Nick Woodrow | 12 Jan 2015
NEC3 communications – mind the gaps!
It’s no secret that to achieve as a team we need to trust and cooperate with each other. In construction projects, trusting and collaborative environments are always the most productive, profitable and enjoyable ventures. We may feel that contracts and contract administration often obstruct this way of working. The issuing and receiving of contract communications can feel cold, adversarial, antagonistic and overzealous. There is often a natural tendency for project professionals to distance themselves with the contract and sometimes refer to it with disdain trying to indicate that the team can somehow ‘rise above’ its requirements and manage the works in an environment of basic trust and harmony. “…we’ve not needed to look at it yet, we haven’t had a problem so far” and “…it’s in the bottom drawer over there somewhere”
How often is this approach successful?
We need rules and parameters to work within, we need guidelines and processes to govern behaviour. We must understand and acknowledge each other’s responsibilities, not shy away from them. Thisshows website uses cookies to ensure you where get thepeople best experience ontrust our and website. Read More Experience successful projects are those achieve the cooperation elements that are essential for success however, they also consistently manage to communicate in accordance with the contract and with a high degree of quality. Accept