The Roles of Professionals

This chapter discusses professions that are traditionally concerned with building and engineering works, such as architects, engineers, and quantity surveyors. It analyses how project managers are being added to the group of construction professionals engaged by employers. It also probes the work of construction professionals in England, Wales, and Scotland that is subject to the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (HGCRA). This chapter cites a construction contract in the HGCRA as an agreement to do architectural, design, or surveying work or provide advice on building, engineering, interior decoration, or exterior decoration to construction operations. It looks at traditional forms of contract that is responsible for the design of the works and the contractor for the construction.