In a previous e-update (found
here) we looked at (what was then) the forthcoming Construction
(Design and Management) Regulations 2015 ("CDM 2015").
This e-update looks ahead to the expiry of certain transitional
arrangements under CDM 2015.
"Principal Designer"
Any CDM "client" that:
a) Had, as at 6 April 2015, appointed a CDM co-ordinator on a
project that was ongoing at that date;
b) Has taken advantage of the CDM 2015 transitional provisions
to retain the existing CDM co-ordinator; and
c) Has not yet appointed a "principal designer" under
CDM 2015,
should take note that it now has up until 5 October 2015 to
appoint in writing a principal designer to replace the existing CDM
co-ordinator (unless the project will complete on or before 6
October 2015, in which case there is no need to replace the CDM
co-ordinator). A failure to do so will result in the client taking
on the duties of a principal designer under CDM 2015 – as
clients are generally not
