At Currie & Brown we are acutely aware that accidents and ill health are caused by a large number of inter-related circumstances which, in design and construction, can be particularly complicated. Our approach to the responsibilities of principal designer is therefore both multifaceted and holistic....
In particular, the new principal designer (PD) role is likely to have far reaching implications for architects. As with CDM 2015, the PD can be an organisation or an individual, and is described as being the designer ‘in control of the pre-construction phase’. The PD duty hol...