BSRIA Guide BG6

Why, What, How?

Martin Ronceray
BSRIA Principal Consultant
in Construction process

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 A bit of history on BG6
1994 2006 2012 2018
TN8 BG6 (1st) BG6 (3rd) BG6 (5th)

1997 2009 2014

TN21 BG6 (2nd) BG6 (4th)
TN22
• Allocation of Design Responsibilities
a code of conduct to avoid conflict
• Allocation of Design Responsibilities
+ example drawings
• A Design Framework for Building Services

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Client

Consultant
• Purpose
Contractor

Pro-formas
• Structure Activities Deliverables

Lead Support Drawings

A
• Process
B
C

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• Details of limitations not always explicit

– in contracts
– in specifications
– in drawings
• Several parties (stakeholders) involved
at different time during the project
• Different deliverables

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Team design
deliverables from
each project stage
Greater clarity
of each
designer’s role
Enable more Tighter definition
profitable of who designs
project delivery what
Reduced conflict
within the project
team Defining who
produces which
drawing
How
Why
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Client

Consultant
• Purpose
Contractor

Pro-formas
• Structure Activities Deliverables

Lead Support Drawings

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• Alignment with stages of RIBA PoW

• Broadly in line with ACE Sched. of Serv.

• Focus on MEP aspects
• Publication
– Front-end sections
– Appendices
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Front-end sections

• Design process on building projects

• Design coordination of building services
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• Level of details and information (LOD/LOI)
• Contractors designed portion (CDP)
• Process of using BG6

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Appendices

• Appendix A
– Pro-formas
– Definitions
– Illustrations
• Appendix B

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Appendix A – Pro-formas

• One pro-forma for each stage

• Pro-forma acts as checklist for design activities
• Segmentation of activities
– General obligations
– Client and team liaisons
– Plant & specialist design
– MEP designs
– Commissioning
– Deliverables

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Appendix A – Definitions

• Definitions for the illustrations

Concept, Developed, Technical, Installation,
Builders’ work, Manufacturers, As-built
• Based on outcome to be shown
• Typical use at the stage

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Appendix A – Illustrations

• 3D views from a model

Plant room and distribution

• Layout drawings
MEP services

• Schematic drawings
Mechanical and electrical

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Appendix B

• Allocating information production

• Link with pro-formas to identify
deliverables
• Non-exhaustive list of deliverables
– illustrations (models, drawings)
– information (specifications, reports)

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Appendix B

• Matrix of deliverables

List of stages

List of
List of who is responsible to
services
deliver what and when
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Client

Consultant
• Purpose
Contractor

Pro-formas
• Structure Activities Deliverables

Lead Support Drawings

A
• Process
B
C

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• Step 1
Complete pro-formas in Appendix A

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Appendix A – Pro-formas

• Complete the pro-forma for each required stage

• Identify the party who is going to undertake
each design activity
• Allocate responsibility per party
Lead/Review/Support but only one lead/activity
• Add comments to clarify the scope
• Remove activities not relevant to the project
• Additional activities at the end of the pro-forma

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• Step 2
Complete associated matrix in Appendix B

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Appendix B

• Decide which illustrations and other

deliverables are required
• Decide which engineering services are included
in the project
• Assign the name of the team member who will
be delivering them

• Add programme dates to produce a task

information delivery plan (BIM Level 2)
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• Step 3
Issue the completed pro-formas as part of the
contractual requirements

• Step 4
Review and update Appendix B as deliverables
are issued by the project team

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Needs for Changes

• Sub-divisions of Stages 3
and 4 creating confusions
• Illustrations for MEP services
• Appendix B (deliverables list)
not used much

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Stage sub-divisions

• Co-ordination of services within delivered

outputs were sub-divided at Stage 3a, 3b and
Stage 4a, 4b, 4c for handover points

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Stage sub-divisions

• However hybrid of these sub-divisions have

been used in the procurement market place
– Stage 4a+ ≈ deliver a more developed design
– Stage 4b- ≈ deliver a quite co-ordinated
design with some known components
– Stage 4b+ ≈ deliver an almost co-ordinated
design with procured plant and components
– Stage 4c- ≈ deliver a co-ordinated design with
almost all specialist details

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Stage sub-divisions

• In 5th edition sub-divisions removed

• Stage 3 stands as only one stage
• Stage 4 stands as only one (long) stage with
technical design division
– Feasible design using generic objects
– Coordinated design using generic objects
– Coordinated design using specific objects
• New Appendix C to present examples

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New Appendix C

• Examples for different design responsibility

scenarios
• Aim at presenting some particularities in the
pro-formas when consultant and contractor
have to interact
• Some variations when the consultant is
appointed by the client or by the main
contractor

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New Appendix C – Example 1

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New Appendix C – Example 1
MEP consultant
(lead)

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Illustrations for MEP services

• Views revised in line with updated definitions

• Addition of public health services
• Additional example on electrical services

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Appendix B

• Moved to digital version only

• Include all deliverables: illustration and
other documents

Comprehensive matrix of
deliverables

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• Finalisation and production in the coming

months
• Aim to be published late Spring

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