Welcome to a sample of DevProMM

Welcome to a sample of DevProMM

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The term "Project Management Method" (PMM) means that it:

  • sets out the process (the sequence of activities) that should be followed by the scheme's Project Manager. These are described in the process maps;

  • sets out the procedures used to properly undertake the activities that are in the process maps;

  • includes standard templates and documents to be used by the Project Manager and Project Team when following the procedures

The Method uses standard project management processes and procedures to deliver affordable housing developments & regeneration schemes. It is consistent with:

      

HCA scheme audit requirementsGLA scheme audit requirementsClients' Commitments
ISO 21500:2012 (Guidance on Project Management)
BS 6079 (Project Management)PRINCE2
Association for Project Management's Body of Knowledge v6RIBA Plan of Work 2013BSRIA Soft Landings 2018

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DEFINITIONS

A land-led scheme is one where we are purchasing land independently, and can choose who will be our consultants and building contractor. We have complete control over the design and standards of the finished products (within our financial and time constraints, of course)

Package Deal is a term that covers a range of scenarios, the common features of which are the land is brought to us by a housebuilder or builder, partly designed, and we enter into a negotiated building contract with them for the construction. Therefore, unlike land-led schemes, we do not have control over who will build it. Regarding what to be built, the term covers a spectrum of control, and could be simplistically subdivided as follows:

Early-Involvement Package Deal: we are involved very early in the design process (no design, or simple proving layouts having been completed). We then provide the house builder/builder with our Design Brief, and work with their design team to develop designs that meet our requirements, for which we then seek a planning permission. We provide the house builder/builder with our Employers Requirements, negotiate a contract sum and enter into the building contract. Very akin to land-led schemes, where we control what is built, although we do not control who builds it.

Late-Involvement Package Deal: we are involved when RIBA Stage 3 designs have been completed (maybe before a planning application or after permission is granted), and therefore have very little control over design. We provide the house builder/builder with our Employers Requirements (influencing or controlling the materials, systems and components to be used), negotiate a contract sum and enter into the building contract.

Package Deal As Off - Plan Purchase: if we are involved when a full planning permission has been granted for the housebuilder’s standard dwelling types, and there is therefore very little or no opportunity to influence either the design or the material systems and components, we are essentially being offered a finished product. Whatever it is called, this is really an Off-Plan Purchase, even if the purchase mechanisms involve a contract to buy the land and a construction contract.

An off-plan purchase (OP) is where we are offered some fully-designed and specified dwellings with no - or very little - choice over design or components. Essentially a finished product, there may be some choices over kitchen and bathroom fittings and some finishes such as paint colour. Not only do OP purchases offer little or no control over the design / specification, they usually aren't available for occupation for several months (i.e. while they are being built).
An off the shelf (OTS) purchase is when the Association buys some completed dwellings that are ready to let / sell. These may be new builds that have just completed, a refurbishment or rehabilitation of older buildings into new dwellings, or the purchase of second-hand street property. OTS purchases offer no control over the design / specification, but they are available for occupation very quickly.

Section 106 schemes can:

  • have a tenure mix including some or all of affordable rent, market rent, shared ownership and outright ownership
  • offer varying degrees of control over design and components. They can range from negotiating a building contract for the identified plots with the developer, using the standard set of Employer's Requirements, like a package deal (VERY uncommon but possible) to an off-plan purchase with some choice over internal and external finishes and materials / components (very common) or even an off-the-shelf arrangement (not common).

Private Rented Sector schemes are all:

  • bulk off-plan purchases
  • for market rent
  • undertaken simply to make a profit, and for no other reason

LAND LED SCHEME

PACKAGE DEAL

OP & OTS (incl S106)