Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development, 5th Edition

Foreword

The first edition of this Code of Practice, published in 1992, set out a job specification for a project manager and provided guidance on the project manager’s role. Since then project management has become an integral part of the construction industry and been responsible for its increased reliability and quality of product.

The next few decades experienced some significant changes within the industry with much focus towards changing our culture and communication. The interaction between the key participants in this industry, which produces many spectacular projects with increasing levels of complexity and technological prowess, continue to evolve around the necessity to deliver projects within an agreed budget, to a level of acceptable quality and within an agreed time scale.

The fourth edition, published in 2010, captured a range of themes across the industry. In this fifth edition, prepared in collaboration with a number of key professional bodies, the entire document has been overhauled to make it more contemporary while maintaining the integrity and rationale of the role of a project manager and project management in context of the construction industry.

Following the spectacularly successful delivery of the Olympics (London 2012) and continuing with the UK Crossrail project, construction is at the forefront of successful project management. This fifth edition, although developed specifically for the UK construction industry, will continue to satisfy the ever ...