Elected Clients

Summary

The CDM Regulations make provision for a Client organisation to nominate another organisation (with their agreement) to carry out a complete package of works on their behalf. The nominated organisation is formally known as an Elected Client. During the project, Crossrail nominated a number of Elected Clients to carry out major pieces of work. This case study considers the logic behind Crossrail's nomination of Elected Clients, the arrangements that were put in place, how the relationships were managed and performance monitored. The key learnings were that the introduction of assurance activities to established contracts was challenging and this can be avoided by including assurance at the start up phase of the work. It was also noted that assurance activities are of benefit to both the nominating Client and the Elected Client. This document is relevant to any project required to comply with the CDM regulations and considering using Elected Clients.

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