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Construction Design Management coordination (principal designer)

Construction Design Management (CDM) regulations improve the management and coordination of health, safety and welfare throughout all stages of a construction project.

For demolition, new build or refurbishment projects, the CDM regulations 2015 have placed significant duties on clients.

Where a project involves more than one contractor the client has a duty to appoint a principal designer.

Principal designers must:

• Plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase
• Assist the client in compiling and distributing pre-construction information
• Work to eliminate or control any foreseeable health and safety risks
• Ensure the project team communicates and cooperates, coordinating their work wherever required
• Liaise with the principal contractor, keeping them informed of any risks that need to be controlled during the construction phase

In summary, they have a duty to manage health, safety and welfare of projects from the pre-construction design through to completion.

We have experience under the current and previous regulations in delivering and monitoring projects under CDM:

• Planning supervisor under CDM 1994
• CDM co-ordinator role under CDM 2007
• Principal designer – CDM 2015

We are experienced in carrying out the role of principal designer and we can provide client advisory services to ensure the correct people are appointed, the client duties are discharged, and the work carried out on site is safely managed.