CDM & Principal Designer Services

With statutory health, safety, and structural compliance under greater scrutiny than ever, we protect clients and projects by acting as a trusted duty holder. Backed by our RICS accreditation, we provide dedicated, fully competent, and legally compliant services to fulfill your statutory obligations under the CDM Regulations 2015 and the Building Safety Act.

We support both commercial developers looking for rigorous risk mitigation and domestic homeowners who need expert guidance to navigate their legal responsibilities.

Our capabilities include:

• Principal Designer (Building Regulations): Fulfilling the mandatory statutory role to plan, manage, and monitor design work during RIBA Stages 0–4. We ensure full compliance with all relevant Building Regulations before plans are submitted for approval.
• Principal Designer (CDM 2015): Taking responsibility for pre-construction health and safety. We identify, eliminate, or control foreseeable risks during the design phase to protect everyone working on-site.
• Domestic Client Support: Seamlessly managing the statutory duties that automatically transfer to the professional team on residential home projects, ensuring homeowners are fully protected.
• Designers Risk Registers: Preparing, managing, and updating detailed risk registers to ensure safety is structurally designed into the fabric of the building.
• Pre-Construction Information (PCI): Gathering, organizing, and distributing essential health and safety information to tendering contractors.
• Liaison & The Golden Thread: Managing the smooth handover of health and safety information, digital design intent, and critical compliance data into RIBA Stages 5–7 (Construction) to support the project’s Golden Thread.
• Statutory Declarations: Guiding and advising clients through the process of signing off mandatory Building Regulations Compliance Declarations upon design completion.
• Health & Safety File Coordination: Securing the initial framework and safety documentation required for ultimate building handover and long-term asset management.