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Chapter 1 highlighted the fact that the first RIBA Plan of Work published in 1963
was a ‘Plan of Work for Design Team Operations’. One aspect in the evolutionary
development of the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 is acknowledging the cultural shift
from the design team to the project team. Before considering the subtle differences
between these two teams it is important to examine why this shift has occurred:
• Clients vary: some have not interfaced with the design and construction
process before; others are sophisticated, dealing with designers and
contractors on a daily basis.
• More design work is undertaken by contractors’ specialist subcontractors,
creating greater overlap of design and construction activities.
• The trend towards greater consideration of post-occupancy aspects impacts on
the design process and requires more input from clients.
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The themes set out in this chapter are dealt with in greater depth and detail in the
RIBA publication Assembling a Collaborative Project Team, which is designed to
be complementary to this book.
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