Design and Specification

Question 1

What did you included within pre construction information?

Answer 1

• Project description
• Key dates
• Existing records and plans
• Client considerations and management requirements
• Design and construction hazards
• H&S File

Question 2

Can you name any guidance when it comes to Design and Specification?

Answer 2

RICS Design and Specification Guidance Note 2013

Question 3

What are the different types of Design Considerations?

Answer 3

• Occupational (user specific)
• Pragmatic
• Central (appeal to broad range of occupiers)
• Critical (there is a fundamental driver to the design i.e Sustainability

Question 4

What are the RIBA Plan of Work Stages 2020?

Answer 4

• Splits out key stages of a project from design to construction. There are 8
  0 – Strategic Definition (Clients Requirements)
  1 – Preparation and Briefing (budget, programme)
  2 – Concept Design (Produce outline specs, planning, for review)
  3 – Spatial Coordination (test concept with engineering analysis and cost exercises
  4 – Technical Design (Complete final design, formalise statutory approval, and tender)
  5 – Manufacturing and Construction (the build is completed and commissioned)
  6 - Hand Over
  7 – Use (operated and maintained.

Question 5

What are Preliminaries?

Answer 5

They provide a description/ nature of the project for the contract to assess costs

They include the following:

• The site description
• The Works
• Contract conditions
• Site set up and welfare.

Question 6

What are the different types of specifications?

Answer 6

1. Performance (Outlines the requirements but not the method)
2. Prescriptive (Full design, end product certainty, are written like recipes

Question 7

What is the difference between procurement and tendering?

Answer 7

Procurement – Is the overall act of obtaining goods and service.
Tendering – Is a phase of the procurement strategy, it’s the bidding process to obtain a price.

Question 8

Can you name different procurement routes?

Answer 8

1. Traditional Procurement (Client engages the design team and contractor direct)
2. Design and Build (Client engages the contractor who employs the designer)
3. Management Contracting
4. Construction Management

Question 9

Why would you recommend Traditional Procurement?

Answer 9

Lease risk approach as there is certainty on cost and design and duration if properly implemented. Tendered on a single stage competitive basis.

Question 10

When might you use design and build procurement?

Answer 10

Where project time frames are tight, as design and construction can run in conjunction. Design responsibility falls onto the contractor, expertise can utilised.