BS 7000-4:1996

Committees responsible
Foreword
Introduction
Section 1. General
1.1 Scope
1.2 References
1.3 Definitions
Section 2. Framework for design management
2.1 General
2.2 Management of the design team
2.3 Establishing the brief
2.4 Project planning
2.5 Plan of work
2.6 Programming
2.7 Project communications
2.8 Vontrolling cost
Section 3. Design resource management
3.1 General
3.2 Design facility
3.3 Design facility manager's corporate
       responsibilities
3.4 Objectives of a design facility
3.5 Preparing a business plan
3.6 Quality policy
3.7 Innovation
3.8 Communications
3.9 Management information
3.10 Design support systems
3.11 Technical information
3.12 Drawing materials and equipment
3.13 Computer-aided design
3.14 Specification systems
3.15 Administration
3.16 Instruments and technical equipment
Section 4. design process management
4.1 General
4.2 Design facility manager's operational
       responsibilities
4.3 Pre-commission review
4.4 Design unit leader's responsibilities
4.5 Design brief
4.6 Design stages
4.7 Design procedures
4.8 Progress checking
4.9 Design change control
4.10 Documentation control
4.11 Design team's activities during construction
4.12 Design management appraisal
Annexes
A (normative) Validation and verification
B (normative) Technical information
Figures
1 Organization of the design element of a
       construction project
2 Design team organization
3 Relationship between brief evolution and
       design stages
List of references

Gives advice on management of the construction design process. Applies to all levels, for all organisations and for all types of construction projects.