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The practice approach
Figure 3.1 The practice approach
Stage 0
Stage 1
Strategic
Brief
Initial
Project
Brief
Stage 2
Final
Project
Brief
Concept
Design
assembled
project team
appointed
process
takes responsibility for ensuring that the client is aware of how the entire project
team is to be assembled and, more importantly, takes responsibility for ensuring
that all of the necessary design team and contractor appointments are properly
made (for example, without any gaps in Schedules of Services or other
documents required to contractually assemble the project team).
For those considering this approach, it is possible to skip the next section
and go straight to Chapter 4.
The project approach
The project approach is more appropriate for larger or complex projects that
might benefit from a stringent review of the client’s requirements and a more
thorough assessment of the type of project team that is required. The project
team structure is likely to be more complex and the issues of time, quality and
cost will have greater implications and require strategic consideration. The
project approach can be used by:
•an inexperienced client, to help steer them through the early project stages
of any project
•experienced clients on projects where the project team selection needs to
be more rigorous and where a practice approach may not be relevant, or
•the project lead, to ensure that the project team selection process is robust
based on, and in response to, project-specific drivers.
Where the project approach is harnessed by inexperienced clients, the initial
appointments are crucial as the party commissioned to undertake Stage 0 has
to assist the client with significant strategic decisions. RIBA Client Advisers can
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