Peter Kamminga | JAMS Where there is construction, there are contracts. Typically, these contracts are obtained through a competitive, hard-bid process, which is often criticized for causing adversarial relationships and driving continuous change orders and disputes. In response, collaborative project delivery models have been developed to optimize owner-contractor collaboration and focus on dispute prevention and… Continue reading An Introduction to Collaborative Construction Contracts for Large and International Projects
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Construction Needs Collaborative Planning
Aarni Heiskanen | AEC Business What makes construction different from manufacturing is its dynamic nature. Unlike a systemized production plant, a construction site is a mesh of interconnected processes that are far from optimized. The traditional top-down planning practice does not solve problems on the construction site, as recent research reveals. Making planning collaborative is… Continue reading Construction Needs Collaborative Planning