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Chapter overview
Before considering the detailed tasks that need to be undertaken by each member
of the project team, it is essential to determine WHO will be in the project team at
each stage and the parties that will undertake the various roles that are required.
This chapter considers the issues associated with this important task and the
tools that assist those responsible for making these decisions.
Every project, whether large or small, requires a number of roles to be undertaken.
On smaller projects, roles are typically combined, with the architect carrying out
the project lead, lead designer and architect roles. If a practice has the requisite
experience, they may also provide cost advice and undertake the contract
administrator role. For a project of limited scale, it may not be necessary to utilise
the skills of structural or building services engineers, but it will be necessary to
appoint a contractor. In its simplest terms, a minimum of three parties are required
to deliver a small project.
On larger projects, the opposite is true. It is likely that all of the core project roles
will be required (see Figure 6.1). The requirement for these will vary from stage to
stage (as set out in Figure 3.1) and it is likely that most roles will be undertaken by
different parties. Additional roles (see Figure 6.2) may also be required in order to
provide specific advice (for example, in relation to masterplanning, sustainability,
landscaping, planning, fire engineering, external lighting, acoustics or catering).
There are two further complications:
•certain roles can be fulfilled by different generic organisations – for example,
the architectural practice, project management company, cost consultant or
an independent specialist company may all have the experience necessary
to undertake the health and safety adviser role (further examples and
explanation are given later in this chapter)
•there may be benefits in the party carrying out a role changing as the project
progresses (examples of when this might occur are detailed on page 59).
The Project Roles Table has been designed to assist with determining the roles
that are required on a project at each stage and then deciding on which party
should undertake them. Before considering some of the issues associated with
these decisions it is important to first consider the relationship between the
contractor and the design team.
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