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Stage 0 > Strategic Definition: Supplementary Material: 0/SM3
Typical duties
Typical duties of an architect acting as lead designer might include:
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directing the design process
•• consulting the client about significant design issues
•• informing the client of duties under the CDM Regulations
•• investigating the feasibility of the requirements, and reporting
•• advising the client about any limitations on the use of land or buildings
•• preparing outline proposals, a scheme design, detail design drawings, etc.
•• advising on the need for statutory and other consents, and preparing sufficient
information for applications to be made
•• preparing sufficient Technical Design to allow consultants and specialists to
develop their proposals, coordinating these and integrating them into the
overall scheme
• bringing contract documentation to a final state for inviting tenders.
If the architect is also project lead and contract administrator, the following
might be added:
•• advising on the need for and appointment of other consultants
•• coordinating the work of other consultants
•• advising on methods of procurement, and on tendering and the appointment
of the main contractor
•• administering the terms of the Building Contract and inspecting the
performance of the contractor as necessary
•• issuing further reasonably necessary information, issuing empowered
instructions, and acting as certifier as the Building Contract requires, including
issue of the final certificate
• arranging for the preparation of record information and manuals.
Appointment of architect as Client Adviser
Refer to 0.1 Core Objectives for details of the role of RIBA Client Advisers.
Appointment of architect as consultant in design and build
A majority of design and build contracts involve an architect. This role differs
quite markedly from that in the traditional commission, in that the architect
acts solely as a consultant to either an employer client or a contractor client
at any one time. It is not uncommon for the architect to be engaged by both,
but this would be sequential, never simultaneous, and would entail consultant
switch or ‘novation’. Even under this kind of arrangement it is often extremely
difficult to separate clearly legal accountability and design responsibility. The
