If you’re planning any construction work the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 place you under a duty to provide “pre-construction information”. Who needs this and what does it
include?
Published 21.05.2015
If you’re planning building work or alterations, as the client you have certain safety responsibilities. Follow our set of flow charts to take you through the practical and legal stages.
Published 07.03.2019
When you employ contractors to undertake construction work, you have a legal duty to provide them with sufficient information about the job and site. Achieve this using our scope of works document.
Published 22.01.2016
Your company is planning an extension for which you have obtained outline planning permission. One of your jobs is to appoint a principal designer (PD) but your architect doesn’t want the role. What
do you do?
Published 20.11.2015
You may have been referred to as a client when you are scoping a project, but what exactly does this entail under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM)?
Published 27.02.2024
Architects, specifiers and anyone who is considered to be a “designer” under the legislation, should be prepared for increased demands from the HSE and others. What’s the latest?
Published 11.05.2017
The role of principal designer was introduced by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. What does it involve and when must the appointment be made?
Published 02.10.2015
When you have building work carried out you must ensure that you fulfil certain health and safety obligations. The days of leaving it all to the contractor are long gone. Our new checklist will help
you through the latest regulations.
Published 21.09.2015
If you’re planning alterations to your building you might be tempted to keep the costs down by engaging subcontractors directly. But be careful that you don’t unwittingly overstretch yourself as one
firm did. What happened?
Published 08.12.2015
One of our subscribers has asked if they should break up their building project into smaller parts to avoid having to notify the HSE under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
(CDM 2015)?
Published 12.09.2019