Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 - Other - Page 34
Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013
During this stage, the Concept Design is further developed and, crucially, the
design work of the core designers is progressed until the spatial coordination
exercises have been completed. This process may require a number of iterations
of the design and different tools may be used, including design workshops.
By the end of Stage 3, the architectural, building services and structural
engineering designs will all have been developed, and will have been checked by
the lead designer, with the stage design coordinated and the Cost Information
aligned to the Project Budget.
Project Strategies that were prepared during Stage 2 should be developed
further and in sufficient detail to allow the client to sign them off once the lead
designer has checked each strategy and verified that the Cost Information
incorporates adequate allowances.
Change Control Procedures should be implemented to ensure that any changes
to the Concept Design are properly considered and signed off, regardless of
how they are instigated.
While specialist subcontractors will undertake their design work at Stage 4, they
may provide information and guidance at Stage 3 in order to facilitate a more
robust developed design.
Stage 3 maps broadly to the former Stage D and part of Stage E. The strategic
difference is that in the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 the Developed Design will
be coordinated and aligned with the Cost Information by the end of Stage 3.
This may not increase the amount of design work required, but extra time will
be needed to review information and implement any changes that arise from
comments made before all the outputs are coordinated prior to the Information
Exchange at the end of Stage 3.
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