Guide to Using the RIBA Professional Services Contracts 2018 - Other - Page 13
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Guide to RIBA Professional Services Contracts 2018
If information, drawings and documents are to be produced for the Project using
BIM, Computer Aided Design (CAD) and/or other proprietary software, this can now
be provided to the Client in one of the following three options:
1) in PDF format only
2) in PDF format and in the file format(s) listed in the Contract (but only on the
condition that the PDF format files take precedence)
3) in accordance with an agreed BIM protocol.
An ‘interoperability clause’ has been added to the Conditions to cover any future
software compatibility issues, interoperability being the capacity for different
computer systems to ‘talk to each other’.
Assignment
In addition to standard assignment clauses the Standard version now includes
provision for the Architect/Consultant to be novated to the contractor in the event
that it is decided that the project, which starts off as a traditional contract, should
become a Design and Build contract. As well as drafting suitable clauses for the
Novation Agreement the contract allows for the Architect/Consultant to be novated
or to terminate their contract with the Client should they not wish to be novated for
whatever reason.
Schedule of Services
The Schedule of Services has been redrafted to suit the specific form of contract for
all stages of the Plan of Work 2013. However, although they appear in the schedules,
it is envisaged that Stages 0 and 7 would be separate appointments as these stages
would either pre-date the signing of the PSC or may inadvertently extend liability
beyond the normal terms of the Contract.
Contract Checklist
The Contracts now include a Contract Checklist which both parties should review
before signing. This is to ensure that in particular the Client is fully aware of what they
are agreeing to, that all of the appropriate documents and information have been
provided and that all of the provisions, such as scope of the works, timescale, fees,
insurance and the process for dispute resolution, have been adequately considered.
Unused optional items removed from the Contracts
Optional electronic items such as the Public Authority Supplement, Third Party
Schedule and Specialist Schedules of Work have been removed from the Contracts.
The reason for this is that these items were hardly ever selected by users of the
Contract.
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