An Examination of the Effectiveness of Partnering in Navy Construction Contracts

Abstract

This thesis presents an analysis of the effectiveness of partnering of construction contracts in the U. S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Partnering is a contract administration tool designed to foster open communications between contracting parties and avoid the traditional adversarial relationships that have become the standard over the past years. Implementation of partnering is done on a project by project basis since acquisition regulations do not allow for long term relationships between private contractors and the federal government. Successes reported in partnering have all been subjective and based on individual project performance. This thesis compares project performance of partnered and non-partnered projects. Criteria of comparison include cost growth, incidence of claims, response times for various contract requirements, value engineering savings and end of project contractual issues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 21, 1994
Accession Number
ADA284008

Entities

People

  • Scott W. Lowe

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Civil Engineering
  • Construction
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Geographic Regions
  • Law
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • Value Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Organizational Psychology.