Gordon H Bateman
October 2001
A paper based on a talk given to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law in London on 4th December 2000.
The author outlines the changes and developments in Thames Water’s procurement of engineering and construction works from the time when Thames Water Authority first moved from the traditional price-based forms of contract. He highlights the post-privatisation pressures on a regulated business and the response to these pressures in the context of major capital investments works, through various stages of partnering to the current alliancing programmes.
Overview – Early days – Ofwat AMP 1 period 1989-1995 – Ofwat AMP 2 period 1995-2000 – Ofwat AMP 3 period 2000-2005: the challenge – AMP 3 period: consideration of the trading arrangements – AMP 3 period: the risk allocation – AMP 3 period: the procurement strategy – Contractual matters Conclusion.
The author:. Gordon H Bateman FICE, FCIArb is Contracts Manager of Thames Water.
Text 17 pages.
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