Who can use this Principal Designer Appointment?
Any developer or individual who is going to build an office, house or other construction project. It is also a useful template for anyone who offers principal designer services.
What is this principal designer appointment for?
For health & safety reasons every building project needs a ‘principal designer’ who is responsible for planning and coordinating health and safety before construction starts on site. It’s a legal requirement under the CDM Regulations
What are the main issues when preparing a Principal Designer Appointment?
First, you need to appoint someone who is qualified for the work. The CDM Regulations issued in 2015 set out the requirements.
It could be the architect but often the principal designer is a specialist with particular skills for this job.
Details of the services are covered in the CDM Regulations and our principal designer appointment template uses these in a schedule.
You will also want the principal designer to have adequate professional indemnity insurance.
As for fees, this is a matter for negotiation, usually with fees paid in stages.
What detailed terms does the Principal Designer Appointment contain?
This eight page document contains 20 clauses covering
|
|
For more information on each of these sections, see our Explanatory Notes which you will receive when you download the document from our website.
For information on signing documents see our Contract Signing page
When I download the document, can I change it and/or use it more than once?
Yes, all ContractStore’s templates are in MS Word and you can use the contract on more than one project. For more information, watch the video on this page of our website or see our FAQs
Legal support
ContractStore supplies templates and is not a law firm. But all our templates are written by experienced lawyers, in this case a specialist construction solicitor. So, we can arrange legal assistance for customers who need special terms in one of our documents or a bespoke template. . For more information see our Legal Services page.
And if you want to contact us see our Contacts page.
If you have any questions about a contract and/or want to see the Explanatory Notes before you buy, please let us know by using our contact form
You may also find these contracts of use:
Appointment of Engineer (B103)
£25.50 Plus VATWho can use this contract? This Appointment of Engineer is designed for use by an engineer when appointed to provide engineering services to a client. It is in a user-friendly format. What is this contract…
Architects Appointment Contract Template (B101)
£25.50 Plus VATWho can use this Architect Appointment? An Architect can use this form of Architect Appointment when signing up to provide services to a client. If you are a client appointing an architect, we suggest you…
Professional Consulting Agreement Template (B100)
£25.50 Plus VATWho can use this professional appointment? Any company or organisation can use this Appointment of Professional Consultant for a variety of development projects from a modest building to an office block or a shopping mall. …