Design Led Construction™ overview

Design Led Construction™ is intended as an integrated approach to construction procurement that sets out a way of working designed to promote co-operation rather than division within the various elements that make up the construction industry.
Specifically, and most importantly, it sets out an approach where designers and contractors work as a team throughout the project. The process understands the balance of risk and responsibility, the way that this balance changes over  the course of a project, and seeks to define a framework which recognises this, avoiding unnecessary risk and adversarial situations.
It is also an approach that seeks to address the problem of the client who has only limited knowledge of  construction. By presenting clients with a roadmap at the beginning of the project, and with team members who are all signed up to the roadmap, it is hoped that many of the issues that arise with 'naive' clients can be avoided.
We believe that the thinking behind DLC™ can be applied to projects of all scales and types, but from the outset it is squarely aimed at medium scale projects with straightforward clients who are looking for good quality buildings - the solid middle of the construction industry.
Of course, you're going to need a great deal more detail - look at the links below / in the What is Design Led Construction™ section for more. These will be developed and maintained as the current description of the DLC™ approach.
For this to mean something, it will need the engagement of a range of people from all parts of the industry. Please do feel free to have your say - although I believe we have a coherent framework, we certainly do not have the answers to everything - look for the weak points, and suggest improvements/alternatives - please!

Other Entries:
INTRODUCTORY:
Why do we need this?
Simplest Description
Why 'Design Led'?
PROCESS DESCRIPTION:
Anatomy of a DLC™ project
DLC™ Inception Phase
DLC™ Feasibility Phase