mimno17 > Design and bull procurement route~ Designing Buildings Wik esigning Buildings Wiki Newseter | Register | Signin construction industry knowledge base Sen Categories Toots Last ete 11 May 2017 See utes Create an article Design and build procurement route share Fallow Design and builds @ gonoric term descrbing a procurement rout in which the main contractor is ‘appointed to design and construct the works, as opposed to traditional contract, where the client appoints consultants fo design the development and then a contractaris appointed to construct the work, Design and build can appeal to clients asi gives a single point of responsibly for delivering the entre project Some clients however consider tis only appropriate for simple projects, where esign qualty isnot he main consideration. ‘The contractor can ether be appointed to carry aut al ofthe design work, orif the lion wishes to hhave greater intuence over the design, a concept design and outline (or performance) specification can be propated by a consultants employed by the clot, and then the contractor is ‘appointed to complete the design and carry out the construction ‘The contractor may use their own in-house designers to design th building, or they can appoint consultant designers or the cliont’s designers can be employed by the contactor to complete the esign (either by novation or consultant site, Ir the contractor is appointed atthe outset ofthe project (so that they can contribute tothe {evelopment of the design from the begining), they may be appointed trough a two-slage process. Inthe fit stage, the contractor is gelocted on the basis of a fee, proininares, ‘overheads and pratt ‘They then work withthe design team (who may be employed either bythe contractor or by the clint al this stage) to dovelop the design, on the basis of which a fixed price is negotiated forthe ‘second stage; construction, when the design team may be novated tothe contractor if the contractor does not already employ them, Design and builds one ofthe three procurement routes favoured by the government for publicly funded projects, ast allows a fully integrated team to work together on the project from the beginning Design and build contracts can be awarded on a fixed-price, lump-sum basis, but price certainty Is then dependent on not making any subsequent changes as these could prove to be expensive (as prices charged by the contractor fr those changes will nat be subject to competition). psn designingbuldings.co.ukwikiDesign_and_bulld_ procurement route Related articles. Appointing consultants Blyth & Blyth Lie v Carillon Construction Ltd Consultant switch. Construction contact. Contractors proposals. Design laity Design management. Early contractor involvement a How to write an article ond ret eres CELT hd CITT EIT = Featured articles and news Subscribe Builcing ofthe wook 6mimno17 Its very important therefore thatthe lent gives a great deal of consideration tothe preparation ‘of employer's requirements, and if they have not appointed their own design team, they may wish ‘0 appoint independent client advisers to help them do this. Similarly if ary designers appointed by the cant are navated or switched to work forthe contractor, the clint may then wish to ‘appoint independent cent advisers to review contractors design proposals, administer the contract and monitor works on sit. Design and build contracts include: 1 Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) DB 16 (also JCT Major project contrat and JCT Constucting excellence contrac) 1B The Association of Consultant Architects ACA2. 1 Government Contracts GCIWorks 1 (single stage or two stage) NB GC Works contracts are no longer being updated by the government. | Instlution of Gv Engineers (IGE) Design and Construct (his has now been witrawn in favour of NEC3), 1 The New Engineering Contract (NEC) Engineering and Construction Contract NEC, [NB ‘Develop and construct i a variation on design and bulla, in which most of the design is completed before the contractor is appointed. This avoids some ofthe potental probloms of design and bula, but also misses some of the opportunities. Fora detailed description of the sequence of work slages necessary on a design and buld project see the free work plan: Design and bul: outline workplan Find out more Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ‘Appointing consultants. Bin & Blyth Lie v Carillon Construction Lid Consuttat switch. Construction contract Contractor's proposals. Design lacy Design management. Early contractor volvement Employer's agent Employer's requirements. Guaranteed maximum price for construction contacts, Government Construction Strategy Managing the procurement process. Novation, Pre Contract Services Agreement. Procurement out, “Two-stage tender External references 1 Guide to D511 (tp toabookshops comitem/guide-o-he-ct-design-ané-buld contrat-db1/74351/), Saran Lupton, IBA Publishing 2011 ‘Share | Add 2 comment| Send us psn designingbuldings.co.ukwikiDesign_and_bulld_ procurement route Design and bull procurement route~ Designing Buildings Wik ‘The story behind the Brutast National Theat, fone of London's most dvsve landmarks. ‘ACM cladcing Expert panel advise further testing on siferent 'ypes of ACM cladding in combination with Aferentypes of insulation. 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