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Guide to RIBA Professional Services Contracts 2018
under the CDM Regulations 2015. That said, the normal architectural services still
cover the Designer’s duties under Regulation 9 of the Act. Unlike the Architectural
Services, the Principal Designer services are not mapped to the RIBA Plan of Work
2013 but cover the range of services expected of a Principal Designer based on the
CDM Regulations 2015.
The Principal Designer Schedule of Services
The Schedule of Services within the RIBA Principal Designer Professional Services
Contract 2018 covers the duties required of a Principal Designer under the CDM
Regulations 2015.
The Services are taken from the duties allocated to the Principal Designer by the
CDM Regulations 20158 and the HSE Guidance on the Regulations L153 ‘Managing
health and safety in construction’.9 The tasks listed in the Schedule of Services are
not mapped to the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 and should be interpreted within the
context and the limitations of the Regulations and the HSE Guidance as a whole,
with the objective of the level of service fully complying with the Regulations.
Although the PSC allows for meetings during the construction stage, there is no
requirement for the Principal Designer to monitor Health and Safety queries and
issues on site and has no obligation to visit the site at all. The responsibility for
Health and Safety on site lies with the Principal Contractor not the Principal Designer.
Indeed, some insurers strongly advise against the Principal Designer taking on the
responsibility, and additional liability, for site visits.
The Principal Designer Schedule of Services specifically excludes health and
safety client advice services as this is not the anticipated norm. If the Principal
Designer is taking on the client duties under the CDM Regulations 2015 then these
should be included under ‘Other’ at the end of the Schedule of Services. The RIBA
recommends that its members only include the client’s duties in their appointment if
they have experience in carrying out these duties and have notified their professional
indemnity insurance provider, and otherwise let these duties fall to the contractor or
principal contractor.
The Sub-consultant Schedule of Services
The Schedule of Services within the RIBA Sub-consultant Professional Services
Contract 2018 is set out in the Stages of the RIBA Plan of Work 2013, the same as
the Standard, Concise and Domestic forms. However, as this form of Sub-contract
is designed to relate to any number of roles and disciplines, there are no specific
services and tasks listed in the Schedule of Services for each stage to allow for
flexibility.
The Sub-consultant Schedule of Services can therefore be completed in one of two
ways. Firstly, the services can be written in stage by stage to suit the discipline or
alternatively a separate Schedule of Services referred to. This could be a bespoke
Schedule prepared by the Sub-consultant practice or a standard Schedule of
Services produced by a relevant professional body such as the Association of
Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) or the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
(RICS). In either case, the Schedule should be referenced in the RIBA Schedule of
Services and numbered and appended to the PSC.
It should be noted that, like the other PSCs, there is an option to include minor
services at Stage 0 and Stage 7 although it is recommended that any work to be
carried out at these Stages should be the subject of a separate PSC.
[8] See http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l153.htm for free download of the guidance.
[9] See http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l153.htm for free download.
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