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Partnering, both on single and multiple projects, has delivered exceptional results, but it requires planning and depends on changes in behaviour that many people find challenging.
We investigate the extent to which good faith obligations might be implied into contracts and whether it's time to reassess traditional thinking on the matter.
While closer collaborative working brings a range of benefits, our research suggests there's still much more to be done to spur widespread adoption of such methods.
To illustrate recent changes in the law we look at two recent high-profile cases in which entire buildings were concealed in an attempt to evade planning control (one behind a wall of straw, the other within a barn).
As well as looking at the properties of rammed earth, or pise, this programme asks whether concrete should be added as a stabiliser, the issue of cost, and along the way we look at some high-profile failures and successes.
