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What is the relationship between the brief
and the collaborative project team?
A further complication deriving from the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 is that certain
briefing issues require particular tasks to be included in Schedules of Services,
and potentially the Building Contract, if they are to be successfully addressed.
The following points should be considered:
•Setting Project Outcomes is part of the briefing process; however, if
these outcomes are to be meaningful they will have to be measured post
occupancy. New skills will be required to properly set the outcomes and to
obtain accurate measurements. This will require the necessary Schedule of
Services and contractual requirements to be included in the professional
services agreements and the Building Contract.
•The preparation of design information traditionally ends with construction.
With completed construction information now being used for the operation of
buildings, it is necessary to consider at the early stages what information will
be required post occupancy in order to operate the building. The information
requirements must be included in the brief and the requisite contracts.
•While Stages 6 and 7 are geared to post-occupancy and in-use tasks, it is
crucial to remember that information harvested during these stages will be
used to inform future projects. It is important, therefore, to remember that
Stages 6 and 7 will increasingly influence how a building is appraised, with
Feedback and benchmarking informing a new project brief as the circle is
completed and a new Stage 0 commences.
From the above points it can be seen that briefing and project team issues
benefit from being considered in parallel, allowing the best possible project team
for delivering the client’s aspirations to be assembled for the commencement of
Stage 2. There are further issues associated with the initial appointments which
are considered in Chapter 3.
Summary
Many aspects have to be considered strategically at Stage 0 and in detail
at Stage 1. Failure to properly consider these items may not impact directly
on the design process but, if it does, it is likely that the impact will be
significant. Conversely, if Stages 0 and 1 are properly harnessed, design
can be efficiently carried out by the collaborative project team during Stage
2 and the chances of the Stage 2 outputs meeting or exceeding the client’s
expectations are greatly increased. Furthermore, by considering the brief and
the project team in tandem, the right team will be created with the assembled
collaborative project team more likely to deliver the client’s objectives.
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