16. Team Briefing & Management Flashcards
What are 3 main categories of team groups?
- Core project group - project manager, project architect, cost planner, contractor
- Core designers eg. structural engineer, facade engineer, QS
- Specialists eg. traffic engineer, cultural consultant, surveyor
When should design team briefing take place and why?
Written and issued at the beginning of each development stage
Sets project objectives for common direction
What are 7 components of the brief?
- Introduction
- Vision/objectives
- Players and roles
- Points of focus
- Services required from each player
- Programme
- Contacts
What 4 things does the lead player in a design team do?
Briefs the team
Sets the programme
Convenes meetings
Reviews progress
What happens during the working drawing phases?
Lead by the architect and drawing files + written specifications is the output
What 4 things does the design team do during construction and commissioning?
On site checks
Commissioning test results are checked
Inspections for defects
Producer statements checked
What are 4 characteristics of performance based teams?
- Empowered
- Comfortable
- In activity based environment
- Respond to leadership
What are 9 best practice leadership attributes?
- Clear direction and communication of vision
- Team endorsement of goals
- Individual roles understood
- Respect
- Leader participates by example
- Regular review on progress
- Counselling
- Make time to be available
- No put downs
How are design consultant fees determined?
Guidance fees provided as a benchmark and graphs
Architect fees use the class of building and total building cost
Engineering fees use the class of building, type of engineering and value of engineering works
What are typical design fees for light industrial, commercial, shopping centres and extra specialist designers?
Light industrial: 8-10%
Commercial: 10-13%
Shopping centres: 13-16%
Specialist designers 1-4%
