ABSTRACT
THE DESIGN MANAGEMENT role has been around since the 1960s, fi rst being developed in the architectural profession, but rarely adopted. By the late 1980s and early 1990s the role started to be taken up by the more progressive contracting organizations, primarily in the UK, but also in Brazil and Scandinavia. The role has rapidly evolved to cover the entire range of design and construction activities. This chapter provides an insight into what a design manager does, with three vignettes from design management professionals helping to illustrate the richness of the role.
