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What will the RIBA Client Design Advisor (CDA) do?
Safeguarding quality and value on a construction project is a major job – one that, as a client, you may not feel you have the time or experience to carry out. However, there are professionals on hand to do it, able to apply their own extensive experience of delivering similar scale projects elsewhere.
An RIBA CDA will assist you from the earliest stages of a project, in strategic decision-making, stakeholder consultation, design brief development, budget setting, feasibility studies, procurement procedures and appraisals of design proposals. The Client Design Advisor acts as the hands-on champion for design quality on the project. The tasks an RIBA CDA is qualified to undertake may include, but is not limited to:
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helping to define an agreed set of project outcomes
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working with you and other stakeholders to identify key design issues and project requirements
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carrying out feasibility studies and option appraisals Inputting into financial planning, whole life costs and value for money assessments
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advising on procurement methods
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assisting with the preparation of a project programme, including allowing sufficient design development time
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assisting with the evaluation of bids, the construction and design teams
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checking budgets, design proposals, construction details and contract documentation.
For more information, please refer to the General information section below.
Alternatively, contact the RIBA Client Services team:
Telephone: 020 7307 3700
Email: cs@inst.riba.org|