CIAT's Principal Designer Registers now have over 30 registrants

The Principal Designer (PD) (under the Building Regulations) is ultimately responsible for the design of the whole building, even where some design elements are handled by other designers and must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the building, as designed, would comply with regulations.

CIAT strongly urges Chartered Architectural Technologists undertaking the role of Principal Designer to apply to join this Register, whether they work on HRBs or non-HRBs to demonstrate that they have the skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours necessary to fulfil the PD role.

Successful registration for the PD Register for HRBs will automatically give you dual registration on the directory for non-HRBs.

For those who have already applied and were not successful the first time around, there is no deadline for resubmitting, and we encourage you to review all resources, such as exemplars, matrices, and FAQs available on the Building Safety Hub.

If you are interested in attending a PD registration insight workshop over Teams or have any queries, please email [email protected] [email protected]

Please note, all applicants for CIAT's PD Register must be a Chartered Architectural Technologist.