JP adopt a multifaceted, holistic approach to the role of Principal Designer and its accompanying legal requirement to reduce health and safety risk.
Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015), which came into force on 6 April 2015, the Principal Designer is required to establish a vital ‘thread’ of health and safety from concept to completion of a project.
At JP we are acutely aware that accidents and ill health are caused by a larger number of inter-related circumstances which, in Design and Construction, can be particularly complicated. Our approach to the responsibilities of Principal Designer is therefore both multifaceted and holistic.
We also recognise and respond to the additional statutory duties that CDM 2015 places on our Clients.
Our Principal Designer service to Clients include:
- Assisting in the development of the initial brief
- Planning, managing and monitoring the co-ordination of the pre-construction phase
- Helping Clients identify, obtain and collate pre-construction information.
- Providing pre-construction information to Designers, Principal Contractor and Contractors
- Co-ordinating significant health and safety issues with the Design Team through to resolution
- Ensuring that designers co-operate with each other and comply with CDM 2015
- Attending design review meetings
- Liaising with the Principal Contractor for the duration of our appointment
- Supporting the Principal Contractor in seeking and obtaining responses to health and safety queries from Designers
- Agreeing a format and compiling the statutory health and safety file for formal handover at project completion
- Communicating our progress and raising awareness of potential health and safety issues
