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PARTNERING: A TEAMWORK APPROACH
Pages 6-9

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... Partnering as a concept has attracted a great deal of attention due to the tremendous amount of litigation which has occurred in recent years in our industry. Adversarial relationships and resulting claims and litigation have resulted in huge legal costs on many construction projects.
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From page 7...
... Cooperative effort to resolve problems early to reduce exposure to claims and litigation resulting in reduced administrative costs and increased profit potential. Benefits to subcontractors and suppliers 1.
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From page 8...
... For periodic evaluation, a formal, regular evaluation of the progress of the project should occur normally as a formal monthly or bimonthly meeting. At this review meeting, there should be an open dialogue on any problem areas with the goal of maintaining all parties' commitment to the partnering process and to make sure that an adversarial relationship has not started to build.
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... Alternate dispute resolution techniques can help maintain team spirit and friendly working relationships at the project. We have all seen construction projects where adversarial, confrontational attitudes have resulted in misdirected energies and high cost of claims and litigation.
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  • partnering process
  • partnering charter
  • reduced exposure
  • construction process

  • regular evaluation
  • profit potential
  • construction projects
  • alternate dispute
  • adversarial relationships

  • close communication
  • partnering requires
  • increased profit
  • mutually agreeable
  • greatly reduced

  • legal costs
  • huge legal
  • real issues
  • numerous examples
  • totally claim

  • resolution techniques
  • improved cash
  • formal monthly
  • achieving optimum
  • free project

  • partnering participants
  • specific benchmarking
  • document deficiencies
  • continuous evaluation
  • project resolution


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