Copyright

This Practice Manual, including portions that may be posted from time to time on this website, is protected by international copyright law. All rights are reserved and restrictions apply, as stated on the title page of the Manual. Upon requerst, the BC Building Projects Comittee may license the reproductions of portions of the Manual for education or practice development purposes.

The BC Building Projects Committee currrently gives permission for downloading from this website of the Table of Contents and Executive Summary. For more information please contact the Committee

Context for Using the Practice Manual

In order to use this Manual for specific projects, managers and others experienced in building-projects have to customize the practices presented. Practices obviously differ between a warehouse and a complex hospital facility, for example. The ways in which the Manual is applied therefore remain at the discretion of its users.

While the Manual strives to present good management practice, the Committee, the Task Force and their respective members recognize that experienced and prudent practitioners may adopt practices that are different from those presented in the Manual. Following the practices presented will not ensure success in specific situations, and not following the practices presented, in specific situations, may be consistent with prudent standard practice. Users are reminded that in all cases where specific regulatory authority exists over a particular practice area, the legislation, regulations and guidelines of that authority shall govern if there is any conflict with the Manual.

The Manual presents many practices, but also relies on authoritative primary references (e.g., in its Appendix E). The current version of each reference has to be read for many details. The references may differ from each other or from the Manual. Users should give more weight to a reference in its area of expertise or authority.