Professional Context
Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Reynolds B00674841
Arc 722 Professional Context
Coursework 2 5.05.15
Part B With reference to the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 explain the key legal, professional and statutory responsibilities of the Architect, and identify the associated responsibilities of those within the wider procurement & construction team. Explain how these are defined through contractual and organizational structures.
Explain the key issues associated with ‘management’ within the contemporary Architect’s practice, both in the business management of practice and contemporary challenges to practice management.
The RIBA Plan of Work has been the definitive guidance document for architects in the design and construction process, first written in 1963.
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Improved adaptability and flexibility for a wider range of projects and procurement. The revised Plan of Work identifies other advances in design technology (BIM) and recognises other ‘Design Team’ specialists working alongside the architect as the ‘Project’ Team’. The previous stages have now been refined into 8 stages, 0-7 to include all contributors and tasks required to undertake and complete a project.
The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 clearly sets out the processes of briefing, designing, constructing, maintaining, operating and using building projects into a number of stages. Building Information Modelling (BIM) and sustainability are recognised and integrated into the revised Plan of Work 2013.
The revised Plan of Work 2013 is more user friendly, a guidance document containing 8 well defined stages, each stage corresponding with 8 tasks