Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 - Other - Page 18
Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013
Task bars 2, 3 and 4 – the three Ps: Procurement, Programme and (Town)
Planning
Procurement, programme and (town) planning activities vary widely from project
to project and resolving this conundrum has been one of the biggest challenges
in the creation of the RIBA Plan of Work 2013. To overcome this variability, the
RIBA Plan of Work 2013 allows users to generate their own bespoke practiceor project-specific Plan of Work (a bespoke Plan can be generated using the
template available at www.ribaplanofwork.com). During the process of
generating a bespoke Plan, the user selects a specific task bar for each of
these three tasks from a pull-down list and their customised Plan of Work is
generated. The activities specific to each of these three variable task bars are
now considered.
Task bar 2: Procurement
To allow for different forms of procurement, the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 has a
generic procurement task bar. Users generating their bespoke Plan of Work can
select the proposed procurement route from a pull-down list (see Figure 2.1
on page 12). Once the procurement route is selected, the practice- or projectspecific Plan of Work that is generated will contain a task bar that includes
the specific procurement and tendering activities at each stage. As a reminder,
procurement activities have altered from being a stage to being a task bar.
Figure 2.1 illustrates the activities for Stages 2 to 4 that would be contained in
a customised RIBA Plan of Work 2013 depending on the procurement route
selected. The options available are:
• traditional contract
• one-stage design and build contract (with Contractor’s Proposals defined
at Stage 3)
• two-stage design and build contract (with Contractor’s Proposals defined
at Stage 4)
• management contract
• contractor-led contract
plus
• a ‘To be determined’ option where the Programme and (Town) Planning
strategies are agreed but further flexibility is required in terms of procurement.
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