Procurement & Fees

Compare and apply the full JCT contract suite: Traditional, Design and Build, Management, Construction Management, NEC. Understand how procurement route affects design liability, risk transfer, and fee structure. Apply RIBA fee guidance to produce proportionate appointments. This topic sits at the heart of the Part 3 examination, appearing across all three written papers and in the oral examination. Examiners frequently combine this area with overlapping topics, particularly professional ethics and the impact of procurement route selection on design liability.

Candidates should be able to apply statutory knowledge to project scenarios, demonstrating not just awareness of obligations but practical judgement about how competing duties interact under time and budget pressure.