CDM Principal Designer
Principal Designer duties under CDM 2015 — planning, managing and coordinating health and safety through the pre-construction phase.
As the Principal Designer in accordance with CDM Regulations 2015 for projects involving more than one contractor, we take a proactive and collaborative approach to eliminating, reducing, and controlling foreseeable risks arising from design, while ensuring clear communication and coordination between all designers and the Principal Contractor.
Our Principal Designer services include:
- Planning, managing, monitoring, and coordinating health and safety during the pre-construction phase.
- Identifying, eliminating, or reducing foreseeable design-related risks, so far as is reasonably practicable.
- Coordinating the work of all designers to ensure health and safety risks are addressed and managed consistently.
- Ensuring that all designers comply with their duties under CDM 2015, including the provision of residual risk information.
- Advising on and coordinating the submission of F10 notifications to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
- Preparing, reviewing, and developing Pre-Construction Information (PCI) to ensure it is suitable, sufficient, and communicated to relevant dutyholders.
- Liaising with the Principal Contractor to share design risk information and support the development of the Construction Phase Plan (CPP).
- Providing clear information about significant residual risks that cannot be eliminated through design.
- Assisting the Client in ensuring that sufficient time and resources are allocated for health and safety.
- Preparing, developing, and coordinating the Health & Safety File for handover at project completion.
- Providing ongoing CDM and design risk management advice throughout the project lifecycle.
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Frequently Asked Questions
CDM (Construction Design and Management) relates to the CDM 2015 Regulations covering all construction projects. BRPD (Building Regulations Principal Designer) is a role created by the Building Safety Act 2022 specifically for higher-risk buildings. While similar, BRPD has additional duties around the Gateway process and Golden Thread documentation.
If you are responsible for a workplace, commercial premises, or rental property with common areas, you are legally required to have a fire risk assessment under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This includes offices, shops, care homes, HMOs, and most non-domestic premises.
IOSH courses are shorter awareness and management courses suitable for supervisors and general staff. NEBOSH qualifications are more in-depth professional qualifications ideal for those pursuing H&S as a career. IOSH Managing Safely is 3-4 days, while NEBOSH General Certificate is typically 10 days.
Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, every employer must appoint one or more competent persons to assist them in meeting their health and safety duties. This can be an employee with sufficient training or an external consultant like ourselves.
Fire risk assessment costs vary based on property size and complexity. Our prices start from £79 for small residential premises and go up to £1,500+ for large commercial or complex buildings. Contact us for a free quote specific to your property.
Yes, we offer in-house training delivery at your premises for most of our courses. This is often more cost-effective for groups and allows us to tailor examples to your specific workplace. Contact us for group pricing.
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AA Health & Safety Innovations have been invaluable partners on our construction projects. Their CDM Principal Designer services ensure we stay compliant and our sites remain safe. Highly professional team.
The team completed fire risk assessments across all our care homes efficiently and professionally. Their reports were thorough and the recommendations practical. We now use them for all our H&S needs.
Excellent training delivery for our IOSH Managing Safely course. The trainer was knowledgeable and engaging, and our managers gained valuable skills they now apply daily.