Construction (Design and Management) Principal Designer (CDMPD) under the CDM Regulations 2015 and the Building Safety Act 2022.
The CDMPD is responsible for planning, managing and monitoring the pre-construction phase and coordinating matters relating to health and safety during the pre-construction phase. This will ensure that the principles of prevention are actively promoted within the designs, with the focus on identifying and eliminating hazards. This process continues with the reduction and control of residual risks to the health and safety of any person who is carrying out, or liable to be affected by, construction work arising from the design process.
In contrast, and under the Building Safety Act 2022, the Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD) is required to plan, manage and monitor all design work during the design stage of a project to ensure that the design is compliant with the building regulations.
The CDMPD is not the lead designer but a person or business responsible for ensuring that the duty holders (the Client and the Principal Contractor) are aware of and understand their legal duties. The CDMPD also ensures that all parties effectively communicate and cooperate, including the BRPD and the Designers/Architects.
As the CDM Principal Designer, Norfolk PD will provide a management plan for the project detailing how the health and safety aspects of the design will be monitored during the pre-construction phase.
Norfolk PD will attend a specified number of pre-start planning meetings to ensure that the Client’s duties under CDM 2015 are being complied with. Once the project has started, Norfolk PD will attend a specified number of progress meetings between the Client, the BRPD, the Designers and the Principal Contractor to ensure that the duties of all parties are being complied with.
Norfolk PD will assemble the pre-construction information on behalf of the Client. This will include the appraisal of existing information such as plans and asbestos surveys and will provide a comprehensive cohesive document which can be issued to the design team and tendering contractors at the relevant time.
Norfolk PD will also submit the HSE F10 on behalf of the Client, when required.
Throughout the duration of the project, Norfolk PD will collect all the information from the Principal Contractor required for the Health and Safety File. At the end of the project, Norfolk PD will hand over the Health and Safety File to the Client.
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