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Assembling a Collaborative Project Team
perform this crucial role and provide the strategic advice necessary prior to
longer term appointments being made.
An experienced client may harness the project approach in conjunction with
the practice approach. This hybrid approach is undertaken by preparing certain
documents on a practice basis with others generated or adjusted to deal with
the unique aspects of a specific project.
While the tools in Chapters 6 to 9 can be used in isolation, they might be developed
in a workshop environment during Stages 0 and 1. This approach can be an
effective way of ensuring that the client’s priorities are properly considered and
of making certain that the reasoning behind core project team decisions is
aligned with the client’s goals for design quality, cost and programme.
Figure 3.2 shows how the project approach works and how the two parallel
strands of developing the project brief and assembling the project team relate
to each other, with the project brief and project team both progressed
incrementally prior to Stage 2 commencing.
With the project approach, further commissions may be required prior to
Stage 1 commencing or to assist with the development of the project brief or
assembling the project team. The decision of whether to assemble a traditional
or a contractor-led team may also influence who is appointed at Stage 1.
In either case, at the start of Stage 1 the backbone of the project team should
have been established and commissioned to focus on preparing the Initial
Project Brief and assembling the project team for the commencement of the
Concept Design at Stage 2.
The project approach
Figure 3.2 The project approach
Stage 0
Stage 1
Stage 2
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Brief
Initial
Project
Brief
Final
Project
Brief
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appointment(s)
Concept
Design
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project team
considerations
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