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Chapter overview
Stage 2 is the most crucial stage of any project: the Concept Design is prepared,
presented and signed off by the client. Robust Stage 2 outputs are an essential
requirement of any project because any changes after Stage 2 can be difficult
and costly to implement (as illustrated in Figure 1.1 below). Ensuring that Stage 2,
and in particular the assembly of the project team, is undertaken as productively
and effectively as possible is therefore a core project requirement. This chapter
considers how the successful implementation of Stages 0 and 1 is central to
achieving this aim.
Some would advocate the commencement of Stage 2 immediately. Why wait?
What purpose do the earlier stages serve? Let’s design! Let’s get on site as soon
as possible! With this in mind, this chapter dwells on the importance of Stages 0
and 1 and the crucial purpose that they serve. The Guide to Using the RIBA Plan
of Work 2013 also sets out how the requirements of Stages 6 and 7 can influence
the earlier stages and these stages must also be considered before design work
can commence.
If the best possible start to Stage 2 is to be achieved, some of the initial hurdles
to assembling the collaborative project team need to be thought through. These
are considered in Chapter 4. This chapter focuses on the importance and aims
of Stages 0 and 1 and how their efficient use can facilitate a more effective and
productive Stage 2.
The implication of change
Beyond Stage 2, the amount of information produced increases exponentially.
The more information that is produced, the greater the amount of information that
has to be amended in the event of a change. Significant changes proposed at
Stage 3 might require the work of all of the design team to be altered and further
reviews and coordination exercises to be undertaken, making these changes
costly and difficult to implement.
At Stage 4 further, and significant,
design team costs will be incurred, as
will the costs of design work carried
out by the contractor’s specialist
subcontractors. When a project reaches
site, at Stage 5, the cost of change
ramps up even further as change
impacts on the ordering of materials,
off-site fabrication costs and, in the
most onerous of scenarios, the need to
alter work already constructed on site.
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