Guide
Project roles
A role describes how someone participates in one project. The same person may have a different role on another project.
These labels help teams understand responsibilities; they are not a promise that every listed page or action is enabled. Datumspec checks project membership, organization context, capabilities, and financial visibility separately.
- Client
- Represents the project owner or client-side participant.
- Designer
- Contributes design work and project coordination.
- Sub-consultant
- Provides specialist consulting services.
- Structural engineer
- Contributes structural engineering work.
- MEP engineer
- Contributes mechanical, electrical, or plumbing engineering work.
- Civil engineer
- Contributes civil engineering work.
- Contractor
- Coordinates construction delivery.
- Trade
- Contributes work for a trade or specialty contractor.
- Construction manager advisor
- Advises the client on construction management.
- Construction manager at risk
- Participates in a construction-manager-at-risk delivery model.
- Design-builder
- Coordinates design and construction under a design-build arrangement.
- Owner’s representative
- Acts for the owner in project coordination.
- Quantity surveyor
- Supports cost planning and commercial measurement.
- Property manager
- Represents property operations or management interests.