CDM & Principal Designer Support
Practical support from early planning through construction and completion
Brown’s Risk Management provides practical CDM advice and Principal Designer support to developers, housebuilders, contractors and project teams across the North West and throughout the UK.
We help clients establish effective arrangements under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, coordinate health and safety during the design process and maintain a clear flow of information between clients, designers and contractors.
Supporting Clients with CDM Duties
Clients have a significant influence over how construction projects are procured, designed and managed. Clear appointments, adequate resources and the timely provision of information establish the foundations for safer and more efficient delivery.
We can help clients with:
- Reviewing project roles, appointments and CDM arrangements
- Advising on client duties and project responsibilities
- Preparing and reviewing pre-construction information
- Assessing the suitability of dutyholder arrangements
- Supporting the preparation and submission of F10 notifications
- Reviewing construction phase plans before work begins
- Project mobilisation and pre-start compliance reviews
- Monitoring arrangements during construction
- Coordinating the preparation and handover of the health and safety file
Support can be provided for individual projects or across a wider development programme.
Principal Designer Support
Brown’s Risk Management can work alongside the appointed CDM Principal Designer and design team, supporting design risk coordination, reviews of designers’ information, action tracking, communication with the Principal Contractor and preparation of the health and safety file.
Support Throughout the Project
Early Planning
Pre-Construction
Pre-Construction
We help establish the project’s CDM strategy, identify the relevant dutyholders and clarify what information, appointments and management arrangements will be required.
Pre-Construction
Pre-Construction
Pre-Construction
Support can include pre-construction information, design risk coordination, competence reviews, project meetings and ensuring significant risks are communicated to those who need to manage them.
Construction
Pre-Construction
Completion and Handover
Where design work continues, we support communication between the design and construction teams, review design changes and help ensure emerging risks are considered before work proceeds.
Independent site inspections can also provide clients with assurance that agreed arrangements are being implemented in practice.
Completion and Handover
CDM and Building Safety Act Principal Designers
Completion and Handover
We assist with the collection, review and organisation of relevant health and safety file information, helping ensure the completed file is proportionate, usable and suitable for future maintenance, alteration and demolition work.
CDM and Building Safety Act Principal Designers
CDM and Building Safety Act Principal Designers
CDM and Building Safety Act Principal Designers
The CDM Principal Designer and the Principal Designer appointed under the Building Safety Act perform different statutory functions and are subject to different competence requirements.
The same organisation may undertake both roles where it has the necessary competence and is appointed accordingly, but the appointments and scope should be clearly confirmed. Our CDM support relates to managing health and safety risk under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
Experience
CDM and Building Safety Act Principal Designers
CDM and Building Safety Act Principal Designers
Brown’s Risk Management is led by Adam Brown CMIOSH, MIIRSM, an OSHCR-registered consultant with extensive site-based and senior health and safety leadership experience within major UK construction and housebuilding organisations.
This experience supports an approach that considers regulatory duties alongside buildability, construction sequencing, contractor interfaces and the practical realities of delivering work on site.
Discuss Your Requirements
Whether you are planning a new development, reviewing an existing project or need additional support for your appointed Principal Designer, Brown’s Risk Management can provide proportionate advice tailored to your requirements.
Call: 07725 831 060
Email: adam@browns-risk.com