Under law, a site will be obliged to meet a duty of care to those working on it, especially as contaminants in the land could have detrimental effects on health


An industry-wide consultation followed in 2002, leading to a revision of the regulations, introduced in 2007, bringing together the original measures and the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 into a single regulatory package.


Who are you?


The term ‘duty-holder’ embraces a catalogue of terms, including client, CDM coordinator, designer, principal contractor, contractor or worker. The client is anyone having construction or building work carried out as part of their business. A CDM co- ordinator has to be appointed to advise the client on projects that, as Rob Everett outlined, last more than 30 days or involve 500 man-days of construction work.


Designer relates to the function performed, rather than the profession or job title. Designers are those who, as part of their work, prepare design drawings,


specifications, bills of quantities and the specification of articles and substances. The term could include architects, engineers and quantity surveyors. The principal contractor's role is to plan, manage and co-ordinate health and safety whilst construction work is being undertaken, and is usually the main or managing contractor for the work. A contractor is a business involved in construction, alteration, maintenance or demolition work and could involve building, civil engineering, mechanical, electrical, demolition and maintenance companies, partnerships and the self- employed. A worker could be, for example, a plumber, electrician, scaffolder, painter, decorator, steel erector, as well as those supervising the work, such as a foreman or charge hand. Before development work begins, knowing what environmental factors may have an impact on the site in the short and long time is crucial. Issues like contaminated land, but also subsidence, and flooding, can have a hugely detrimental impact on the viability of a project and development plans.


TWENTYQuestions


John Turner - Marge Simpson is on his wish list, as is a trip to Thailand - trouble is, he hates flying. DOH!


Who are you? John Colin Paul Turner (after the Pope). Head Greenkeeper at Leek Golf Club.


Family status? Single with one boy of 11.


Who’s your hero and why? My son Conner. After battling early life complications he came through it all with a cheeky smile on his face.


What is your dream holiday? There are lots of places I’d love to visit, but I’m intrigued by Thailand at the moment. Problem is, I hate flying!


What annoys you the most? Bad manners and poor time-keeping.


What would you change about yourself? What?! I’m perfect! (joke!). To have a greater ability to see the whole picture, as I’m always told there are two sides to every story.


Who wouldn’t you like to be? Mary Bale, the lady who put the cat in the wheelybin.


Favourite record, and why? ‘I see you’ by Mika, for personal reasons.


Who would you choose to spend a


romantic evening with? Ideally, a loved one. Failing that, someone deep, dry and funny, so it would have to be Marge Simpson.


If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? Help out family and friends. It depends on the amount I suppose. I’d love to get involved with local charities to give directly to those in the greatest need.


If you were to describe yourself as a musical instrument, what would you be and why? A trumpet.


What’s the best advice you have ever been given? Treat others as you wish to be treated yourself.


What’s your favourite smell? Lavender.


What's the daftest work related question you have ever been asked? Do I buy bunker sand with large stones in it?!


What do you do in your spare time? Socialising, spending time with family and friends and going to the gym. I love the UK, so I’m also starting to explore our


wonderful coastline.


What’s your favourite piece of kit? Dakota Turf Tender.


What three words would you use to describe yourself? Moody, loyal, trustworthy.


What talent would you like to have? To play the piano.


What makes you angry? The M6 on a Friday!


What law/legislation would you like to see introduced? Greater restrictions, across the board, on chemical usage.


While investigation for sites that are at


risk from having contaminated land do exist via the government agencies and non-governmental bodies already mentioned, this can be costly to either a club or a local authority. Another option is the Envirocheck service, which gives broad access to environmental risk information and provides ‘comprehensive, accurate and high quality current and historical information’ for those wanting to know whether a site has contaminants on it. Specifically relating to contaminated land, the Envirocheck service offers a soils site report, produced by Cranfield University’s National Soil Resources Institute. The report identifies and describes the


properties and capacities of the soil at a specified location, as recorded in the National Soil Map for England and Wales, and will tell a client whether there are contaminants and what they are.


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