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- 05:56, 28 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Category:Sustainability (Created page with "Category:Design")
- 05:55, 28 October 2011 (diff | hist) Target emission rate TER
- 05:51, 28 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Elemental cost plan for design and construction (Created page with "Key cost planning information prepared by the cost consultant include: *Initial cost appraisals of options (feasibility studies) *Elemental cost plan (from project brief throu...")
- 05:46, 28 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Easements (Created page with "An easement is a right which a person has over land which owned by someone else. Easements are normally attached to the land rather than to a person and can be considered to last...")
- 05:40, 28 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Earned value for construction contracts (Created page with "Earned value analysis is a technique used to assess project progress by comparing the amount and cost of work that was planned to have been done by a particular stage with the am...")
- 17:29, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Domestic sub-contractor (Created page with "A domestic sub contractor is any sub contractor other than a nominated sub contractor, that the main contractor sub contracts to carry out part of the works. Contractually, this ...")
- 17:26, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Document control in building design and construction
- 17:26, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Document control in building design and construction
- 17:25, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Document control in building design and construction
- 17:21, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Detailed planning application (Created page with "Before making a planning application it is important to check with the local planning authority; when planning meetings are held and the what the procedures are. A detailed plan...")
- 17:12, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Detailed design report (Created page with "The detailed design report is prepared when the design is detailed but has yet to be packaged. The detailed design report might include: *Design and access statement. *Site la...")
- 17:11, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Detailed design stage in building design
- 17:09, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Detailed design stage in building design (Created page with "NB. Within designing buildings wiki, detailed design is equivalent to RIBA stages D: design development and E: technical design. For further information see the detailed design w...")
- 17:02, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Designers for buildings and other built assets (Created page with "In the first instance, designers are likely to be members of the consultant team appointed by the client. Typically, this will include and architect, structural engineer and serv...")
- 16:59, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Design quality for buildings
- 16:59, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Design review
- 16:57, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Design review
- 16:56, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Design quality for buildings
- 16:55, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Design quality for buildings (Created page with "The client should appoint an internal senior design champion to be responsible for ensuring the design meets the required standard. The design champion’s role is to ensure that...")
- 16:39, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Risk management for building design (Created page with "The process of design risk management is a requirement of the CDM (The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 ). The key aim of CDM2007 '...''is to integrate heal...")
- 16:30, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Design review (Created page with "Regular design reviews should be co-ordinated by the lead designer (or integrated supply team on publicly-funded projects). These reviews may include the consultant team, client,...")
- 16:25, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Design and build procurement route (Created page with "Design and build is a route in which the main contractor is appointed to design and construct the works as opposed to a traditional contract where the client appoints consultants...")
- 16:21, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Design and access statement (Created page with "A design and access statement for a planning application should explain the design principles and concepts that have been applied to particular aspects of the proposal design and...")
- 16:16, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Defects liability period DLP (Created page with "The defects liability period (now called the 'rectification period' in Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) contracts) begins upon certification of practical completion and typically l...")
- 16:15, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Defects in construction
- 16:13, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Defects in construction (Created page with "Defects are aspects of the works that are not in accordance with the contract. Defects can be 'patent' or 'latent'. Patent defects are those which can be discovered by reasonable...")
- 16:03, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Contract sum
- 16:02, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Final account (Created page with "Cost plans are generally prepared by cost consultants (often quantity surveyors). They evolve through the life of the project, developing in detail and accuracy as more informati...")
- 16:00, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Cost plans for construction projects (Created page with "Cost plans are generally prepared by cost consultants (often quantity surveyors). They evolve through the life of the project, developing in detail and accuracy as more info...")
- 15:50, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Cost consultant (Created page with "Typically cost consultants are quantity surveyors by profession, but accountants and other professionals may also be effective cost consultants. The cost consultant provides esti...")
- 15:48, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Contract sum (Created page with "The contract sum is the price that the client has agreed to pay for the works described in the contract documents. The contract sum may be subject to adjustment under the terms...")
- 15:46, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Construction contract
- 15:35, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Category:Procurement (Created page with "Category:Procedures") (top)
- 15:34, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Contractor's proposals for building design and construction (Created page with "Contractors proposals are prepared by tenderers for design and build projects (or on a traditional contract where the contractor is to design discrete parts of the works) as a re...")
- 15:25, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Contractor's master programme (Created page with "Contracts such as the the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) Standard form of building contract require that the contractor produces for the contract administrator a contractor’s m...")
- 15:24, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Construction contractor (Created page with "A contractor is appointed by the client to construct all or part of the project. Continuity of construction activity after the post war era of reconstruction in combination with ...")
- 15:20, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Contract documents for construction (Created page with "On a traditional, fully-designed project, the contract documents may include: *Articles of agreement and conditions of contract for completing as a simple contract (or as a deed...")
- 15:13, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Construction contract conditions (Created page with "Disputes procedure<br>Phased handover requirements<br>Information schedule (dates by which the Contractor needs certain sets of information)<br>Liquidated and ascertained damages...")
- 15:10, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Contract administrator for construction contracts (Created page with "The contract administrator is the individual responsible for administering the construction contracts. The contract administrator is likely to be the architect, and indeed the JC...")
- 07:04, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Traditional contract: business justification
- 07:00, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Traditional contract: business justification
- 05:54, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Construction contract
- 05:38, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Contingency plan (Created page with "Contingency plans are plans than could be enacted to mitigate project risks identified during risk assessment if those risks increase or actualise. Predictable risks that could...")
- 05:36, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Contingencies in construction (Created page with "Contingencies are downside risk estimates generally applied to cost planning and timescales. Percentages applied are at their greatest in the concept stages of a project and are ...")
- 05:34, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Consultation process (Created page with "This article refers to external consultation processes. For internal consultations see user panels and stakeholders. On large or sensitive projects it may be desirable to carry ...")
- 05:23, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Consultant's proposals for design and construction (Created page with "A document requesting consultant's proposals sometimes called a 'request for proposals' should be collated and sent out to each prospective consultant listing the assumptions upo...")
- 05:20, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Consultant team start-up meeting (Created page with "A consultant team start-up meeting should be chaired by the client and attended by the consultant team. It is an opportunity to agree working methods, along with means for report...")
- 05:17, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Types of consultant in the construction industry (Created page with "Consultants may be appointed by the client to provide advise on the development of the project, to develop and co-ordinate the design, prepare production information and tender d...")
- 05:14, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) N Construction stage report (Created page with "The construction stage report is prepared by the contract administrator at the end of the construction stage. It is the final construction progress report and as such may include...")
- 05:12, 27 October 2011 (diff | hist) Construction progress report
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