ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the client, design and construction teams in greater detail, and the issues to which the lead designer should be alert. The client team might comprise an individual or, on the largest of projects, a number of practices and individuals. The relationship between the client team and design team has become more complex as clients wrestle with different ways of improving the Procurement Strategy that will deliver greater cost and time certainty. Each role in the project team is typically undertaken by a different professional. The client team is normally led by a representative from the client body or the client themselves on small projects. The project manager guides the client decision-making processes – for example, considering and concluding: the optimum timescale for the Project Programme; and what other advisers are required in the client team. The chapter concludes by briefly considering some of the trends that might shape and define the project team of the future.
