Our aim as a CDM Consultant is to assist our Clients with professional experienced back-up to comply with these Regulations. We provide CDM Services through our CDM Department to help those involved in construction activities and we are able to act on behalf of the following:
Clients and their Architects and Surveying Practices etc.
Carrying out a variety of CDM Services for our diverse range of clients
Richardson-Hill can carry out the full function of a CDM Co-ordinator for the contract, including the production of the pre-information file. We are able to support the Client after the Construction Phase if required by compiling the Health and Safety File for hand over to the client. Richardson-Hill holds both CHAS and Constructionline accreditations for CDM Coordination and consulting.
CDM Client Adviser. Clients are now responsible for many of the duties that were previously carried out by a CDM Co-ordinator. These duties include notifying the HSE, ensuring suitable management arrangements are in place and provision of all relevant information prior to construction.
This may include existing information about the site and any surveys carried out, including asbestos. It also includes existing services and any other information about the site that will assist the other duty holders to plan, design and manage their works.
By providing CDM Services in London our team of CDM consultants are able to provide you with the expert assistance you need to meet your legal obligations fully under the new regulations. We will guide you through each requirement and make sure you are happy that decisions made and arrangements put in place satisfy your legal obligations, safeguarding you and your organisation from the risk of prosecution. As CDM Consultants we will help identify information to be obtained through survey or investigation, we will review existing information and comment on its sufficiency.
We will advise you on management arrangements to be put in place and help you identify other duty holders which you will need to appoint such as the Principal Designer and Principal Contractor. Throughout, we will monitor the other duty holders, through liaison with the CDM Principal Designer and a programme of active site inspections to ensure the CDM Principal Contractor is maintaining consistent compliant standards.
CDM Principal Designers
Principal Designer Services
We act as Principal Designers for a wide range of clients. The role of Principal Designer replaced the CDM Coordinator over 10 years ago, shifting the focus from a largely administrative function to one that is actively engaged in design and risk management.
This evolution has made the CDM Principal Designer a far more important and valuable role in coordinating health and safety during the pre-construction phase of a project. We bring many years of experience in successfully delivering this function.
How Does This Work?
Principal Designers are appointed by clients to coordinate health and safety during the pre-construction phase of a project. A Principal Designer must be appointed on any project involving more than one contractor.
While Principal Designers must be a designer or an organisation with control over the pre-construction phase, their role is centred on coordinating the design team, with a particular focus on health and safety and the management of design risk. They are also responsible for ensuring that the Health and Safety File is established at an early stage and developed throughout the project.
By providing Principal Designer services, we take the pressure off our clients, allowing them to focus on what they do best -design – while having full confidence that their responsibilities are being met.
We implement a clear design risk management strategy and manage all liaison and coordination with the wider design team. By fully integrating with the team, we work alongside designers to ensure that risks, potential issues, and hazards that may affect the construction, use, and maintenance of the project are properly identified and addressed.
We also maintain clear records of the process, making it straightforward to demonstrate compliance with client obligations. In addition, we take control of the structure and content of the Health and Safety File, developing and collating information throughout our involvement as Principal Designer.
CDM Principal Contractors
A CDM Principle Contractor will assist in the production of the Construction Phase Plan and providing a full Consultancy role to ensure health and safety standards are complied with throughout the project.
CDM Principle Contractors have various obligations placed on them under the CDM 2015 regulations in terms of communication, coordination and cooperation with other duty holders. They also have a duty to safeguard their workforce and anyone else who may be affected by their works.
As CDM Consultants, we provide contractors with a consultancy package ranging from a fully outsourced Health and Safety function of the business, to ad hoc advice, review, audit and support.
Contractors & Sub-Contractors
Creating a professional link between contractors
Assisting in the production of developing the Construction Phase Plan, i.e., Risk Assessments, Safe Method of Work Statements, Safety Inspections, providing/producing information for Health and Safety file, etc.
CDM Estimate
No contract percentage pricing just fairness
We produce a simple to understand CDM Estimate that clearly shows the essential requirements to comply with CDM Regulations, alongside our fee which enables our clients to work within a budget. We do not charge based on the project value, Our fees are solely based on the amount of time we expect to perform CDM Consultant duties under the CDM Regulations.
For more information e-mail us at: info@richardson-hill.co.uk
