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On 6 April 2007 the government introduced a new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations are designed to increase the overall safety of construction sites and reduce the number of accidents in the construction of pilot projects. A new framework replaces the previous two – CMD Regulations 1994 and Construction (Safety, Health and Welfare) 1996. Any outdated rules have been updated 2 sets were combined into a single new set of rules and principles. Despite the advances in design and construction of communication technology is still considered too dangerous working conditions, about one-third of all fatal industrial accidents in the construction industry and many thousands injured, while the construction projects per year. These injuries and the death of a broad achieve significant influence with colleagues, family, friends and of course, unhappy man, not the possible legal consequences of the construction company to call. The main purpose of the new rules is to create health and safety of the design in each phase of construction projects from start to finish. The regulations apply to all participants to the project construction and provide that each of them must bring to the health and safety. It starts with the customer who commissions the construction work and includes designers, principle contractors, craftsmen and builders. Another objective of the new rules, discouragement and remove all unnecessary paperwork and bureaucracy, which, since, as one of the most important factors in the design of injuries and accidents. focus by the elimination of the risk in the early stages of construction and efforts where it is most effective if the new rules allow more attention will be paid to such major issues on the spot. While these advantages of the new rules clear CDM engineering firms, construction workers and other allied health professionals, many of them are also a direct impact on customers that are either not have a low level of construction and repair work or contract with third parties. If a person believes that the new rules are not affected because they do not participate in the construction industry do not, they are probably wrong. For example, if a person is liable for any property that requires occasional maintenance work, then as a client, they must by some very specific tasks to keep. As part of the new building (Design and Management) Regulation of the internal client decides who lives or in areas where construction work was carried live. Although the internal customer is the health and safety construction duties under the CDM Regulations 2007 staff are employed by them for the construction of the project. Other roles also have certain duties under the new provisions of the CDM, such as: designer – including all persons working for any part of the project, such as architects, project managers, estimators, engineers, interior designers, or someone more traditional in design Development construction as an “entrepreneur” is used. The main contractor – is the key owner is liable for the debts, including health and safety in the overall planning, effective management and coordination at the construction phase. Contractor – this includes any person who works or administered as part of their business. If you doubt the actual impact of the new rules, CDM’s own construction projects and need advice on their own responsibility, it would be advisable to use the services of health and safety in construction consultant.