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All of the project costs, including the cost estimate and life
Cost Information
cycle costs where required.
A programme setting out the strategic dates in relation to
Design
the design process. It is aligned with the Project Programme
Programme
but is strategic in its nature, due to the iterative nature of the
design process, particularly in the early stages.
Queries relating to the design arising from the site, typically
Design Queries
managed using a contractor’s in-house request for
information (RFI) or technical query (TQ) process.
A matrix that sets out who is responsible for designing each
Design
aspect of the project and when. This document details the
Responsibility
extent of any Performance Specified Design.
Matrix
The Design Responsibility Matrix is created at a strategic
level at Stage 1 and fine tuned in response to the Concept
Design at the end of Stage 2 in order to ensure that there are
no design responsibility ambiguities at Stages 3, 4 and 5.
Proposals prepared by design team members. The level
Employer’s
of detail will depend on the stage at which the tender is
Requirements
issued to the contractor. The Employer’s Requirements may
comprise a mixture of prescriptive elements and descriptive
elements to allow the contractor a degree of flexibility in
determining the Contractor’s Proposals.
Studies undertaken on a given site to test the feasibility
Feasibility
of the Initial Project Brief on a specific site or in a specific
Studies
context and to consider how site-wide issues will be
addressed.
Feedback from the project team, including the end users,
Feedback
following completion of a building.
The Initial Project Brief amended so that it is aligned with
Final
Project Brief
the Concept Design and any briefing decisions made during
Stage 2. (Both the Concept Design and Initial Project Brief
are Information Exchanges at the end of Stage 2.)
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