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PPC2000 definition

What does PPC2000 mean? PPC2000 is a multi-party project partnering contract used in construction procurement to place the client, main contractor and key consultants/specialists under a single collaborative agreement from pre-construction through delivery. Published by the Association of Consultant Architects (ACA), it is a widely used standard form rather than a term defined by legislation or case law. Key legal features include early contractor involvement; a Core Group governance structure and shared objectives; transparent, open-book costing with options such as target cost and pain/gain share; structured risk management (including a risk register and early warnings); performance management via KPIs; and dispute-avoidance steps with adjudication,...

PPC2000 Partnering Contract: Two-Stage Pricing, Open-Book Agreed Maximum Price, Risk Management, Liability and Fraud Controls

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Practice notes

Introduction

Project Partnering Contracts originated from the work of Professor David Mosey PhD at King’s College, London, whose scholarship examines the cross-disciplinary links between construction law and the changing practices of procurement and project management. This embraces study of partnering, alliancing, joint ventures and other routes to collaborative working. The contracts are backed by King’s College and the Association of Consultant Architects. PPC2000 was revised in 2003, 2008 and again in 2013, which is the current edition. It is thought there are no reported cases on PPC2000, suggesting either its effectiveness or, alternatively, its limited deployment.

Pricing under PPC2000

Under the PPC2000 Partnering Contract, pricing follows a two-stage approach designed to achieve transparency and cost certainty, while encouraging the pursuit of cost savings, added value and Value engineering. The pricing mechanism is split into two phases: the pre-construction phase and the construction phase.

Pricing during the pre-construction phase

At the outset of the pre-construction phase, the Client appoints design consultants and cost consultants: the design team prepares preliminary designs, and the cost consultants verify the Client’s budgets...

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