It is now a year since the Association of Consultant Architects’ Standard Form of Contract for Project Partnering (known in shorthand as "PPC 2000") was launched by Sir John Egan, chairman of the Government’s Construction Task Force. It is a multi-party contract which seeks to govern the entire procurement process and, in doing so, to implement the recommendations of Sir John’s 1998 report on "Rethinking Construction" (and Sir Michael Latham’s 1994 report, "Constructing the Team").
In the words of its accompanying guidance notes, it aims to be "a single, fully integrated Project Partnering Contract, designed to underpin a team-based approach and to promote clarity and confidence among Partnering Team members".
