All articles by David Mosey
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CommentConstructing the Gold Standard for public sector frameworks 鈥� has anything changed?
David Mosey on how the new breed of contracts are rising to meet the challenges to transform industry performance.
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CommentLearning from Grenfell: collaborative procurement to support building safety
New government guidance will help implement Judith Hackitt鈥檚 recommendation of a more integrated, less adversarial approach to construction
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CommentHow contracts can help to build a prosperous project culture
A good contract should include provisions designed聽to聽create a successful project culture
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CommentIs the government getting serious about collaborative alliances?
Three multi-party frameworks were recently launched
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CommentProcurement's progress: new approaches are leading the way in construction
David Mosey comes up with five good reasons to be cheerful about procurement in 2019
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CommentThat's the spirit
A new survey on contracts reveals growing enthusiasm for collaboration and BIM technology is yet to be realised in practice
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Comment好色先生TV alliances
The NEC alliance contract offers two major departures from the PPC2000 approach - one very bold and one relatively timid
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Forming frameworks
Early contractor involvement is about more than just two-stage tendering. There are tested resources to build strong project teams, including last year鈥檚 FAC-1 framework alliance contract
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CommentProject Horizon: The two-stage is set
Surrey council鈥檚 use of two-stage open-book procurement shows how radical changes in supply chain management can ease the pressure on the public purse
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CommentPartnering's tough side
There is no contradiction in the PPC standard form鈥檚 obligation to act in a 鈥榮pirit of trust, fairness and mutual co-operation鈥� and a client鈥檚 contractual right to terminate
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CommentNew procurement strategies and legal contracts
The government鈥檚 plan to become a smarter client is coming into clearer focus with the publication of three procurement models, to be trialled alongside three different contracts
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CommentNEC contracts: Love and understanding
NEC contracts call for mutual trust and co-operation, but what does this actually mean and how does it work in the sometimes cut-throat world of business?
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CommentA decade on from PPC2000: Carry on partnering
A decade after it was written, a review of PPC2000 shows that it really does pay to partner, no matter how chilly the economic weather is becoming
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Tendering: Everyone get your trainers on
Employment and skills strategies are being implemented across the construction industry but care needs to be taken when inviting tenders and drawing up the contract
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Saving the best for last: Wolstenholme report
We鈥檝e had Latham, we鈥檝e had Egan and now we have Wolstenholme. But the most intriguing part of this latest report is what a set of young professionals have to say
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Can we fix it?: Repair and maintenance
Repair and maintenance contracts are starting to look rather tempting, now money鈥檚 thinner on the ground. But there are some particular challenges involved...
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How to be good when times are bad: early contractor involvement
Early contractor involvement thrived during the good times. But can the system stand up in today鈥檚 tougher economic environment?
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CommentIt鈥檚 just too sad to be single: Single-stage tendering
Why would any client want to revert to the old method of single-stage tendering when life with two-stage tendering is so much clearer, simpler and cheaper?
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CommentPPC2000 upgrade: Our new three piece suite
The partnering forms known as PPC, SPC and TPC have just been upgraded to take advantage of lessons learned in the eight years since their launch. Here鈥檚 how