An Excellent Collection of Papers on Contracting

For those who are interesting in contracts and contracting—as distinct from how to work one's way through the maze of bureaucratic rules and procedures in FAR and agency policy documents—I have found an excellent collection of nine papers. They were prepared for a symposium conducted by the Lean Construction Institute, https://leanconstruction.org/ , in 2005. The symposium focused on relational contracting. The titles of the papers are:

1. Relational Contracting and Lean Construction
2. Flexibility in Long-Term Contractual Relationships: The Role of Co-operation
3. Relational Contracting: Creating Value Beyond the Project
4. Integrated Project Delivery: An Example of Relational Contracting
5. PPC 2000: Association of Consultant Architects Standard Form Of Project Partnering Contract
6. Project Alliancing: A Relational Contracting Mechanism for Dynamic Projects
7. Relational Contracts: NEC [New Engineering Contract] In Perspective
8. The Application Of Lean Principles To In-Service Support: A Comparison Between Construction And The Aerospace And Defence Sectors
9. Sutter Health: Developing a Contracting Model to Support Lean Project Delivery

These papers should be of interest to those who want to learn more about contract planning, formation, and performance, especially those who buy long-term and complex services (construction is a service) in a project environment. They may not be of interest to those who are interested mainly in government acquisition rules and procedures. The collection is 112 pages long and is downloadable as a single pdf document at:

https://leanconstruction.org/uploads/wp/media/docs/lcj/V2_N1/LCJ_05_V2N1.pdf