Brian Lambert, Managing Director of Compass HSC, has worked in the health and safety industry for 30 years. His experience and competencies help architects resolve health and safety knowledge gaps and provide guidance on resolving CDM conflicts, to assist in achieving CDM compliance.

In 2002, he started his own health and safety consultancy practice, Compass Health and Safety Consultants (Compass HSC Ltd) with a business focus towards the higher risk sectors where he was best able to utilise his skills and 26 years of experience aside from his professional qualifications.

Within Compass HSC Ltd range of services (www.compasshsc.co.uk) around 75% of the practice relate directly to the application of the legislative standards and principles of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 predominantly as the project appointed Principal Designer.

Looking toward retirement, Brian is now 62 and having spent 95% of his working life involved with the construction sector, and experienced many changes to legislation, societal attitudes, and the more common use of information technology he asks the following question:

Has the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations significantly improved health and safety in the UK Construction Sector?