Services
Support shaped around who actually controls the design
Three related services, chosen according to the appointment structure of the project and the organisation carrying the statutory Principal Designer duties.
01
Design Management + BRPD Delivery
This service suits contractor-led D&B projects where the contractor controls the design and requires experienced external resource to operate the design-management and Principal Designer function alongside the delivery team.
Typical scope
- Design coordination
- Design programme input
- Design responsibility matrix review
- Interface management
- Consultant coordination
- Design review
- Building Regulations compliance review
- Significant design change review
- Action management
- Completion and compliance reporting
The precise statutory appointment structure must reflect who genuinely controls the design. We advise on and work within that structure rather than displacing it.
02
BRPD Advisory
For organisations that are themselves properly appointed as Principal Designer but need specialist support in performing the role day to day.
Typical clients
- Fire engineers
- Façade engineers
- Specialist designers
- Architects
- Building surveyors
- Remediation consultants
Typical scope
- PD mobilisation
- Dutyholder structure review
- Competence and process support
- Information review
- Compliance review framework
- Action registers
- Design change support
- HRB process support
- Gateway support
- PD project reporting
- Completion preparation
The appointed Principal Designer remains responsible for its statutory duties and underlying design responsibilities. BRPD Advisory supports the process but does not transfer those duties away from the appointed organisation.
03
Compliance & Project Assurance
An independent advisory and audit offer for clients, funders, project managers and boards who need a considered view of how Building Regulations compliance and dutyholder responsibilities are being managed on a live project.
Potential services
- BRPD capability review
- Compliance gap analysis
- Design responsibility review
- Project health check
- Gateway readiness
- Completion readiness
- Independent design compliance review
- Project rescue support
Reviews are advisory. They assist project teams in demonstrating how they have discharged their duties; they do not certify or approve design, and they do not replace the role of Building Control or the Building Safety Regulator.