STAGE 1: INCEPTION
STAGE 2: CONCEPT DESIGN
STAGE 3: DEVELOPMENT
Receive, appraise and report on the client's requirements with regards to the client's brief; the site and rights and constraints; budgetary constraints; the need for consultants; project programme; methods of contracting
Prepare an initial design and advise on the intended space provisions and planning relationships; proposed materials and intended building services; the technical and functional characteristics of the design. Check for conformity of the concept with the rights to the use of land. Review the anticipated costs of the project and the project programme.
Confirm the scope and complexity; review the design and consult with local and statutory authorities; develop the design, construction system, materials and components; incorporate and co-ordinate all services and the work of consultants; review the design, costing and programme with the consultants
STAGE 4: DOCUMENTATION
STAGE 5: CONSTRUCTION
STAGE 6: CLOSE-OUT
Co-ordinate technical documentation with the consultants and complete primary coordination; prepare specifications for the works; review the costing and programme with the consultants; obtain the client’s authority and submit documents for approval.
Obtain the client’s authority to prepare documents to procure offers for the execution of the works; obtain offers for the execution of the works; evaluate offers and recommend on the award of the building contract; prepare the contract documentation and arrange for the signing of the building contract.
Administer the building contract. Give possession of the site to the contractor. Issue contract documentation. Initiate and/or check sub-contract design and documentation as appropriate. Inspect the works for conformity to the contract documentation.
Administer and perform the duties and obligations assigned to the principal agent in the JBCC building contract, or fulfil the obligations provided for in other forms of contract. Issue the certificate of practical completion. Assist the client to obtain the occupation certificate
Facilitate the project close-out including the preparation of the necessary documentation to effect completion, handover and operation of the project.
After the contractor’s obligations with respect to the building contract are fulfilled, the architectural professional shall issue the certificates related to contract completion.
Provide the client with as-built / updated drawings and relevant technical and contractual undertakings by the contractor and sub-contractors.
