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Setting aside the strategic decision regarding a traditional or contractor-led team
at Stage 0, the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 has been conceptually devised in a manner
that aligns the involvement of the contractor during Stages 2, 3 or 4 to the commonly
used procurement routes included in the bespoke practice- or project-specific
RIBA Plan of Work 2013.
Details of these different approaches and the pros and cons of early contractor
engagement are set out below.
When deciding on the procurement route to be used (the point at which contractor
involvement will occur) the form of Building Contract may also be considered
and selected. The form of Building Contract may be influenced by the procurement
route and, more importantly, it may influence the choice of professional services
contracts for appointing the rest of the project team as part of the procurement
strategy. This issue is covered further in Chapter 10.
With the decision regarding a traditional or contractor-led project team made
and the timing of the contractor’s involvement agreed, the assembly of the
project team can be considered in greater detail.
Before proceeding to the consideration of the project roles it is important to
remember that the timing of contractor involvement does not necessarily dictate
responsibilities for design: traditional procurement results in design responsibility
remaining with the designers, although discrete elements of design responsibility
may be allocated to the contractor (Performance Specified Work in JCT Building
Contracts). Design responsibility is considered in greater detail in Chapter 7.
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