HSE to target Principal Designers

The HSE’s business plan for 2019/2020 sets out a clear agenda to investigate Principal Designers. Since the introduction of the Principal Designer stakeholder under the CDM Regs 2015 there have been few successful prosecutions of Principal Designers, however the scrutiny of Principal Designers and their compliance with their duties is about to get a lot closer.

In this article, Joanna Lewis provides an outline of the HSE’s business plan, and how this will impact Principal Designers and their duties going forward.