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What construction bosses think of Latham
Q Do you see any evidence of government becoming a best-practice client ?		Yes 33%	No 67%
Q What proportion of your organisation’s government-funded projects use the New Engineering Contract?			Average 5%
Q What proportion of your contracts have a partnering arrangement with the employer ?			Average 22%
Q For single-stage design-and-build tenders, what proportion have three or fewer tenderers?			Average 18%
Q For two-stage design-and-build tenders, what proportion have five or fewer tenderers?			Average 61%
Q In instances involving substantial site investigation costs, these costs are
a paid by the employer			Average 57%
b shared between tenderers			Average 9%
Q Are costs being saved by
a prefabrication and pre-assembly becoming part of the design considerations?		Yes 71%	No 29%
b the development of standard products and processes?		Yes 64%	No 36%
c improvement in designers’ knowledge on the performance of components and materials?		Yes 52%	No 48%
Q Does your organisation have quality assurance certification for
a management?	Yes 79%	In process 9%	No 12%
b construction?	Yes 90%	In process 7%	No 3%
Q If you have a quality assurance certification, is it improving your
a productivity?		Yes 62%	No 38%
b product?		Yes 90%	No 10%
Q What proportion of your tenders do you feel are evaluated fairly?			Average 74%
Q What proportion of interim payments are received within the period specified in the contract?			Average 69%
Q If you have experienced adjudication, does this provide a satisfactory way forward?	Yes 27%	No 20%	n/a 53%
Source: Drivers Jonas. The project manager surveyed chief executives at Britain’s top 200 contractors in autumn 1998, of whom some 70 responded.