An Introduction to General Contracting (Part 2) Design Issues

Suitable for CPD requirements of RICS, CIOB, ICE, and CICES members.

After studying this course, you should be able to:-

• Explain how the designers act on behalf of the employer in converting the employer's requirements first into a brief and subsequently into a workable design
• Explore such things as the experience of the lead designer, complete design, involvement of quantity surveyor, price as the basis of selection, employer-selected sub-contractors, proportion of prime cost and/or provisional sums, negotiated contract, in the absence of any other suggestion