CDM Consultancy Services Surrey
CDM compliance, principal designer duties, and construction phase planning – delivered by a CIOB Chartered construction professional. One-off or retained.
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CDM Regulations Apply to Your Project. The Question Is Whether You’re Actually Compliant.
If you’re commissioning, managing, or delivering a construction project, CDM 2015 places legal duties on you – regardless of the size of the build.
The challenge is that CDM compliance involves more than filling in a form. Duty holder appointments need to be correct.
Pre-construction information needs to be gathered and shared.
A construction phase plan needs to reflect what’s actually happening on site.
And if you’re the client, you carry responsibilities whether you’re aware of them or not.
Most project teams understand CDM exists. Fewer are confident that their documentation, duty holder arrangements, and site practices would hold up under scrutiny – whether that’s an HSE visit, an incident investigation, or a question from an insurer.
The regulations aren’t complicated in principle.
But applying them properly across a live project – with multiple trades, changing site conditions, and competing priorities – takes specialist knowledge and ongoing attention.
Chartered CDM Consultancy That Keeps Your Project Compliant From Start to Finish
TDB Projects delivers CDM consultancy as a standalone service – independent of your build team.
That independence means you get objective advice on your compliance position, not reassurance from someone with a reason to tell you everything’s fine.
Mark Howe MCIOB leads every CDM engagement personally.
As a Chartered Construction Manager with over 20 years of industry experience, he understands how CDM obligations work in practice on real construction sites – not just how they read in the regulations.
Whether you need a principal designer, a CDM advisor, a construction phase plan, or a full compliance review of a project already underway, you get clear, practical guidance you can act on immediately.
For projects that need ongoing CDM oversight, we offer a retained service – regular site reviews, updated documentation, and a named Chartered professional available throughout the build.
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“Every client deserves to know exactly where their project stands – and why. That’s not a promise. It’s how we operate.”
Mark Howe, CIOB Chartered Construction Director
Our CDM Consultancy Services
Whether you need a one-off compliance review or ongoing CDM support throughout your project, the approach is the same – thorough, independent, and practical.
Principal Designer Services
We fulfil the principal designer role under CDM 2015 – managing pre-construction information, coordinating health and safety during the design phase, and preparing the health and safety file for handover.
CDM Advisory for Clients
As the client, you carry legal duties under CDM whether you appoint a principal designer or not. We advise you on your obligations, help you make the right duty holder appointments, and ensure you’re meeting your responsibilities throughout the project.
Construction Phase Plans
We prepare construction phase plans that reflect the actual risks and activities on your site – not generic templates. Practical documents your site team can work from, not paperwork that sits in a folder.
Pre-Construction Information
We gather, organise, and share the pre-construction information your design and build teams need before work starts – covering site-specific risks, existing conditions, and any constraints that affect how the project is delivered.
Site Compliance Audits
A detailed assessment of your current site against CDM 2015 requirements. We inspect physical conditions, review documentation, and assess whether your arrangements are compliant in practice – not just on paper.
Ongoing CDM Advisory
A retained service for developers, contractors, and clients who need CDM support throughout the project lifecycle. Scheduled site reviews, updated documentation, and a direct line to a Chartered professional when you need advice.
How Our CDM Consultancy Works
Straightforward. Independent. Practical.
Tell Us About Your Project
We discuss the project scope, your current CDM arrangements, and what’s prompted the enquiry – whether that’s a new project starting, a compliance concern on a live site, or a requirement from a client or principal contractor. No obligation.
We Review, Advise, and Document
Mark reviews your project against CDM 2015 requirements – assessing duty holder appointments, documentation, site practices, and any gaps. You get clear advice on what’s in place, what’s missing, and what needs to happen next.
You Get Practical, Actionable Output
Whether that’s a construction phase plan, a compliance report, or an ongoing advisory arrangement – everything we deliver is written in plain language, specific to your project, and ready to implement.
Why Developers and Contractors Choose TDB Projects for CDM Consultancy
CDM consultancy needs to be delivered by someone who understands construction – not just regulation.
Someone who’s managed live sites and knows the difference between a compliant-looking document and a project that’s actually safe and properly managed.
Mark Howe MCIOB brings CIOB Chartered professionalism and over 20 years of hands-on construction management experience to every engagement. Your CDM advice comes from someone who understands the practical realities of delivering a project – not just the theory of what the regulations require.
And because TDB Projects is also a full construction company, we understand the commercial and programme pressures you’re working under. Our advice is practical and proportionate – designed to keep you compliant without slowing your project down.
Available as a standalone consultancy service or as part of a wider TDB Projects build.
CIOB Chartered Construction Manager
20+ years of experience
Independent of your build team
Practical, project-specific advice
One-off reviews or retained advisory
Full CDM 2015 expertise
CDM Consultancy Across Surrey and South West London
Esher, Cobham, Oxshott, Weybridge, Leatherhead, Guildford, Kingston, Wimbledon, and surrounding areas.
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Need CDM Consultancy for Your Project?
Tell us about your project and where you are in the process. We’ll advise on what’s needed and can usually arrange an initial discussion within days.
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