Bg6 What’s changed?
‘BG6: A Design Framework for Building Services’ was first published in 2006, with the primary aim of clarifying the roles and duties of those involved in the design phases of construction projects. It’s since been revised and updated, reflecting the changing nature of UK construction industry, and the implications these have had for the allocation of design responsibilities.
Many parties contribute to the design of building services systems, from project inception to completion. BG6 provides teams with a clear framework for agreeing on responsibility for each task on a specific project.
Changes in technology, regulations, standard requirements, methodologies, and approaches have introduced new issues and added new sections (and revised others), including the schedules contained within the appendices.
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Updating of references to the RIBA Plan of Work 2020.
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Addition of a new section on the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015 with descriptions of related roles, activities and deliverables, and updating of the Activities schedules
Key changes
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References to Stage 3 'Spatial Coordination' updated and emphasise the importance of this key stage in terms of aligning spatial requirements between disciplines.
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Addition of a new section on the Building Safety Act, with descriptions of related roles, activities and deliverables, and updating of the Activities schedules.
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Re-working of existing and addition of new model views and drawing exemplars, and inclusion of a new appendix to provide further descriptive guidance on the level of detail typically achieved in the deliverables for each project stage.
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Early consideration of builders' work and evolution of deliverables relating to this critical element is re-worked to provide greater emphasis on its importance.
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Re-writing of the descriptive sections relating to BIM and revision of standards references in the Activities and Deliverables schedules.
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A move from spreadsheet proformas and printed guidance to a fully integrated collaborative software solution.
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Simplification and re-definition of the sub-division of RIBA Stage 4 to improve understanding and alignment with other design disciplines.
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Addition of a new section on environmental assessment methods and update of related activities in the Activities schedules.