Designer Duties under CDM 2015
Designers are people who, as part of a business, prepare or modify designs for a building, product or prepare or modify designs to system relating to construction work. Summary of role/main duties When preparing or modifying designs, eliminate, reduce or control foreseeable risks that may arise during: construction the maintenance and use of a building…
Principal Designer Duties under CDM 2015
The Principal Designer will be replacing the role of CDM Coordinator as part of CDM 2015. This means that during the pre-construction phase the responsibility will be upon the Principal Designer to to ensure that Health & Safety is considered. The Principal Designer is a designer appointed by the client in projects involving more than…
Domestic Client Duties under CDM 2015
Who is a domestic client? A domestic client is someone who has construction work carried out on their own home, or the home of a family member and which is not carried out in connection with a business. Local authorities, housing associations, charities, landlords and other businesses may own domestic properties but they are not…
Client Duties under CDM 2015
A client is an organisation or individual for whom a construction project is carried out. Summary of role/main duties Make suitable arrangements for managing a project. This includes making sure that: other duty holders are appointed sufficient time and resources are allocated Clients must also make sure that: relevant information is prepared and provided to…
Five most common project management mistakes
Project management is key to every successful building project. Without effective management, mistakes can occur that will affect the project, its profitability and in some cases contribute to the failure of the project entirely. We will be looking at five common project management mistakes and how to rectify them. Insufficient project plan Unsurprisingly one of…
Profit disappearing? Get it back with EstimatorXpress.
Making profit in construction made possible by EstimatorXpress. Making profit in construction is something a lot of builders and developers fail to accomplish. For some, making profit isn’t even an aim. It is not uncommon for building firms to work on a basis of ‘getting by’. At HBXL we believe this is madness! Can you imagine…