Construction management is no longer a popular contract form on larger schemes, according to the RICS’ latest Contract In Use survey.

The survey reported that it made up 1% of total contracts surveyed in 2004 – just 19 occasions in all.

construction management used to be associated with larger projects but only three out of the 19 schemes were for projects greater than £2m in value.

In the 2001 survey it was used solely on projects tipping the £2m mark.

In the RICS’ latest survey, the larger schemes, worth between £2m and £10m, used the JCT construction management documentation instead.

n Building has learned that the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), the research arm of the RICS, has attracted the interest of a bidder. A spokesperson said there were “no plans to sell off the BCIS”.

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