id0228 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Who do self-builders declare if their Structural engineer is unwilling to be the Principal Designer ? Who is the Principal Contractor if they are employing trades directly ? What are the reactions of e.g. Building Control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 37 minutes ago, id0228 said: Who do self-builders declare if their Structural engineer is unwilling to be the Principal Designer ? Who is the Principal Contractor if they are employing trades directly ? What are the reactions of e.g. Building Control Structural engineers aren't going to do anything more than structural engineering, and nor would you want them to Your general builder 'could' become your principal contractor, but they'd need to agree to officially adopt that role, otherwise it will land in your lap. Read up here, a lot, as there is an absolute wealth of info here regarding this subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 If you are employing trades your the principal contractor BC don’t care As long as the work conforms to building regs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, nod said: If you are employing trades your the principal contractor BC don’t care As long as the work conforms to building regs CDM and H&S? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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