PRESS INFORMATION
For immediate release
11 May 2009
CDM2007.org Reaches Regional Finals
in National Business Awards
www.CDM2007.org, developer of the e-learning portal dedicated to CDM training,Organised by United Business Media and sponsored by Orange, the National Business Awards offer a business recognition platform with a particular emphasis on success, innovation and ethical business.
CDM2007.org is a finalist in the Health, Work & Well-being Award for Small Business category, and will be making a final presentation before an independent, expert panel of judges in June. The winners will be unveiled at a gala dinner and awards ceremony in London on July 14th.
“We are very excited to reach the short-list of finalists in this prestigious awards scheme,” said David Jones, Marketing Manager at CDM2007.org. “Recognition for the role that our e-learning portal has played in terms of delivering a central resource for improving and delivering robust health and safety knowledge in the construction industry, is always very welcome, and we very much look forward to the final.”
Philip Forrest, Chairman of Judges at the National Business Awards, said: “The entry level for this year’s programme of The National Business Awards Regional Programme is very encouraging. Entrants have shown both the resilience and optimism that are the hallmarks of UK enterprise. “
CDM2007.org was developed by London Borough of Bromley to provide the tools necessary for construction personnel to meet the government and industry standards redefined by the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2007 (CDM2007). It delivers comprehensive modular training and detailed support materials through a dedicated website aimed primarily at local authorities and public service organisations.
Further information www.CDM2007.org
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By Hannover Consultancy on behalf of cdm2007.org, a business project of the London Borough of Bromley
For more information:
Julie Kirby/Matthew Pudney at Hannover Consultancy
T. +44 020 (7) 602 9222 M. 07956 955625
E. julie.kirby@hannoverconsultancy.com / matthew.pudney@hannoverconsultancy.com
Steve Dalby at CDM2007.org T +44 020 (8) 464 3333
E. Steve.dalby@cdm2007.org
Notes to Editors:
CDM2007.org background
In anticipation of the release of the CDM 2007 Regulations, London Borough of Bromley built a new central E-Learning portal and developed essential modular on-line CDM2007 training. This was launched on 31 May 2007.
The CDM2007.org project provides essential unified on-line modular CDM training available to all public service organisations and local authorities across the UK. The training addresses the need to provide credible proof of competence, as the new CDM2007 Regulations and Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act 2007 require. It enables those who undertake the training and who pass the tests to have the necessary tools to prove they are competent to discharge their lawful duties. Under the regulations particular importance is attached to the new statutory role of the CDM Coordinator, and the three key areas that prove competency: job experiences, the work being completed and continued professional development.
Longer term The CDM2007.org project aims to establish a joined-up CDM Community to share experience and raise the culture of health and safety thereby reducing fatalities and injuries within the building and construction industries and bringing about safer communities.
The project started as in-house training for the local Bromley team, but by sharing the CDM2007 modular training to other public service organisations across the Internet using an E-Learning Portal, the whole of the public sector would benefit.
