The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched the new comprehensively revised Plan of Work and Architect's Job Book - the flagship documents for the Institute.

Both documents have been fully updated and restructured, to accommodate the complex demands of today's construction industry and the changing role of the profession.

Now in its eighth edition, the Architect's Job Book is the long established standard and recognised point of reference for job and contract administration for all construction professionals. Nigel Ostime and Bob Dalziel of 3D Reid, one of the UK's largest architectural practices, were invited by the RIBA to completely rethink the document, ensuring its relevance and ease of use to the modern architect. One of the key changes was the addition of editable internet version for use as a Project Plan.


The Plan of Work is the standard project framework used by the construction industry. The new revised version by Roland Phillips (author of the RIBA Agreements) has been updated to reflect current procurement practice and the consequences of better risk management, as well as better indication of the activities likely to occur at each stage of a projects and allocation of responsibility for carrying them out.

Adrian Dobson, RIBA's Director of Practice said: "The Job Book is a trusted and familiar resource for the architect in practice and the RIBA Plan of Work represents the most widely used framework for the delivery of construction projects.

"Both these key references have been comprehensively revised and updated by the authors to assist the architect in successfully navigating the contemporary building procurement process."

(CD/JM)