Before you can start with the construction work, known as breaking ground, you need to notify the authorities.
Before you start on construction, you must appoint a Principal Contractor or PC (NI) / Project Supervisor Construction Stage or PSCS in ROI.
It is a legal obligation for the homeowner (self-builder) to be on top of health and safety on site and there are procedures in place for you to prove that to the authorities.
In the context of project management, using a main contractor is attractive for a number of good reasons.
Direct labour consists of hiring all of the individual tradesmen yourself.
The first thing you will need to do is mark out the house, in other words mark out the lines of the house’s outline as a reference point for everything that happens afterwards.
The choice of where to live while you build is an important one to factor into the cost of your project…