PC2 Clients, users and delivery of services Flashcards
What assessments can you use to establish a project budget?
- Assessment of projected income and expenses through the life of the project
- Comparison with similar projects
- Assessment of funds available
- Pre-design analysis of requirements
- Analysis of preliminary design options
What might factor into the client’s total budget?
- Construction cost
- Land or property acquisition
- Approvals fees
- Planning costs (eg section 106 agreement, community infrastructure levy)
- Financing costs
- Site investigations
- FFE
- Decanting and relocation costs
- Contracts outside of the main works
- Insurance
- Consultant fees
- Inflation
- Contingency
- VAT
What cost plans would be prepared by the QS?
- Initial cost appraisal (based on option/ feasibility studies)
- Elemental cost plan (during brief stage and throughout design)
- Approximate quantities cost plan (from end of detailed design through to tender)
- Pre-tender estimate (prepared alongside tender documentation)
- Tender pricing document (to go alongside documentation issued to the contractor for pricing)
- Contract sum (agreed with contractor during tender period and adjusted during construction period)
- Contract sum analysis (breakdown of the contract sum prepared by the contractor on design and build projects)
- Final account (agreed during the defects and liability period)
- Bill of quantities (a statement that provides project-specific measured quantities of works to be carried out by the contractor to construct the building, as identified in drawings and specs)
What is the difference between a cost consultant and quantity surveyor?
Many cost consultants are also quantity surveyors. Quantity surveyors generally assess costs from the start of a project, to help assess its financial feasibility, and throughout the life of a project. Cost consultants can also advise on strategies to get the best value for money, procurement strategies etc. and can become involved at any stage. This makes them appropriate if the client starts struggling with cash flow or is worried about cost overruns.
What is PII?
An indemnity from an insurer to an insured that protects architects in the event of civil liability claims, typically if a client loses money as a result of negligence in the architect’s advice, services or design.
What is a net contribution clause?
A contract clause that limits a party’s liability to the portion of work for which they were responsible. Otherwise, claims could be made against any team member for work carried out, even if it wasn’t their contribution, eg an architect could be pursued for negligence on the part of the M&E engineers.
What does the term ‘run-off cover’ refer to (in relation to professional indemnity insurance)?
The insurance must be maintained for as long as such risks exist, even after closure of the practice. This is especially relevant with new provisions introduced as part of the Building Safety Act, which extends limitation period for defects claims, eg under the defective premises act’.
What is subrogation (in relation to professional indemnity insurance)?
Subrogation is when the insurer pays for loss caused by a third party. The insurance company can then sue the third party to recover those damages on your behalf.
What are the Latham report and Egan reports?
Reports investigating perceived problems within the construction industry aimed at improving quality and efficiency in the way the that the industry operates.
Outline the RIBA Work Stages
0 - Strategic Definition (business case and strategic brief)
1 - Preparation and Brief (project brief and feasibilities)
2 - Concept Design (consultants develop design concept and outline spec.) + two stage tender + outline planning
3 - Developed Design + planning app
4 - Technical Design
5 - Construction
6 - Handover
7 - In use
What is the difference between Lead Consultant (‘Project Lead’) and Lead Designer?
Lead designer coordinates the design, integrating other designers’ and specialist designers’ work.
Lead consultant goes beyond this and is more of a management role which involves directing the work of the consultant team and acting as main point of contact between client and consultant team.
Additional tasks such as
- arranging consultant team meetings,
- seeking instructions from client,
- preparing progress reports.
Also sometimes
- Advise on procurement routes or contract types
- Coordinating review of tenders
- Advising client on need to appoint other advisors or consultants
What does project manager do?
- Appointed early
- Represents client and issues instructions on behalf
- Help develop strategic brief and business case
- Advise on consultant selection, procurement, contract type, programme
- Arrange progress meetings
- Arrange risk and value management exercises
What is a client’s representative?
Manages project on behalf of client. Either within client’s organisation or external (eg architect or consultant). If external, they must act as though they are the client.
What is a Clerk of Works?
Inspect construction works on behalf of the client and report to the CA. The client’s ‘eyes and ears’ on site. They will check
- progress against programme
- whether works comply w legal requirements eg H&S
- whether works are being carried out in accordance w contract documents
Also
- Provide regular reports
- attend construction progress meetings
- witness tests
Define circular economy principles
Reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible to keep waste as low as possible. Eg.
- Retrofit first
- Designing for disassembly
- Designing for durability/ longevity
- Implementing renewable energy technologies
