RIBA plan of work v project plans v OGC gateways

This article is an attempt to map the project stages set out in the RIBA Plan of Work (2007) v the RIBA Plan of Work (2013) v the Designing Buildings Wiki Project Plans v the OGC gateway review process.

The OGC gateway review process is quite different from the other three as it involves tendering for an integrated supply team to design and construct the works once the brief has been prepared (the output-based specification) before concept design commences.

In 2020, the RIBA Plan of Work stages were changed to:

• 0 - Strategic definition.
• 1 - Preparation and briefing.
• 2 - Concept design.
• 3 - Spatial coordination.
• 4 - Technical design.
• 5 - Manufacturing and construction.
• 6 - Handover.
• 7 - Use.

The BIM Task Group Digital Plan of Work and the Government Soft Landings process map is based on an alternate set of stages:

• 0 Strategy
• 1 Brief
• 2 Concept
• 3 Definition
• 4 Design
• 5 Build and commission
• 6 Handover and close-out
• 7 Operation and end-of-life

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) scope of services adopts:

• Stage 1 (Preparation)
• Stage 2 (Concept)
• Stage 3 (Design Development)
• Stage 4 (Production Information)
• Stage 5 (Manufacture, Installation & Construction Information)
• Stage 6 (Post Practical Completion)

The Construction Playbook:

• Preparation and planning.
• Publication.
• Selection.
• Evaluation and award.
• Contract implementation.

Given the complexity of this situation and the potential for misunderstanding the nature of what is meant by different project stages it is important that appointment documents and contracts set out precisely what is required, and at what level of detail for different stages of a project rather than relying on reference to ambiguous names or process maps.

See also:

• Project lifecycle for major road projects.
• Governance for Railway Investment Projects (GRIP).

[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki

• Stage 1: Business justification.
• Stage 2: Feasibility studies.
• Stage 3: Project brief.
• Stage 4: Concept design.
• Stage 5: Detailed design.
• Stage 6: Production information.
• Stage 7: Tender.
• Stage 8: Mobilisation.
• Stage 9: Construction.
• Stage 10: Occupation and defects liability period.
• Stage 11: Post occupancy evaluation.
• BREEAM and RIBA stages.
• Comparison of BIM work stages.
• Design phase.
• Designing Buildings Wiki project plans.
• Gateway.
• Governance for Railway Investment Projects (GRIP).
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• OGC gateway review process.
• Project lifecycle for major road projects.
• RIBA.
• RIBA plan of work.

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please, what are the differences between RIBA plan of work and GRIP stage