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Parallel Partnering: background and benefits

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D047

David Evans

March 2004

A commended entry in the Hudson Prize Competition 2003

The paper looks at 'parallel partnering', a type of collateral agreement between a supplier of products and an end user.The supplier does not supply the products directly to the end user, but thought an intermediary that incorporates these products into works that will eventually be adopted by the end user.The paper describes the circumstances which resulted in the birth of parallel partnering, and goes on to consider in some detail a case study in the water industry - the supply and installation of plastic pipes.

Introduction - The catalysts - The Latham eport - The New Engineering Contract - The Egan eport - Background to the water industry - Overview - The structure of the water industry - Parallel partnering - Limitations of existing forms of contract - Enforceability of 'spirit of mutual trust and co-operation' - Case study: supply and installation of plastic pipes - The problem stated - esolution - The agreement and its benefits - The proof - isks - Conclusion.

David Evans Ma (Cantab), MSc, Dip Law, CEng, MICE, CIWEM is an associate with Ove Arup & Partners in Cardiff where he leads the Water Group.

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