee levels to occur would be a backward step. How are CDM coordinators going to attend design team meetings, coordinate health and safety aspects of the design, liaise with principal contractors, manage pre construction information, produce health and safety files, and from an informed position advise and assist their client, when the fee won’t allow them to do so!!
  I ask that nationally the HSE, APS, CIC, CONIAC, RIBA, RICS, ICE, and any other professional organisation, particularly client led groups, which has an interest in the construction industry debate and discuss this issue openly.
  Yours faithfully
  
  Malcolm Shiels, Associate Director, Summers-Inman
  Regional Chair APS Northern Region