The Influence of External Factors on Client-Contractor Collaboration: And how to anticipate their impact up-front

In modern construction, collaboration has become a key element for the success of projects. Both clients and contractors are aware of the importance of maintaining a solid relationship. However, as collaboration is subject to ambiguous factors that influence both the content of the project and the social elements, it is proven to be difficult to...

Improving client-contractor collaboration during the transition from the Bouwteam phase into the execution phase in a Bouwteam project

Better collaboration in the construction industry might lead to a more efficient construction process and a high reduction of failure costs. A model that tries to support collaboration, is a Bouwteam. In a Bouwteam, the contractor is already involved in the design process and shares his knowledge about the realization costs of the design and its...

Collaborative identity in project alliances: improving collaboration through collaborative identity formation

As a result of the high failure costs and many project delays in the construction industry, collaborative contracts emerged in an attempt to improve project performance. The project alliance was one of them. This integrative way of working requires a focus on the human aspects, because people from different organisational cultures are brought...

Client-contractor collaboration in bouwteams: A contractor's perspective

Recently, the Marktvisie (2016) expressed the need for more collaborative relationships based on equality and lately, a shift from adversarial to collaborative relationships is observed. The use of collaborative contracting strategies is increasing of which the bouwteam is an example. The bouwteam is a collaboration agreement during the design...

Success factors to the client-contractor collaboration in the Dutch infrastructure sector: A comparative study of the client-contractor collaboration within ECI and D&C projects in the Dutch infrastructure sector

In the past decade the relationship between the client and contractor in the Dutch infrastructure sector has been disrupted. This disrupted relationship can mainly be characterised as adversarial and distrusting. Additionally, this has resulted in a growing number of disputes between the client and the contractor. As a result of the adversarial...