How contracts can help to build a prosperous project culture

By David Mosey2020-02-07T06:00:00

A good contract should include provisions designed to create a successful project culture

Leonard Cohen said “there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”, not as a principle of construction design but in recognition of how good ideas do not always come from applying strict rules. We all know that creative thinking, helpful actions and fair decisions are motivated by complex human factors, many of which have nothing to do with procurement processes and contracts. Hence, there is a dilemma when we are trying to create a successful project culture, namely how much can be expressed in written rules without sucking the air from personal relationships and thereby inhibiting innovation?

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