ONeil - Global Construction Success

1. Chapter 5
2. Chapter 14
3. Chapter 17
4. Chapter 18
5. Chapter 19
6. Chapter 22
7. Chapter 28

1. Chapter 6
2. Chapter 8
3. Chapter 10
4. Chapter 14
5. Chapter 17
6. Chapter 20
7. Chapter 21
8. Chapter 22
9. Chapter 23
10. Chapter 24

Charles O'Neil, FCIArb

Contract Dynamics Consulting

With contributions from 17 industry leaders

This edition first published 2019

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The authors of Global Construction Success are extremely grateful to have received the following endorsements from industry leaders in the U.K., U.S., South Africa, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia.

Lord Andrew Adonis Chair of the UK National Infrastructure Commission 2017

Secretary of State for Transport 200910

Minister of State for Transport 200809

Charles O'Neil and his coauthors have produced an impressive and important contribution to the construction industry that should be read by everyone involved in construction projects.

Nick Barrett Editor of Construction Law Magazine, U.K.

This book emphasising human factors and risk management in delivering successful construction projects comes at a potentially crucial turning point for the construction industry, with a new readiness to consider major changes to business models and processes evident following the Carillion collapse in the UK. The industry needs to read it.

Matthew Bell Senior Lecturer and CoDirector of Studies, Construction Law,

Melbourne Law School, Australia

Introducing this immensely useful book, Charles O'Neil writes that there is no better experience than learning the hard way. This is true. Charles and his colleagues have generously shared their experience on construction projects around the world so that the rest of us can recognise and steer away from the commercial, technical and especially human factors which cause so many projects to founder.

Ann Bentley Global Board Director, Rider Levett Bucknall

Member of the UK Construction Leadership Council

A very well researched and easy to read book, which adds to the growing body of knowledge demonstrating that there is a better way of doing things in construction

Gerhard Bester MD of CAPIC, a SouthAfrican owned, specialist consulting services firm in the infrastructure development, construction and engineering industries.

Africa's decision makers, both public and private, clients and contractors alike, should jump at the opportunity to acquire the benefit of hindsight from the industry in first world countries Africa generally follows their infrastructure delivery mechanisms, contracting regimes and unfortunately, consequential flaws Africa has some additional variables to make things more challenging, but we cannot afford to ignore the wisdom and guidance on the way forward if we are to achieve Global Construction Success as presented by Charles O'Neil and his coauthors in this aptly named book!

Chris Blythe CEO, The Chartered Institute of Building, U.K.

A great read with something for anyone wanting a successful construction industry. Construction is the art of getting ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Throughout the book, contributors show the best and worst behaviours that give the industry its extremes of reward and frustration. The wrong behaviours take the ordinary and produce the mediocre by repeating mistakes and not learning from them. Construction is too important as a driver of the global economy for the risks of failure to be as high as they are. This book offers an agenda for derisking construction.

Dr. Fuyong Chen Deputy SecretaryGeneral of Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Centre; VicePresident of Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group

Global Construction Success is a mustread for any decision makers in the construction industry. As a leading arbitration institution in China, Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Center has accepted over 6000 construction cases since its establishment in 1995. These cases involved nearly any type of dispute that a project may have. However, all these disputes are definitely not inevitable. The recipe to avoid dispute is clearly included in the recommendations made by a stunning lineup of industry experts in this book.

John Dick Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP, Singapore