Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 - Other - Page 12
Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013
8. The information produced at Stages D, E and F1 varies widely depending on
the client, practice or project. The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 aims to provide
greater clarity on this subject.
The RIBA Plan of Work is not a contractual document. Schedules of services
and other contractual documents are used for contractual purposes.
What are the main changes to the RIBA Plan of Work?
On first sight, the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 appears to be a radical shift from the
RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007 (see the fold-out template at the back of this
book). This is not the case. The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 maintains the tradition
of explaining to clients how the briefing, design, construction, maintenance,
operation and in-use processes work by mapping key activities against project
stages. It still specifies the core activities undertaken at each stage. While the
concept is the same, four key points need to be digested in order to understand
the changes to the RIBA Plan of Work, before considering how it responds to the
issues that have been highlighted:
• The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 has eight stages and eight ‘task bars’. The task
bars define groups of related tasks that run across all the stages. This is a shift
from the 11 stages and two task bars (headed ‘Description of key tasks’ and
‘OGC Gateways’) contained in the RIBA Outline Plan of Work 2007. The new
stages and task bars are set out in detail in Chapter 2.
• The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 has been developed as a template that
allows a bespoke practice- or project-specific Plan of Work to be created
via www.ribaplanofwork.com. Selecting the correct task bar from the three
variable task bars for Procurement, Programme and (Town) Planning, and thus
defining your own practice- or project-specific Plan, is a crucial part of the
RIBA Plan of Work 2013.
• The eight stages have shifted from letters to numbers to avoid confusion
in the change from eleven to eight stages and also to align with the unified
work stages agreed during discussion with representatives of the broader
construction industry.
• The stages relating to tendering activities have been removed from the RIBA
Plan of Work 2013, as these were specific to traditional procurement; however,
they have been replaced by a Procurement task bar. Procurement and tendering
activities therefore continue to be an important component of the RIBA Plan
of Work. Indeed, procurement activities now receive more attention as they are
included at every stage.
www.ribaplanofwork.com
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