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Building control: Register your project

Before you can start with the construction work, known as breaking ground, you need to notify the authorities.  

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Health & Safety: Appoint PSCS/PC

Before you start on construction, you must appoint a Principal Contractor or PC (NI) / Project Supervisor Construction Stage or PSCS in ROI.  

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Insurance and warranty cover

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.

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Appointing a main contractor

In the context of project management, using a main contractor is attractive for a number of good reasons.

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Direct labour tasks

Direct labour consists of hiring all of the individual tradesmen yourself.  

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Before You Start To Dig

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.    

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Living Arrangements

The choice of where to live while you build is an important one to factor into the cost of your project…  

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