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Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013
Project Roles Table
The Project Roles Table is a tool that identifies the roles required at each stage
and the party responsible for each role. The process required to create the table is
complicated because:
• some roles can be undertaken by a number of parties
• a commission may be restricted in its nature (i.e. up to the submission of a
planning application), and
• certain roles may not be required throughout all of the project stages.
However, once the Project Roles Table is prepared, the composition of the project
team should be clear, allowing detailed Schedules of Services to be prepared.
Preparation of the Project Roles Table requires consideration of when the
contractor will be involved. This is an important decision as it will influence who
undertakes certain roles at certain stages. To clarify this issue, the procurement
options available when selecting the Procurement task bar as part of the process
of producing a practice- or project-specific Plan of Work have been developed on
the following basis:
• contractor involvement at the start of Stage 2 Concept Design – contractor-led
contract
• contractor involvement at the start of Stage 3 Developed Design – two-stage
design and build contract/management contract
• contractor involvement at the start of Stage 4 Technical Design – one-stage
design and build contract
• contractor involvement during Stage 4 Technical Design – traditional contract.
On some projects the circumstances may dictate that the contractor becomes
involved in the middle of a stage. The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 cannot
accommodate every single situation that will arise and the specific detail in
these situations should be dealt with using the Project Programme, Information
Exchanges and the other tools imbedded into the Plan.
Contractual Tree
Different contractual arrangements can arise from a single Project Roles Table:
for example, the lead designer appointing members of the design team rather
than the client. It is for this reason that the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 advocates the
preparation of a separate Contractual Tree diagram that clearly illustrates who is
contracted to whom.
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