The Conflict Avoidance Pledge, which promotes collaborative working and early intervention techniques, continues to gain signatories. Its key promoters include not only RICS, but the ICE, ICC, DRBF, CIARB and RIBA.
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The Conflict Avoidance Pledge, which promotes
collaborative working and early intervention techniques, continues
to gain signatories. Its key promoters include not only RICS, but
the ICE, ICC, DRBF, CIARB and RIBA. Whilst adjudication is a highly
effective form of dispute resolution (in that disputes often go no
further), there is no doubt it can damage commercial relationships
if not used carefully. Tight timetables and the occasional late
night do not necessarily assist matters. It perhaps not surprising
then that parties are looking for other options to prevent the cost
(both in terms of time and money) and uncertainty that disputes are
unfortunately accompanied by.
However, the right to adjudicate "at any
time" where the Housing Grants Act applies means that
Option W2 of NEC4 is frequently the one selected by necessity in
England and Wales. Whilst this does have a Senior
Representatives' process, which should hopefully remove some of
the risk associated with
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