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into a separate chapter titled: ‘Contractor Engagement’. Procurement in the RIBA
Plan of Work 2013 also covers assembly of the project team and these activities
are set out under Stage 1.
The RIBA Job Book sets out the stages in the order they appear in the RIBA Plan of
Work 2013. Each starts with a facsimile of the Plan itself, followed by eight main
sections: Core Objectives; the ‘three Ps’: Procurement, Programme and (Town)
Planning; Suggested Key Support Tasks; Sustainability Checkpoints; Information
Exchanges; and UK Government Information Exchanges.
It is inevitable that in getting used to the revised nomenclature and adjustments
to certain activities, architects will make comparisons between the old and new
stages. However, the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 provides an opportunity to fully
embrace modern methods of working, without the baggage of decades’ worth
of amendments. Architects and other construction professionals are encouraged
to put old practices behind them and embrace the new. Only in this way will we
be able to take full advantage of what the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 has to offer.
The RIBA Job Book contains advice not just for the architect but for the other
members of the project team, particularly for those who are undertaking project
management and contract administration activities. It should be noted that
in this book and the RIBA Plan of Work 2013, the ‘design team’ comprises all of
the professional consultants appointed, via a Professional Services Contract, in
relation to a project, and ‘project team’ means the full team appointed to design,
construct and, where appropriate, maintain a building, and other parties directly
involved in the process, including the client.
As with the eighth edition, this edition of the RIBA Job Book is accompanied by a
website (which has also been revised and updated): www.ribabookshops.com/
jobbook. The website contains free downloadable action checklists and template
forms, enabling the creation of project plans for individual projects. The ability
to use the electronic checklists in conjunction with the hard copy explanatory
notes makes this publication a practical project management tool, enabling
the original concept of the RIBA Job Book, created 50 years ago, to be realised
using modern technology.
