JCT Amendment 1: CDM Regulations

Issued March 2015 (Effective from 6 April 2015)

JCT has issued the following amendment sheets for its 2011 edition of JCT contracts, covering the CDM Regulations 2015, which are effective from 6 April 2015. Please click on the drop down menu for each contract family to access and download the relevant CDM amendment sheet (all in PDF format):

Note: for existing contracts, the amendments can be made by executing a short further agreement agreeing that as from 6 April 2015, that contract shall be treated as amended in accordance with JCT Amendment 1.

• Standard Building Contract 2011

  Standard Building Contract With Quantities (SBC/Q)

  Standard Building Contract Without Quantities (SBC/XQ)

  Standard Building Contract With Approximate Quantities (SBC/AQ)

  Standard Building Sub-Contract (SBCSub/A, SBCSub/C)

  Standard Building Sub-Contract with sub-contractor's design (SBCSub/D/A, SBCSub/D/C)

• Intermediate Building Contract 2011

  Intermediate Building Contract (IC)

  Intermediate Building Contract with contractor's design (ICD)

  Intermediate Sub-Contract (ICSub/A, ICSub/C)

  Intermediate Sub-Contract with sub-contractor's design (ICSub/D/A, ICSub/D/C)

  Intermediate Named Sub-Contract (ICSub/NAM/IT, ICSub/NAM/T, ICSub/NAM/A,  ICSub/NAM/C)

  Intermediate Named Sub-Contracter/Employer Agreement (ICSub/NAM/E)

• Minor Works Building Contract 2011

  Minor Works Building Contract (MW)

  Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design (MWD)

  Minor Works Sub-Contract with sub-contractor's design (MWSub/D)

• Major Project Construction Contract 2011

  Major Project Construction Contract (MP)

  Major Project Sub-Contract (MPSub)

• Design and Build Contract 2011

  Design and Build Contract (DB)

  Design and Build Sub-Contract (DBSub/A, DBSub/C)

• Management Building Contract 2011

  Management Building Contract (MC)

  Management Works Contract (MCWC/A, MCWC/C)

• Construction Management Contract 2011

  Construction Management Appointment (CM/A)

  Construction Management Trade Contract (CM/TC)

• JCT-CE Contract 2011

  JCT-Constructing Excellence Contract (CE)

• Measured Term Contract 2011

  Measured Term Contract (MTC)

• Prime Cost Building Contract 2011

  Prime Cost Building Contract (PCC)

• Consultancy Agreement 2011

  Consultancy Agreement (CA)

• Generic Contracts 2011

  Short Form of Sub-Contract (ShortSub)

  Sub-subcontract (SubSub)

CDM Regulations 2015 Guidance

For industry guidance, please go to https://www.citb.co.uk/about-citb/partnerships-and-initiatives/construction-design-and-management-cdm-regulations/cdm-regulations/.

CDM Regulations 2015 applies to both domestic and commercial clients. Domestic clients should refer to guidance produced by the HSE, Want construction work done safely? (INDG411(rev1)), which can be downloaded for free from www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg411.pdf.

For a summary of the changes between the 2007 and 2015 regulations, please download the following PDF, courtesy of CMS: CDM 2007 v CDM 2015 – The Changes in detail (produced by CMS in January 2015) (PDF 589KB)