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Contractor Engagement: Supplementary Material: P/SM2
P/SM2: Design and build documentation
Employer’s Requirements
The Employer’s Requirements document is the basis for obtaining tenders and
is created during the pre-construction work, typically Stages 2 to 4 (or such
other stages as may be agreed for the project) prior to inviting tenders. It might
comprise the following information:
Preliminaries and contract conditions
• JCT DB11 Schedule 2 Supplemental Provisions
–– Named subcontractors
–– Bills of quantities
–– Valuation of changes – contractor’s estimates
–– Direct loss and/or expense – contractor’s estimates
• Pre-construction information pack
Design information
(all or part may be by way of performance specification)
• 1:100 plans, sections and elevations
• 1:500 site layout, including critical setting-out data
• 1:50 room layout plans
• Site – extent, external works and access
• Landscape design
• Fire compartments and escape routes
• Engineering services mains and risers
• Plant spaces
• Drainage – main runs
• Enabling works
Specification
• Quality – aesthetics
• Constraints
• Materials and workmanship (or systems, products and execution)
• Technical standards
• Building owner’s manual – operation and maintenance
• Health and Safety File
Schedules
• Equipment including sanitary and storage fittings, user outlets, etc.
• Commissioning and testing
