To some, a change in procurement systems sounds innovative and exciting. To others it is distracting and potentially expensive. The new year gives us a chance to revisit our successes and our missed opportunities and to focus on where change could add value to our businesses. Like it or not, more than 10 years of sustained government support for construction reform has had a profound effect on the industry and its clients. It has demonstrated, for example, that properly structured partnering can achieve impressive results. Case studies of integrated teams working in collaborative frameworks have repeatedly shown that their work has fewer defects and accidents and completed in less time - and at less cost, which is what has attracted the Treasury's interest.
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