Why Use 50,000 Words When 500 Will Do?
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Why use 50,000 words when 500 will do? Sarah Fox 500 Words Ltd
Transcript of Why Use 50,000 Words When 500 Will Do?
Why use 50,000 words when 500 will do?Sarah Fox500 Words Ltd
When did it go wrong?
Simpler language
Fairer risk allocation
Simpler contracts (eg < 10 pages)
Earlier contractor involvement
Collaborative approach
Simpler to adapt
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
% respondents
What do users want?
SOURCE: © 2015 Survey by 500 Words Ltd
Which comes first?
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Persuading industry to change• Failure to administer the contract Errors or omissions in the contract document Failure to understand contractual obligations Failure to comply with contractual obligations Failure to make interim awards on extensions of time & compensation
SOURCE: ARCADIS Global Construction Disputes Report 2015
Too long…
JCT DB 2011
CIOB Complex 2013
ACA PPC 2000
NEC Core 2013
0 10000 20000 30000
Schedules etcCore Conditions
SOURCE: Research by 500 Words Ltd
Too complex…
Too adversarial…
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‘Everything should be made as simple as possible… but no simpler’Albert Einstein
500 words will do!
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