CDM Principal Designer Services
Fulfilling the Principal Designer role with expertise, rigour, and a collaborative approach — keeping your project compliant and your people safe.
What is a Principal Designer?
Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, a Principal Designer must be appointed on any project involving more than one contractor. The Principal Designer is responsible for planning, managing, monitoring, and coordinating health and safety during the pre-construction phase.
PH Safety provides experienced, accredited Principal Designer services across a wide range of project types — from residential extensions and commercial fit-outs to large-scale infrastructure and civil engineering schemes.
Our Principal Designer Duties
- Pre-Construction InformationGathering, collating, and distributing all relevant pre-construction information to designers and contractors.
- Design Risk CoordinationWorking with the design team to identify, eliminate, and control foreseeable risks arising from design decisions.
- Designer ComplianceEnsuring all designers fulfil their duties under CDM 2015 and that design risk assessments are completed and communicated.
- Health & Safety FilePreparing and maintaining the Health and Safety File, ready for handover to the client at project completion.
- Liaison with Principal ContractorCoordinating with the Principal Contractor to ensure pre-construction information is shared and construction phase planning is informed.
- Client Duty Holder SupportAdvising clients on their own CDM duties and helping them understand their responsibilities throughout the project lifecycle.
Sectors We Cover
Need a Principal Designer?
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