The programme drawn up by the project owner includes the following elements relating to the construction and use of the project:1° The objectives to be achieved by the project;2° The needs to be met by the project;3° The constraints and requirements in terms of social, town-planning, architectural, functional, technical and economic quality, integration into the landscape and environmental protection.
The project owner draws up the programme and sets the estimated financial budget for the project before the project manager begins preliminary design studies.The project owner may specify the programme and financial budget before the project manager begins design studies.
The development of the programme and the setting of the provisional financial envelope may continue during the preliminary design studies for:1° Refurbishment projects;2° New construction projects involving complex works, provided that the project owner has specified this in the tender documents for the public works contract.
The consequences of changes to the programme and the estimated financial envelope are taken into account by a contractual amendment to the public works contract, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of Title IX of Book I.
The project owner may, under the conditions set out in this chapter, use the services of third parties in the following ways:1° Assistance to the project owner;2° Project management;3° Project management mandate;4° Transfer of project management.
The project owner may award public contracts for project management assistance relating to one or more specialised areas, in particular relating to all or part of the preparation of the programme, the setting of the estimated financial budget for the project or specialised advice in a technical, financial, legal or administrative area.
The project owner may award a public contract to a project manager for general administrative, financial and technical assistance. This public contract is concluded in writing, regardless of its value.
The role of project manager is incompatible with any project management, technical inspection role as defined in article L. 125-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code or work execution role relating to the same project and carried out either directly by the project manager or by an affiliated company as defined in article L. 2511-8.
Within the limits of the programme and the provisional financial envelope for the operation that he has decided, the project owner may entrust an agent, by means of a project management contract, with the exercise, in his name and on his behalf, of all or part of the powers referred to in article L. 2422-6, under the conditions of this section. However, sub-section 4 of this section does not apply…
The purpose of a project management contract is to entrust the agent with the exercise of some or all of the powers referred to in Article L. 2421-1, of all or some of the following: 1° Defining the administrative and technical conditions under which the work will be designed and executed; 2° Preparing, awarding and signing, after approval of the successful tenderer, the project management contract and monitoring its execution;…
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