ABSTRACT
The contract plan selects the procurement route to be used for the execution of the project. Four main procurement routes can be followed in addition to Private Finance Initiative Schemes. They are full turnkey, partial turnkey, traditional client co-ordinated, and management contracting. There are certain industry forms under which the contractor has a design responsibility but which, unless heavily modified, are not 'turnkey' contracts. With any form of partial turnkey contracting the division of work and responsibilities as between the employer, the consultants and the turnkey contractor are necessarily less clearcut and subject to variations to suit the wishes of the parties. The employer is placed in direct contract with the various trades’ contractors who may well include some whom under the traditional client co-ordinated method would have been nominated sub-contractors to the main contractor. The respective responsibilities of the project manager, construction manager and management contractor as they are commonly found in contracts in use are illustrated.
