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Publication - Advice and guidance

Construction procurement: project initiation and business cases handbook

Published
2 August 2019
Directorate
Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate
Part of
Public sector
ISBN
9781839600302

One of three handbooks that comprise the Client Guide to Construction Projects, The Project Initiation and Business Cases Handbook provides guidance to assist contracting authorities to successfully deliver construction projects and achieve value for money.

This document is part of a collection

Supporting documents

Project Initiation and Contracts Handbook (updated 20-12-2022)
126 page PDF
1.8 MB
Chapter 1 - The Client and the Project Environment
8 page PDF
147.9 kB
Chapter 2 - Project Governance
4 page PDF
89.4 kB
Chapter 3 - Client Team Roles and Responsibilities
13 page PDF
272.2 kB
Chapter 4 - Business Case and Appraisal
4 page PDF
212.3 kB
Chapter 5 - Project Initiation Routemap
3 page PDF
18.9 kB
Chapter 6 - Stakeholder Analysis
8 page PDF
204.0 kB
Chapter 7 - Risk
6 page PDF
145.6 kB
Chapter 8 - Community Benefits
3 page PDF
18.0 kB
Chapter 9 - Fair Payments
3 page PDF
53.6 kB
Chapter 10 - Project Bank Accounts
3 page PDF
28.5 kB
Chapter 11 - Whole Life Cost
3 page PDF
46.4 kB
Chapter 12 - Building Information Modelling (BIM)
3 page PDF
17.7 kB
Chapter 13 - Project Assurance
5 page PDF
93.4 kB
Chapter 14 - Quality Assurance
7 page PDF
128.9 kB
Chapter 15 - Design in Construction
4 page PDF
32.8 kB
Chapter 16 - Change Control in Construction Projects
14 page PDF
305.0 kB
Chapter 17 - Retention in Construction Contracts
10 page PDF
173.0 kB
Chapter 18 - Sustainability in Construction
16 page PDF
277.5 kB
Chapter 18 - Sustainability Matrix
Excel document
215.9 kB
Chapter 19 - The Construction Capability Assessment Tool
5 page PDF
92.7 kB
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