In praise of the contract adminstrator…
For four years, the annual Aecadis Global Construction Disputes Survey has concluded that the number one cause of disputes on construction projects is due to contract administration. When will we manage to avoid these pitfalls?
Many of the causes of avoidable disputes are issues we have highlighted such as:
- Poor contract understanding – you should never shove your contract into the drawer
- Bad contract drafting – everyone should be able to picture their role and how they support the goals of the project
- A unprofessional approach to contract formation – which is why you need a proper strategy
- Lack of clarity leading to a poor understanding of aims, risks, and procedures
What about the superhero of contracts: the contract administrator? Currently the survey paints him/her as the fall-guy. Is that really the whole picture? If we delve deeper, the survey states that in 93% of cases the conduct of the contract administrator negatively affected how the dispute crystallized… but partly because they cannot understand the contract procedures.
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