Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 - Other - Page 94
Guide to Using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013
• carrying out reality checks through the design and construction process
• implementing an enhanced handover process with the option of monitoring and
aftercare services once the building is occupied.
This approach has been embraced by the UK Government as ‘Government Soft
Landings’ (see page 84), which is anticipated to become a requirement for all
public procurement by 2016. Further information on the concept is set out in
BSRIA’s Soft Landings Framework (see page 83).
In the sections below, the aims of the Sustainability Strategy at each RIBA stage
are stated, along with the Sustainability Checkpoints highlighted in a bespoke
RIBA Plan of Work 2013 created using the online tool. These Sustainability
Checkpoints are designed to provide members of the project team with an
overview of the most important sustainability tasks that should be undertaken
at each stage and a means of ensuring that they have been carried out. The
supplementary notes provide a list of additional supporting activities that can be
used in the development of the Sustainability Strategy.
Stage 0 – Strategic Definition
Sustainability aims
Establish the client’s Sustainability Aspirations so that these can be properly taken
into account in developing the Strategic Brief and Business Case.
Checkpoints
• Ensure that a strategic sustainability review of client needs and potential sites
has been carried out, including reuse of existing facilities, building components
or materials.
Supplementary notes
• This ‘awareness’ stage sets the sustainability context for the project.
• Review client requirements to distil their Sustainability Aspirations and the expected
building lifespan against which capital costs and costs in use should be balanced.
• The client should consider appointing or identifying a client sustainability
advocate (in a senior management position) and/or appointing a sustainability
champion within the project team.
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