How a project is bought (the procurement route) decides who designs what, who carries which risks, and when the contractor joins. That shapes who owns which models, when information changes hands, and what your BIM requirements can demand.
Procurement is how the client buys the project: who it appoints, in what order, under what contracts. The route decides who designs, who builds, who carries which risks, and when information changes hands. For a coordinator, it explains why responsibilities shift halfway through a project.
A hospital is procured design and build: the client's architect and engineers reach stage 3, then are novated to the contractor, who also appoints MEP and façade subcontractors. List three points where information changes hands, and what you'd check at each.
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