RACI matrix template for a construction project
Design through handover, with the client holding approval on the drawings and on the final sign-off. Five roles, six rows, close to how a small works package actually runs.
| Task or deliverable | Project manager | Site supervisor | Architect | Contractor | Client |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approve the design | C | I | R | I | A |
| Obtain the permits | AR | I | C | I | I |
| Prepare the site | A | R | I | C | I |
| Carry out the build | A | C | I | R | I |
| Inspect the work | C | AR | C | I | I |
| Hand over the building | R | C | I | I | A |
LegendRResponsibleAAccountableCConsultedIInformed
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How to adapt it
- Who uses it: project managers and site teams on small to mid-size works, where responsibility is split across firms rather than departments.
- The decision it forces: the client role. Clients are frequently marked Informed on rows they in fact approve, and the matrix is then wrong from the first week.
- What to change first: the contract drives everything here. Under a design-and-build contract the architect and contractor rows move substantially.
Other RACI Matrix Builder templates
- Software releaseSix rows covering a release from scope to announcement, across five roles. The accountable owner changes three times along the way, which is the whole reason for filling one in.
- Marketing campaignA campaign from brief to reporting, with legal review treated as a role rather than an afterthought. Five roles, six rows.
- Hiring processOne requisition from approval to offer, across the hiring manager, the recruiter, the panel, HR and finance. Headcount approval sits with finance, which is where it usually sits in practice.
- Event planningAn event from venue booking to budget reconciliation, across five roles. Finance owns the last row, which is the row most plans forget.
- Compliance auditAn audit cycle from scope to remediation sign-off, with the executive sponsor accountable for accepting residual risk. Five roles, six rows.
Related reading
- How to build a RACI matrixA working method for building a responsibility assignment matrix: what each letter actually means, how to size the rows, the two rules that make it useful, and the four ways it usually fails.
- RACI, DACI or RAPID: which one your team actually needsThree responsibility frameworks, three different problems. What each one was designed to fix, where each one fails, and a short test for choosing between them.