Are you the Principal Contractor?

Good management of health and safety on site is crucial to the successful delivery of a construction project: The key duty of principal contractors is to properly plan, manage and co-ordinate work during the construction phase in order to ensure that the risks are properly controlled. Principal contractors must also comply with the duties placed on all contractors under the CDM Regulations 2007. Principal contractors are usually the main or managing contractor. This allows the management of health and safety to be incorporated into the wider management of project delivery. This is good business practice as well as being helpful for health and safety purposes. Although written plans are only legally required for notifiable projects all projects must be properly planned and managed.