ABSTRACT
A client can be defined as a party that is freely choosing to avail themselves of services and contracts with others for the supply of construction goods and services This chapter explores how client see themselves and what they are trying to achieve in a building project. It sets out the client’s behaviours, how design teams respond to client behaviour and ultimately how risk is transferred between parties. The chapter creates the notion of corporate construction risk. A construction project is a change project initiated for a business purpose. As a contrast Project Management is much more systematic, is more plan-driven, with risks addressed stage by stage, and is based on MOR Management of Risk. However, a successful and well managed project can be evidence that the company can smoothly manage a major stage of a change process. ‘De-risking’ a project is a fundamental pre-market activity.
