Construction management: outline work plan

Revision as of 17:06, 21 November 2011

An outline work plan for a project following a construction management procurement route is presented below. Clicking on any of the stages will open up the detailed tasks which the individuals involved in the project need to undertake in order to complete that stage. Together this presents a single, consolidated project plan from the first moment it becomes apparent a project might be required right through to final evaluation of the completed project. Unlike other plans, this includes all tasks, even those that the client undertakes before appointing consultants and after the consultants contracts are completed.

A construction management procurement route is one in which a construction manager is appointed early in the project as a consultant, and then takes on a management role for the construction of the project. We recommend that the construction manager is appointed on completion of concept design. Earlier or later appointment will result in some activities being re-allocated between the consultant team and the construction manager (for example the role of cost consultant).

Project plans for other procurement routes area available on the home page.

NB This article is locked in order to preserve the logic and continuity of the full work plan. If you would like to propose changes or additions, click on the comment link at the bottom of the page.

Construction management: outline work plan.

Stage 1: Construction management: business justification.

Options:

• Construction management: appointment.

Stage 2: Construction management: feasibility studies.

Options:

• Construction management: appointment.
• Construction management: planning permission.

Stage 3: Construction management: project brief.

Options:

• Construction management: appointment.

Stage 4: Construction management: concept design.
Options:

• Construction management: appointment.
• Construction management: planning permission.

Stage 5: Construction management: appointing the construction manager.

Stage 6: Construction management: detailed design.

Options:

• Construction management: appointment.
• Construction management: planning permission.

Stage 7: Construction management: production information.

Stage 8: Construction management: tender.

Stage 9: Construction management: mobilisation.

Stage 10: Construction management: construction.

Stage 11: Construction management: occupation and defects liability period.

Stage 12: Construction management: post occupation evaluation.

Options:

• Construction management: appointment.

Notes

1. We have selected names for stages that are as clear as possible and reflect current usage. For example we use the stage name 'feasibility studies' rather than 'appraisal' (RIBA stage A) because we consider 'appraisal' to be an ambiguous word that could also describe the process of 'business justification'. 'Feasibility studies' on the other hand is what professionals tend to call the stage in practice.
2. We have combined some stages to reflect how professionals currently describe the design process in practice and to prevent the proliferation of stages. For example we have combined 'technical design' and 'design development' into the single stage 'detailed design' (this is also the description used by OGC) and we have combined OGC stages 'strategic assessment' and 'business justification' into a single stage.