Project Stages & Process

Apply the RIBA Plan of Work across procurement routes. Understand stage-by-stage obligations, information required at each gateway, design responsibility matrices, BIM coordination, employer's requirements, contractor's proposals, and the practical completion to defects liability transition. 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.