NFDC tells minister clients are avoiding CDM responsibilities

Construction minister Nigel Griffiths has been advised that some industry clients are still ignorant of, or even deliberately avoiding, their responsibilities under the CDM safety
regulations.
The warning has come from leaders of the demolition industry, who are pressing for government action on this issue.
At a meeting with the minister, representatives of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors reiterated their call for all demolition sites to be notifiable under the CDM
regulations.
They acknowledged the Health & Safety Executive's lack of resources, but suggested that a notification charge could be levied to assist funding.
It was further proposed that the government should again consider the licensing of demolition contractors along the same lines as the asbestos removal regulations.
The demolition chiefs, led by Howard Button and David Clarke, also expressed concern about changes in the Environment Agency's definition of waste. They said the revised definition meant that demolition waste could only be recycled as an aggregate on sites that held a waste management licence or special exemption.