The Lead Designer's Handbook: Managing design and the design team in the digital age

Dale Sinclair is AECOM's Director of Technical Practice, Architecture responsible for EMIA. His core expertise is the delivery of large scale projects and he is passionate about delivering these more effectively using innovative and iterative multi-disciplinary design processes that embrace the project life cycle. His publication Leading the Team: An Architect's Guide to Design Management considered effective tools to manage the iterative design process and subsequent publications have focused on the RIBA Plan of Work 2013.Dale is on the board of BuildingSMART UK, regularly speaks about the RIBA Plan of Work 2013, BIM and on the future of the built environment industry.

Introduction Chapter 1: Designer v Lead Designer v Design Manager Chapter 2 The value of a Plan of Work Chapter 3 Redefining the Project Stages Section 1: The Lead Designer Chapter 4 The Project Team Chapter 5 The Design Team Chapter 6 The Lead Designer: Managing Designers Chapter 7 Design Decision Making Chapter 8 Who does what, when? Chapter 9 Designing in a 3D Digital Environment Chapter 10 Harnessing the value of Data Section 2: Design Management Chapter 11 Co-ordinating and Integrating collaboratively Chapter 12 Design to Cost Chapter 13 Designing to Programme Chapter 14 Eight Essential Design Management Tools Chapter 15 Reviewing Design Chapter 16 Procurement and the Design Management Challenge Chapter 17 Streamlining Practice Management Chapter 18 Infrastructure and Product Design Chapter 19 'Soft Skills' Appendices