Construction management: outline work plan

Revision as of 12:20, 20 April 2012

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 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.

The stages below are based on the route taken by a project following a construction management procurement route where a construction manager is appointed early in the project as a consultant, and later they take on a management role for the construction of the project. Within this project plan 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 are available on the Designing Buildings Wiki home page.

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Stage 1: Construction management: business justification.

Options:

• Construction management: appointing consultants.

Stage 2: Construction management: feasibility studies.

Options:

• Construction management: appointing consultants.
• Construction management: planning permission.

Stage 3: Construction management: project brief.

Options:

• Construction management: appointing consultants.

Stage 4: Construction management: concept design.

Options:

• Construction management: appointing consultants.
• Construction management: planning permission.

Stage 5: Construction management: appointing the construction manager.

Stage 6: Construction management: detailed design.

Options:

• Construction management: appointing consultants.
• Construction management: planning permission.

Stage 7: Construction management: production information.

Stage 8: Construction management: tender trade contracts.

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: appointing consultants.

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 current usage 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.