CIC Design Guidelines New Zealand

 

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New Zealand's CIC (Construction Industry Council) [2] design guidelines [2] issued in 2016 provide an overview of the full construction phase of a building, from design to use. The document consists of 10 parts: a guide and specifications for each stage. The design and execution phases apply to traditional implementations, but are also dedicated to BIM implementations. Each stage has been described as a set of tables consisting of: the scope of information to be developed and tables of responsibility for its delivery. An interesting solution is to indicate auxiliary entities in the implementation of individual sub-assemblies of the stage.

1. The stages of the investment implementation were divided into:
2. Establishment of the project
3. Conceptual design
4. Preliminary project
5. Project expanded
6. Detailed design
7. Supply
8. Construction management
9. Transmission

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Each stage has been developed as a separate editable PDF with the possibility of modifying the pages responsible for delivering individual components as well as the parties responsible for helping with their creation and verification. Each of the stages has been cataloged in chapters:

• Input data
• Health and safety
• Generalia
• BIM
• Environment
• Execution / Fulfillment
• Management
• Design
• Expense
• Structure / Geotechnics
• Construction services
• Fire protections

Each of the above-mentioned items contains detailed guidelines to be developed or provided. This can be reflected based on an abbreviated version of the content of a stage for e.g. a Developed Project:

INPUT DATA: consist of the investor's consent to continue design works and documentation from the previous stage.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: update of the health and safety report based on risk assessment and indication of countermeasures.

GENERALIA: updating the quality control plan, correspondence and meetings, match internal resources to program requirements, record documentation: prepare and gradually update, integrate virtual machine elements at the design stage, confirm with the customer the cleaning, refusal and recycling regulations, confirm the adopted construction methodology for design, mark a significant or unusual possibility of construction, coordinate work with the design team, coordinate with other disciplines (...).

BIM: manage and validate in line with BEP, coordinate / integrate: input to models with the team, Define prerequisites for customer BIM results, confirm compliance with selected BIM applications with BEP, model developed systems and design elements, in line with BEP.

ENVIRONMENT: (...), performance modeling: selected systems were rebuilt based on finalized layouts to confirm performance.

PERFORMANCE / FULFILLMENT: Town planning and related legislation: Include in design, collaborate with territorial and other authorities as needed, urban design: discuss and agree with Council Urban Design, urban design panel: prepare and make a feedback presentation, approval request for resources: prepare and submit an application to the territorial authority, resource consent processing: Answer questions arising from the application, provide further information if required, resource consent: Receive, view and disseminate consent, including terms, compliance: Gradually check project in terms of resource consent, including terms, compliance: Agree on compliance strategies for the project, compliance: Gradually check the project against NZBC and relevant standards and codes of conduct, (...)

MANAGEMENT: health and safety: monitor the health and safety plan / record considering HSD and HSAW issues, in short: monitor the project for compliance with goals, scope and constraints. Identify and reduce scope creep, project agenda: update high-level design, orders and deliveries, and milestones. check progress, project execution plan: implement the plan, track team performance, team: Identify areas of work to be undertaken by Design Build, novation: consider new consultants, prepare contracts, engage the project team: prepare and issue guidelines, contracts, insurance requirements, statement authorship manufacturer, BIM capabilities etc, peer reviews and manufacturer statements: define requirements and get involved (…).

DESIGN: site information: additional information (if required), design: develop plans, sections, elevations, enlarged plans and sections, all to scale. finalize meshes, levels, schedules: Finalize equipment, fixtures, equipment selection, interior and exterior finishes, design details: typical construction details, at appropriate scale, structure: Design integration, construction services: design integration, vertical transport: develop, include in design, facade: Develop an option for the facade, consider compliance with the requirements of the Code, agree with relevant consultants, thermal envelope: develop the preferred option about thermal salt, consider compliance with code requirements, fire: Assess concepts and consider preferred / recommended fire protection and exit requirements. integrate NZ fire brigade requirements, fire and escape: consider the requirements of an acceptable solution or specific design, accessibility and facilities for people with disabilities: Develop requirements draft, address compliance issues, demonstrate, (…).

COST: feasibility: updating the business case for project feasibility / profitability; cost plan: update the cost plan. Budget review. identify temporary items, unforeseen circumstances and exclusions; estimated cost: update preliminary estimate; coordinator: for other disciplines, cost is what counts, including alternatives; (...).

STRUCTURE / GEOTECHNICAL: In short: consider severity levels, seismic requirements, special loads, geotechnical issues etc, existing structure: report covering seismic and geotechnical issues recommends corrective action; geotechnical: issuing final substantive and interpretative reports, applying design criteria, developing the foundations; retaining wall, basement, site renovation and drainage project; geotechnical: consider basement drainage options and enter them on this; structural design: confirm sizes of all major and common secondary elements, enter data for architectural elements, (…).

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES: Brief Description of Functional Services: Finalize performance goals based on design criteria; load: calculate and develop basic grades and profiles; energy efficiency: develop analysis, confirm performance against target rating, turn on the project; interface matrix: complete service interface matrix creation; interface requirements: finalize interface with existing buildings and equipment - develop; zones: develop land use plans for all services, (…).

FIRE PROTECTION: fire report: preparation of a report on a fire engineering project, coordination and review of consultants' projects including; interface requirements: with existing buildings and equipment and with other disciplines; calculations: develop design modeling to test the agreed concept including radiation at the boundaries, structure behavior, smoke generation, escape times, etc, exit: confirm, including required exit time and available exit time (if applicable). Confirm the requirements for escape routes, dimension designations; smoke and extract: finalize the extraction strategy and coordinate with the mechanics; construction services: develop in conjunction with service concepts, (…).

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[2] CIC Guidelines - New Zealand Construction Industry Council - Version 1.0 / August 2016 - https://nzcic.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/3-CIC-2016-Concept-Design.pdf