The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 require a Principal Designer on most building projects. For construction works in East Finchley, our CDM team manages design-stage health and safety, ensuring compliance and reducing risk throughout the project lifecycle.
We act as CDM Principal Designer for building projects across East Finchley, managing health and safety from initial design through to project handover. Our role ensures that health and safety is considered at every stage of the design and construction process.
Management of the pre-construction information and health and safety file for building projects in East Finchley, ensuring designers are coordinated and risks are addressed.
Coordination of health and safety matters across the design team for projects in East Finchley, ensuring compliance with CDM 2015 requirements.
Preparation of the building's health and safety file at project completion, providing essential information for future maintenance and alteration works.
Advice to clients on their CDM duties for building projects in East Finchley, ensuring legal obligations are understood and fulfilled.
The Principal Designer manages health and safety during the pre-construction phase, coordinates designers to eliminate or reduce risks, prepares pre-construction information and manages the health and safety file.
Most building projects in East Finchley with more than one contractor require a Principal Designer under CDM 2015. Even smaller projects benefit from professional health and safety coordination.
Yes. We frequently combine the CDM Principal Designer role with project management, contract administration or employer's agent roles for projects in East Finchley, providing integrated project delivery.
The Principal Designer should be appointed as early as possible in the pre-construction phase, ideally before detailed design begins. Early appointment allows health and safety to be designed into the project from the outset.