Services

  • CDM

  • Project Management

Principal Designer (PD) CDM and Building Regulations (non HBR)

A Principal Designer is a key member of the construction project team and should be engaged in writing as early as possible – yes, even at feasibility!

Early engagement allows the Principal Designer to influence and mitigate risks during the design stages and ensure that Health and Safety is managed and monitored during each phase of the project.

Pre-Construction information required by the client can often be determined by the design and/or proposed construction methods.

It is always better to tackle the practical aspects of sequencing and buildability during design stage in order to reduce delays and unforeseen risks once on site, ensuring that your project runs smoothly and lowering your overall costs.

What does a Principal Designer do?

CDMSortedDotCom will work with your teams to ensure that all parties are aware of their duties under the CDM 2015 regulations and are discharged accordingly.

  • Review any existing Pre-Construction information, identifying any gaps and advising how to achieve due diligence.

  • Notify the HSE in good time and update any additional appointments to the project team or changes to programme.

  • Collate and issue a full Pre-Construction Information pack for inclusion to tender documents, ensuring price clarity for items such as surveys or mobilisation work required.

  • Design Team Meeting attendance to ensure alignment of project teams and that the Principles of Prevention are applied to all designs produced.

  • Review of existing Design Risk Information, and production of a CDM Design Risk Register.

  • Contractor Review, to ensure that all potential appointments have the skills, knowledge and experience to carry out their duties.

  • Review of the Principal Contractors / Contractors Construction Phase Plan to ensure it is suitably developed to start work on site.

  • Conduct a Site Set Up Audit after mobilisation to ensure the site complies with the Construction Phase Plan and statutory requirements.

  • Construction Phase Safety Audits to monitor Health and Safety and working practices throughout the duration of the project.

  • Agree and collate the Health and Safety File / O&M information and ensure that all information is relevant and received in good time prior to practical completion.

CDM Advisor (CDMA)

Construction Design and Management Advisor (CDMA)

What is a CDM Advisor?

To put it in very simple terms, the CDMA will act on your behalf to ensure you have discharged your duties under CDM 2015, dealing with such matters as paperwork, F10 Submission, Contractor Reviews, and monitoring arrangements throughout the project. This may be in the capacity of Client or Principal Contractor.

This is perfect for organisations who may not have the time, knowledge, resources, or perhaps even the inclination to perform the required duties on a project themselves, usually where a Principal Designer has already been appointed by another party.

What does a CDMA do ?

  • Competency check of potential Designers and Contractors.

  • Issue of letters and appointment assistance.

  • Compiling of pre-construction information.

  • Review of project pre-construction information.

  • Design team and PD audits.

  • Full Client briefing of roles and responsibilities.

  • Submission of F10 notification to the HSE.

  • On site safety inspection audits.

  • Contractor CDM briefings.

  • Construction phase plan review.

  • Construction phase plan production.

  • Review and audit of management arrangements.

  • Assistance with producing risk assessments and method statements.

  • Assistance with review of risk assessments and method statements.

  • Attendance at design team meetings.

  • Attendance at site meetings.

  • Review of contractors O&M manuals.

  • Review of PDs Health and Safety file.

  • Assistance with production of Health and Safety file.

Project Management

CDMSortedDotCom has delivered Project Management services on a number of complex sites in prestigious locations such as Listed Buildings, Privately owned and managed Estates, as well as occupied mixed use units situated within hotels, shopping centers and transport infrastructure.

  • RICS Construction Project Management certified.

  • Lead and document site progress meetings for Stakeholder management.

  • Contractor Programme Management , reporting of progress against programme under JCT

  • Budget and CAPEX Management in collaboration with Quantity Surveyors, Contract Administrators or commercial teams under JCT Suite.

  • Implementation of value engineering to minimise costs while upholding quality of finish and clients end vision.

  • Planning and advertisement consents, Landlord Approvals, other third-party consents

  • Building Control and other specialist sub-consultant liaison and reporting

  • Site Visits and Risk Assessments to create risk register and mitigation plans for potential issues to programme

  • Contractor Management and PQQ process / cost reporting at tender stage

  • Handovers and snagging

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