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Schedule of services definition

What does Schedule of services mean? In practice, a schedule of services is the part of a consultant’s appointment or a pre‑construction services agreement (PCSA) that itemises, in detail, the services the consultant or (at PCSA stage) the contractor must provide for the project. The term is not defined by legislation or case law; it is a descriptive expression used across construction and professional appointments and is commonly capitalised in standard forms (for example, RIBA, ACE, NEC and JCT), where it forms part of the contract documents. A schedule of services typically sets out the scope of services and deliverables, level of design, programme...

Schedules of Services in Construction Consultant Appointments: Legal and Drafting Considerations, RIBA Work Stages, BIM, Standard Forms and Design and Build Novation

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Practice notes

This Practice Note reviews the aim and makeup of the Schedule of services that is commonly attached to a consultant's Appointment for a construction project. It considers how such schedules should be drafted and compares them with those found in industry-standard form appointments. A consultant's appointment principally records the scope of what the consultant is retained to deliver, the manner in which that work must be undertaken, and the basis on which payment will be made. Although the clauses in the main body of the appointment are significant, as they set out the parties' respective rights and duties, of equal significance is a precise, itemised account of the services or functions the consultant is to perform throughout the life of the appointment.

Role of the schedule of services

At the outset of a scheme, the employer must decide the responsibilities of each member of the project team, beginning at inception and running through to handover of the finished works (and, where applicable, into the Maintenance or operational phase), and this allocation must then be reflected accurately within the Consultants' appointments...

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