CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations) in London and the Home Counties
If you do not require us to serve as a principal designer on your project, there are other ways in which we can assist you, and to ensure your approach to construction health and safety is always carefully considered and perfect when put into practice. We can offer our assistance so that your business can adhere to the CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations).
This is a solution offered to clients in London, and in all surrounding counties to include Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
M.L.A. can assist you with the following services:
Client Advice
We can serve you as client advisors to ensure competent persons fulfil their duties under CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations). This involves guidance and supporting our clients throughout a project’s lifecycle where we assist them in appointing competent designers and contractors.
Our advice also helps businesses to fully understand their legal obligations regarding the field of construction health and safety.
Design Risk Reviews
We conduct design risk reviews to systematically identify, assess and mitigate health and safety risks associated with the design phase of all construction projects. This process involves the review of design proposals, drawings and specifications to identify potential hazards, assess their likelihood and severity, and recommend future measures to eliminate or control risks effectively.
Guidance and Training
M.L.A. offers guidance and training to designers, contractors and other key stakeholders involved in a project to ensure compliance with CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations), including comprehensive training on construction health and safety regulations, risk management principles and best practices in construction design and management.
Additionally, we offer ongoing support which helps stakeholders to navigate complex regulatory requirements and promote a culture of safety.
Current CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations) apply to a wide range of building and construction services, from demolition, renovation and refurbishment to new builds, extensions and property conversions.
As an experienced principal designer, we can assist with the following:
- Identification, elimination and control of predictable risk
- Ensuring all duties of the project designers have been met
- Preparing applicable information for a project’s key stakeholders
Should you need our help and assistance with adherence to the CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations), please contact us at your convenience. We are here to provide advice on the planning, management and monitoring of workplace and construction health and safety.
We have support available in Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and all locations in the London area.
We build partnerships with clients during appropriate stages of development.
Principal Designer
The role of a Principal Designer is mandated by the CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations) to coordinate construction health and safety, and to identify, assess and mitigate instances of risk.
A Principal Designer collaborates with those involved in a project, introducing health and safety measures into the design process. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the compilation and maintenance of pre-construction information, the Principal Designer’s risk register and the site health and safety file. Good levels of communication between the Principal Designer and the contractor create the systematic management of construction health and safety, and of all aspects related to design risk management.
Involved from the conceptual phase of a project, the Principal Designer is a key contributor towards safe working conditions in construction, in all aspects of operation and maintenance, and in the demolition of structures.
Client CDM Advisor
The Client CDM Advisor can be a competent and qualified individual or part of an organisation appointed by a contractor to assist in meeting obligations under the CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations). The CDM Advisor’s role is to support contractors with their core responsibilities as a part of a construction project’s health and safety management strategy.
Critical roles of the Client CDM Advisor include:
- Finding competent design specialists and site contractors
- Health and safety management in pre-construction
- The submission and upkeep of F10 notifications
- Fire risk assessment and fire safety review preparation
- Review of construction phase planning for the main contractor
This is a service that M.L.A. provides for clients in Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and all London areas.
Principal Designer Support
The CDM Advisor (or Principal Designer Support) plays an essential role in the CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations) framework, and is responsible for advising, and supporting, architects and lead designers who have been appointed to fulfil the separate role of a Principal Designer.
The support role oversees the legal duties of the Principal Designer in matters relating to pre-construction health and safety, thus providing a more rigorous approach to design, and to risk management and fire risk assessments.
Responsibilities include supporting the compilation and maintenance of pre-construction information, the Principal Designer’s risk register and the site’s health and safety file while promoting good communication between the designers and the contractors through proactive risk management.
The duty of Principal Designer Support is to oversee and manage construction health and safety integration to protect the welfare of key stakeholders.
CDM Compliance Audit
The CDM Compliance Audit examines how clients, designers and contractors adhere to CDM2015 (Construction Design Management Regulations) through systematic evaluation and assessing health and safety during the lifecycle of the project to ensure regulatory compliance. Reviews offer a detailed insight into the legal status of documents, processes and site working practices.
Audits cover the following elements:
- Communication and coordination measures
- Risk management and risk assessments
- Completion of health and safety information
- Development and maintenance of health and safety files
CDM Compliance Audits help main contractors to improve in specific areas which enhance and improve construction health and safety.