The construction team has been used as a contract form in civil engineering for several years and has recently taken off enormously. Developed as an ideal balance between control and coordination, it not only establishes mutual agreements and responsibilities at an early stage, but also ensures coordination and input of valuable knowledge during the design phase. A development that Mous Waterbeheer applauds.
Various contract forms have been drawn up for the implementation of projects that fall under the procurement legislation, including the legal frameworks in conditions for the implementation. Within traditional cooperation concepts, responsibilities are separated by hard lines. The integrated collaboration concepts of Design & Construct and Turnkey concepts place more responsibilities with the contractor and offer scope for a joint approach to VO and SoR. Bouwteam falls between these two forms. What is it? Why would parties choose this form? And how does Mous Waterbeheer apply the principles of the construction team for all projects?
The right form of collaboration for the job
Each form of cooperation has its strengths, but also limitations or even pitfalls. An example. Within the traditional collaboration concepts, the client is responsible for all phases up to and including work preparation; contractor then executes. Finished. Bright. There is no question of cooperation and exchange of knowledge. Quite a suitable form of cooperation for small projects and breakdown work, but extremely unsuitable for more complex works. Particularly in combination with the lowest price strategy that has been pursued for years, this working method now appears to be disastrous. It is reflected in the quality of the infrastructure. Lack of cooperation and appreciation of knowledge in combination with the lowest price strategy has led to … Read the article on our website via the URL below:
