Design Framework for Building Services Original Publication (Superseded) (TN 8/94)

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The original aim of this publication was to clarify the allocation of responsibilities and duties between building services designers, building services installers and the various specialist companies involved in a given building design.

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Due to potential conflicts arising from working on building projects, there was a need to provide a framework to help stakeholders identify roles and responsibilities within a given project in order to work more effectively and within specified timelines.  The product of a working syndicate at a Futures Workshop hosted by BSRIA in April 1991, this Technical Note encapsulates the collaborative findings and proposed solutions of the fifty attendees. This guide has been produced with three specific objectives in mind: 

  • to explain the root causes of conflict associated with design responsibilities as clearly and accurately as possible 
  • to propose methods by which the conflict situations identified might be avoided 
  • to provide a set of pro forma lists of design activities as an aid to implementing the proposed recommendations.

Contents:

Introduction

Research Approach

The nature of the problem

The legal interpretation

Common industry practice

Installation drawings

Contract Document clauses

Legal obligation

The basis for a solution

Causes of conflict - specific problems and their solutions

Definitions for different types of design drawing
The problem
Proposed solution

The selection of plant equipment
The problem
The proposed solution

The selection and appointment of companies providing specialist design input
The problem
The proposed solution

Commissioning activities
The problem
The proposed solution

Production of handover information
The problem
The proposed solution

How to avoid conflict - practical guidance

Proformas for allocating responsibility

Figures
Appendices

Revision history

Product details

  • Published: June 1994
  • Publisher: BSRIA
  • Author: Chris Parsloe