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Commentary: Proactive Contract Writing Prevents Construction Problems Before They Become Claims
Over coffee the other morning, I was reading this Lexology article on data centre disputes: “Dispute resolution in data centre projects: Proactive strategies for a high-stakes environment”. It is written from a legal perspective. But the owner-side lesson is broader. Disputes do not usually begin when lawyers get involved. They begin much earlier, when project…
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Commentary: Construction Procurement Is About Managing Risk, Not Savings
I have seen construction procurement fail for reasons that had nothing to do with delivery.The model was wrong from the start. Too often, construction is treated like indirect spend. Leaders want forecasts of spend, dates, and savings based on historical data, as if the work were recurring. Then when predictions miss, delivery teams are blamed…