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Reducing Construction Costs Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners: Proceedings Report (2007) / Chapter Skim
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4 Use of Best Practices in Construction
Pages 19-20

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... In pursuing its mission, CII has developed many best practices, including: • Pre-project planning, • Alignment, • Constructability, • Design effectiveness, • Materials management, • Team building, • Planning for start-up, • Partnering, • Quality management, • Change management, • Disputes resolution, • Zero accidents techniques, • Implementation of products, • Benchmarking, and • Project delivery method and contracting strategy. If a project is conceived from the beginning with these best practices in mind, then the need for dispute resolution may be minimized or avoided altogether.
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... Available online at www.cii benchmarking.org/toolkit. Dispute Prevention and Resolution Research Team, Dispute Prevention and Resolution Techniques in the Construction Industry, Research Summary 23-1, University of Texas at Austin, Construction Industry Institute, Austin, Texas, 1995.
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