How is your hosepipe doing? mine springs leaks. No sooner do I repair it, the water squirts out somewhere else. Reminds me of all our efforts to stop disputes. Plug the gap here or there and the leak appears elsewhere. So, I have stopped trying to repair the hose. It let it leak over my garden. I feel better. Same with the disputes: they are normal, to be expected. True, you could do without them, but your grandchildren will be granddads before we fathom how to stop them. There is a brand spanking new set of building contract documents, and they make me feel better, too. They start on a frank and truthful theme: "Whilst there is convincing evidence that best value and partnering severely reduces disputes it would be foolish to conclude that they will be eliminated entirely". In other words: of course the hose will leak. It gets better.
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