PhD Final Thesis April 2013.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

Appendices to Thesis Keith Gale 2013other contracts, then communication can become more meaningful and helpful. AndI think that enables learning between participants because it stops errors. I think itdisarms reputation and sort of defensive stance because what you’re saying is what isimportant to you. If you have any problems within your framework project you cancommunicate this to suppliers. Suppliers begin to understand what the pressures areso there’s a loose sort of sense of enabling and coaching them into what we wanted.Rather than explaining the same things again and again, suppliers actually get thevalues we are after following two or three jobs. Everyone becomes familiar with thenew system and communication does improve. So I think yes. The framework allowsyou to learn from your mistakes and enables you to acknowledge “ok, yeah, I made amistake”, which actually came up on both sides and actually we were agreeable withthat. One problem is not the end of the world and we’re not going to part ways on itbecause we’ve still got another 3 years to go on the framework.Q17 Which method (traditional verses framework) do you think allows financialcontrol of a project to be used most effectively? Why do you feel this is so?Well definitely I think the framework with NEC because of the time bound elementsto agreeing compensation events and this ongoing resolution of those andramifications of those timescales as part of defining what those costs and agreeing aswe go along. The mechanisms in the framework allow, you step out the back of theproject and quickly within a week agree the final account saying ok and look away.And to my mind that’s just incredibly efficient. I mean I think that’s especiallyimpressive with the framework as opposed to the traditional contracts.Q18 Do you feel that we should continue the use of frameworks In the future whenthe current ones expire in 2012?Yes, definitely. I think the problem in getting new contractors into the frameworks isdifficult and restrictive and the law needs changing. I think we could do some workon the rules of the game, but I think most definitely they are the way forward.385