CDM Designer Information Form — Parallel Architecture

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 · parallelarchitecture.co.uk/cdm-designer-form

1. Project Reference & Your Role

As a designer under CDM 2015 (Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015), you must consider foreseeable risks created by your design, eliminate or reduce them where reasonably practicable, and provide information about significant residual risks to others. This form records the information needed by the CDM Principal Designer (PD) to coordinate Pre-Construction Information (PCI), design risk information and outstanding actions. The sections on required information and design risks are the most important — please do not skip them.

When to complete: We recommend completing this form after your first issue of design drawings, typically at RIBA Stage 2 or 3. If you are not yet at that stage, please let us know and we can agree a return date.

Abbreviations used in this form: CDM — Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 · PCI — Pre-Construction Information · DRA — Designer’s Risk Assessment · RRR — Residual Risk Review · H&S — Health and Safety · R&D survey — Refurbishment and Demolition survey · TW — Temporary Works · PD — Principal Designer · PC — Principal Contractor

Project Reference *

Your Role *

Current design stage *

Helps us interpret whether your response is preliminary or final, and what further updates to expect.

Your Details

Your Full Name *

Company / Practice

Email Address *

Phone

Scope of Design Responsibility

Briefly describe the elements of the project you are designing or have design responsibility for *

Please provide the project reference, your role, design stage, name, email address and a brief scope description before continuing.

2. Duty Acknowledgement & Competence

The Principal Designer records competence information provided by designers for the Client's review. The Client remains responsible for taking reasonable steps to appoint duty holders with suitable skills, knowledge, experience and organisational capability under CDM 2015.

CDM Designer Duty Acknowledgement

I understand that I may have duties as a Designer under CDM 2015 where I prepare, modify, arrange or instruct design information for this project. This includes any elements where I take design responsibility, produce specifications, coordinate with other designers, or instruct design information on behalf of others.

Qualifications & Registrations

Professional qualifications / registrations relevant to this role

Include professional body memberships, charterships, and relevant accreditations.

Relevant Experience

Relevant experience for work of this type and scale

CDM Design Process

How will you fulfil your CDM duties as a designer on this project?

Describe your approach to managing design risk, coordinating with others, and providing information to the Principal Designer.

Professional Indemnity Insurance

PI Insurance held?

Yes No Not applicable

Level of cover

Insurer

PI insurance expiry date

PI certificate (optional)

Max 10 MB per file.

3. Existing Information Required

Tick any existing information you need in order to complete your design. For each item, add a brief note on what you need and any context on status or urgency. If you need nothing from this list, leave all items unticked and proceed.

4. Information Triggered by Your Design

As a result of your design, is any additional information, input or specialist work required? Tick anything your design decisions have created a need for — whether or not it has been commissioned yet. If your design is straightforward and triggers nothing new, leave all items unticked and proceed.

5. Design Risk Return

This section is the most important part of this form. A design risk is any residual risk created by your design that cannot be fully eliminated and which those constructing, using, or maintaining the building need to know about. Examples: structural steels requiring temporary propping during erection; confined spaces created by the layout; maintenance activities requiring access at height; materials requiring specialist handling or disposal. Please record anything significant. If you have no residual risks to report, confirm this explicitly below.

Further guidance: HSE — Designer duties under CDM 2015

How are you providing your design risk information?

I will provide my risk register in my own document format I have a design risk register or risk assessment in my practice's standard format — I will attach it to the email when I submit this form.

I will complete the risk table below I don't have a standard risk register format — I'll enter each risk item in the table provided.

Nil return Based on my current scope and the information available, I am not aware of any significant or unusual residual risks arising from my design other than ordinary construction risks that a competent contractor would be expected to manage.

Further information required before I can complete this I cannot provide a reliable design risk return until outstanding information is received. I have identified what is needed in Section 3.

Please select how you are providing your design risk information before continuing.

6. Health & Safety File Contributions

The Health & Safety File is handed to the Client at practical completion. It records information future owners, maintenance contractors, and future designers will need to safely maintain, alter, or demolish the building.

Does your design scope generate H&S File information?

Yes — my design generates H&S File information No — nil return: my scope generates no H&S File information TBC — I will confirm at a later stage

7. Contractor-Designed (CDP) Elements

Some elements of a project are designed by specialist contractors rather than the lead design team — for example, structural steelwork connections, piling, scaffold, or specialist glazing. These are known as contractor-designed (CDP) elements. As a designer, you are often best placed to identify where CDP design will be needed, so the Principal Contractor knows what to commission and can price it at tender.

This section is optional — tick any elements you anticipate will require contractor design input. If you are not aware of any at this stage, select “None anticipated” below.

I am flagging one or more CDP elements None anticipated at this design stage TBC — too early to confirm at this stage

8. Documents

Upload drawings, calculations, reports, specifications or any other documents you are providing alongside this submission. For each file, select the document type and add a title or reference. Files that are too large to upload here can be sent separately to cdm@parallelarchitecture.co.uk with your project reference in the subject line.

Documents uploaded with this submission

Max 10 MB per file. For larger files, email directly to cdm@parallelarchitecture.co.uk with your project reference.

Documents still to be issued

Documents you expect to provide later and approximate timing

9. Declaration

Please read and confirm each item before generating your submission.

I confirm that I am a designer on this project with responsibility for the design elements stated in Section 1, and that the information I have provided in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge at the date of submission. I understand that as a Designer under CDM 2015, I have a duty to plan, manage, monitor and coordinate my design work to eliminate or reduce foreseeable risks so far as is reasonably practicable, and to communicate residual risks to the Principal Designer. I will notify Parallel Architecture promptly if my design changes significantly, if new hazards emerge, or if additional information relevant to pre-construction health and safety comes to light after the date of this submission. I have applied professional judgement in identifying and reporting design risks and information requirements on this project. The information provided reflects my honest assessment as a competent designer in my field at the current stage of design development. I confirm that I have identified, to the best of my knowledge at the current design stage, the existing information and further supporting information required for my design or work package. I understand that omissions from this form do not transfer responsibility for those items to Parallel Architecture. I understand that if my design develops, my assumptions change, further information becomes necessary, or previously unidentified risks come to light, it is my responsibility to notify Parallel Architecture so that the CDM documentation can be updated accordingly. I confirm that I have considered my duties under CDM 2015 Regulation 9 in completing this form, and that the information provided represents my current understanding of the design risks and information requirements arising from my scope of work.

Full name *

Date *

Please tick all seven declarations and enter your name and date before generating.

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