ABSTRACT
The roles and responsibilities for the management of a project can be viewed as a hierarchical sequence of interlinked functions. This chapter considers the roles required throughout the project supply chain, particularly during the design and construction stages, and what contract types are available to provide the additional roles in different ways. It focuses on the implications of the different organizational and contractual combinations from the viewpoint of the project manager. The chapter reviews the roles of different parties to a project and different contracting practices designed to provide the client organization with services. It covers the traditional approach and some of the common practices, as well as emerging ones. The chapter describes standard terms for project managers and comments on trends. It discusses two main types of procurement strategies namely, integrated strategies and management strategies. The chapter also considers the implications for the project manager and investigates the effect of working within collaborative structures.
