Building projects in Hammersmith and Fulham require appointment of a CDM Principal Designer under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. The Principal Designer is responsible for planning, managing and monitoring the pre-construction phase and coordinating health and safety matters during design to ensure that risks are identified and managed before construction begins.
We provide CDM Principal Designer services across Hammersmith and Fulham, coordinating pre-construction health and safety planning for building projects in compliance with CDM 2015.
Our Principal Designer approach in Hammersmith and Fulham is tailored to the specific requirements of each project, whether residential refurbishment, commercial fit-out or new-build development.
We plan, manage and monitor the pre-construction phase for building projects in Hammersmith and Fulham, identifying foreseeable health and safety risks, establishing design principles that eliminate or reduce hazards and preparing the pre-construction information pack for the construction phase.
We coordinate health and safety matters during the design process for Hammersmith and Fulham projects, ensuring that designers fulfil their CDM duties, design risks are recorded and managed through risk registers and that design decisions consider buildability and maintainability.
We prepare and maintain the health and safety file for Hammersmith and Fulham building projects, compiling as-built information, residual risk data and maintenance requirements to provide a comprehensive record for future works on the building.
We coordinate health and safety information between all duty holders on Hammersmith and Fulham projects, facilitating communication between the client, designers, principal contractor and other stakeholders to ensure that CDM responsibilities are clearly understood and discharged.
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View ServiceThe CDM Principal Designer is a duty holder appointed under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 for building projects in Hammersmith and Fulham involving more than one contractor. The Principal Designer is responsible for planning, managing and monitoring the pre-construction phase and coordinating health and safety matters between designers.
A Principal Designer must be appointed for any construction project in Hammersmith and Fulham that involves or is likely to involve more than one contractor. This includes most refurbishment, extension, conversion and new-build projects. The client has a legal duty to appoint a Principal Designer before the construction phase begins.
During the design phase, the Principal Designer coordinates health and safety matters between all designers working on the Hammersmith and Fulham project. This includes identifying foreseeable risks, ensuring designers consider health and safety in their design decisions, maintaining the design risk register and preparing the pre-construction information package.
Yes. Preparation of the health and safety file is a core Principal Designer duty. We compile the H&S file throughout the project, gathering as-built information, residual risk data, maintenance requirements and key building information to create a comprehensive record for future works on the building in Hammersmith and Fulham.