The collaboration game

摘要

Ray payne, head of procurement at the Olympic Delivery Authority, made an important announcement at the recent New Engineering Contract users' group annual seminar - the ODA would be using the NEC3 suite of contracts for design and construction works. This is in line with a recommendation in the National Audit Office report Improving Public Services through better Construction, published on 15 March 2005. The NAO said: 'The Engineering and Construction Contract is one example of a contract written in plain English that embeds the principles of good project management in its procedures, and promotes role clarity.