CDM Principal Designer Services

Practical support for clients commissioning construction work: clarify your CDM arrangements, identify information gaps and coordinate the next steps with your project team.

Core CDM activities we manage for you:

Dedicated CDM Advisor: A clear point of contact for project-specific advice on your CDM arrangements.
Site Health & Safety Survey: Initial site visit to ascertain existing H&S issues and identify further information needs before construction starts.
Pre-Construction Information: Preparation of a site survey report for inclusion in pre-construction info, detailing potential H&S issues for your UK project.
F10 Management: Help prepare and update the F10 notification where the project is notifiable.
Review Construction Phase Plan: Liaising with the PC to ensure a suitable Construction Phase Plan is produced for work commencement on your UK site.
Health & Safety File Management: Coordinate relevant health and safety file information and prepare it for handover in the agreed format.
Technical Reviewer: Review design and project information for significant health and safety risks, with clear comments for the responsible designers.

Need to appoint a CDM Principal Designer? We review your project and design arrangements, then agree an appointment suited to the work, our competence and the control required over the pre-construction phase.

Your appointment can cover:

Planning, managing, monitoring and coordinating pre-construction health and safety.
Identifying, eliminating, or robustly controlling foreseeable health and safety risks in design.
Effective coordination with designers, clients, and other duty holders across the UK.
Preparing and disseminating relevant, timely information to the Principal Contractor.
Coordinating cooperation and checking how designers address their CDM duties.

Get clear design-risk records, coordinated pre-construction information and practical communication with your project team.

The focus is on decisions and information that help the design and construction teams manage foreseeable risks throughout the project.

Already appointed as CDM Principal Designer? Add practical H&S capacity to your design team, from a focused design-risk review to ongoing coordination and document support. You retain the appointment; we agree the support you need.

We can help by:

Identifying, eliminating, or controlling foreseeable risks effectively for your UK project.
Assisting in ensuring other designers competently carry out their duties.
Preparing and providing relevant information to other duty holders.
Assisting in liaising with the PC for construction phase planning in the UK.

Tell us your project stage, current design arrangements and where you need additional support. We will shape the brief around those requirements.

Beyond core roles, we offer a suite of services to further enhance your project's safety and compliance under CDM 2015 across the UK.

Our additional support includes:

Attendance at Design Team Meetings: Offering CDM and H&S expertise, assisting designers in risk identification and applying 'principles of prevention' for UK projects.
Construction Phase Plan Production: Consulting with the PC to ensure the CPP is appropriate and reviewed at H&S site visits in the UK.
Site Inspection & Monitoring Visits: Regular site inspections to review existing/potential H&S risks, reassuring clients of appropriate H&S management.
Contractor & Designer Competency Checks: Help assess evidence of skills, knowledge, experience and organisational capability appropriate to the proposed work.
Documentation Review: Reviewing site-related H&S information for suitability and sufficiency, providing guidance on necessary changes for UK projects.
Risk Workshops Facilitation: Facilitating 'safe by design' workshops with stakeholders in the UK to review designs, brainstorm 'what if' scenarios, and integrate outputs.