Construction Health & Safety

• The Client has to appoint, and co-operate with, a competent Principal Designer.
• The Principal Designer has to plan, manage, monitor and coordinate health and safety during the pre-construction phase of a project.
• Designers; anyone preparing drawings and specifications such as Architects, Structural Engineers and Surveyors, have to identify hazards and ensure that the design includes a hierarchy of risk control.
• The Principal Contractor, appointed by the Client, has to plan, manage, monitor and coordinate the construction phase of a project - including the development of a construction phase plan.
• Contractors also have a role to ensure their own activities are planned, managed and monitored during the construction phase and cooperate with the Principal Contractor.

The CDM 2015 defines a client as anyone for whom a construction project is carried out. The regulations apply to both domestic and commercial clients. Read More...

The principal designer must be a designer and have control over the pre-construction phase of the project. Read more...

Anyone who is directly appointed by the Client to manage the construction phase of the works or project and where there are more than one contractor working. Read more...

Anyone who directly engages construction workers or manages construction work is a contractor. Read more...