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Introduction to Pricing under PPC2000 - for use with PPC2000 and PPC International

Now available at £5 a copy (25% discount on orders for 10+ copies)- see Publication order page under Services.  This guide into pricing as a two stage exercise under PPC2000 and PPC International has been written by members of the PPC Steering Group:  Phyllis Easey of Catalyst Housing Group; David Mosey of Trowers & Hamlins; Kevin Murray of London & Quadrant Group, Paul Nicholls of United House, Geoff Nobbs of Wates; Neil Thody of Cameron Consulting; Nick Warmington of Philip Pank Partnership and Bob Wren of RJWA Consulting.  

 New Special Terms for PPC2000 and SPC2000 for dealing with Project Bank Accounts - posted May 2008        Download these special terms, drafted by Trowers & Hamlins below.   These terms are included with all PPC2000, PPC International, SPC2000 and SPC International when purchased direct from the ACA:         PPC2000 - Special Terms PBA         SPC2000 - Special Terms PBA

PPC User Conference 2008

15th October, The Royal York Hotel, York

"Strategic Partnering for the Future - A new approach to Term Contracts, Frameworks & Joint Ventures "

Keynote speakers for this conference are confirmed as:  Anne Kirkham, Deputy Director - Decent Homes and Housing Finance, CLG and Caroline Harper Jantuah, Executive Director, Xerion Consulting Ltd.    Brochure for this conference organised by the PPC Steering Group will be posted by early July 2008.  

PPC International and SPC International NOW AVAILABLE

The conference at the Royal College of Physicians, Regents Park, London saw the launch of PPC International and SPC International

These International versions of PPC2000 and SPC2000 have been published by ACA following recent successful trialling in the Middle East by Trowers & Hamlins - most notably on the University Hospital, Dubai, a $900million project which was set up under PPC International.

The PPC User Group Conference 'Partnering for a Sustainable Future' was held on Wednesday 3 October with Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham delivering the keynote speech. David Mosey of Trowers & Hamlins outlined current developments in the use of the PPC project partnering contracts and further details of the conference will be released in due course to PPC User Group Members through the PPCUG Newsletter and then posted to this website at the PPCUG Membership section under 'Services' on this site.

WHITBREAD ADOPTS TPC2005 FOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME

Whitbread Group plc has signed TPC2005 Partnering Contracts with Inspace and Enterprise for a three year nationwide programme of reactive repairs, planned repairs and maintenance across its various brands (including Premier Travel Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, and Costa Coffee). This is a major private sector use for TPC2005, which demonstrates the increasing private sector interest in partnering. A detailed case study follows soon....

Congratulations to Trowers & Hamlins!

Trowers & Hamlins, the City and international law firm has won the prestigious “Law Firm of the Year” award at the “The Lawyer Awards 2007”.  This award is seen as the most glittering prize at the legal profession’s equivalent of the Oscars.

The award was made in recognition of the strengths of Trowers & Hamlins’ Corporate, Middle East, Real Estate and Social Housing practices.  The judges described Trowers & Hamlins’ performance in the Middle East as “barnstorming”, its finance practice as a “hidden jewel” and its social housing practice as having had a “stellar performance”.

As well as winning The Law Firm of the Year Award Trowers & Hamlins were also short listed for Real Estate Team of the Year Award for their work on the US $1.5b Bahrain Bay construction project which is the first ever use of project partnering in the Middle East.

PPC2000 International and SPC2000 International are currently being trialled by Trowers in the Middle East and it is hoped that these international versions of the project partnering contracts will be published shortly.

Erimus PPC2000 programme 'Commended' - see new case study under PPC2000 Case studies

Erimus Housing's £105 million five year programme has received recognition from Constructing Excellence in the North East, being commended in the Integration and Collaborative Working Category at the 2007 awards. Erimus' programme, with Erimus Building Services (the in-house constructor), ROK and Dunelm Property Services is now in its third year, and has proved to be a successful partnering approach. A detailed case study follows shortly.

SPECIAL TERMS available for:

Ppc2000

tpc2005  and

SPC2000

to comply with cdm2007 aFTER 6 APRIL 2007

You can now download special terms that can be inserted in the agreement part of either PPC2000, SPC2000 or TPC2005 in order to comply with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007.  Special Terms for SPC2000 are also being produced and will be available shortly.  Go to 'Downloads' and then to 'Checklists' on this site for the PDF. (You need to be registered on this site to view Downloads - so log in first)

Approved Code of Practice NOW PUBLISHED

The approved Code of Practice which goes with CDM2007 has been published now and is available from HSE priced £15.00.  See article in the latest PPC User Group Newsletter regarding CDM 2007 entitled "The CDM Regulations are changing... how will it affect works under PPC2000 and TPC2005" by Fiona Bishop of Trowers & Hamlins.    The Newsletter will be posted to the PPC User Group section of this website under 'Services' during April.

PPC2000 Project wins prime minister's better public building award 2006

The City of London Academy at Bermondsey has won this year's Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award prompting a senior government adviser to say that he would like to see it "replicated 200 times".

This challenging project, on a difficult site, achieved architectural excellence and met ambitious environmental targets, proving the value of collaborative working under the PPC2000 form of contract during both the pre-construction and construction phases.

Peter Snowdon, Project Director, City of London together with Mark Lowman principal project manager and Ian Smith, commercial manager of Willmott Dixon, the Contractor, presented a workshop at the recent PPC2000 User Group conference in Birmingham.  They covered the collaborative journey under PPC2000 - warts and all - and a full article on this workshop will appear in the next PPC User Group newsletter which will be posted to this website in due course.  (see Services section and PPCUser Group)

NEW PPC2000 CASE STUDy posted October 2006

Procurement awards for Hackney Homes team

Hackney's widely acclaimed Decent Homes Phase II programme has made big savings by purchasing in volume via five concurrent contracts.  Co-ordinating the five main Constructors was simplified by making all responsible for keeping to PPC2000's timetables for the pre-construction and construction phases......

Downloads. PPC2000 Case Studies

PPC2000 conference    *** 5th OCTOBER - BIRMINGHAM ***

"PPC2000:  Winning Teams and Full Results "

Sir Michael Latham and Don Ward of Constructing Excellence delivered keynote speeches at the 2nd annual conference organised for PPC2000/TPC2005 Users and held at Aston Villa Football Conference Centre in Birmingham on Thursday 5th October.  Together with the keynote speeches, a number of workshops were offered by members of the PPC2000 Steering Group offered covering live projects involving PPC2000 or TPC2005.  The conference proved popular and plans are in progress for this working conference to become an annual event.                                                            

NEW PPC2000 CASE STUDy posted sept 2006

£23M REFURBISHMENT OF 2500 DWELLINGS TO DECENT HOMES STANDARD

Sectionalised PPC assists delivery of Decent Homes - exceptionally high satisfaction scores show that tenants appreciate the care being taken by Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO) in the delivery of the Decent Homes work.

Downloads. PPC2000 Case Studies

ACADEMY PROJECTS - SOME OF THEM ARE SUCCESSFUL!

David Mosey of Trowers & Hamlins responds to recent negative press in Building Magazine regarding failed or overspent Academy Projects.....he writes:

"The City of London Academy (Southwark) sponsored by the Corporation of London was completed on time and to budget, despite a last minute change of site, using project partnering under PPC2000.  The Project was recognised as a DfES exemplar and won the DTI/Constructing Excellence Medium Sized Project of the Year in the "Quality in Construction" Awards 2006.

        The building has 90% natural ventilation, with classrooms lit by daylight for nine months of the year, and its sustainability achievements were praised in a speech at the school by Jonathan Porritt.

        The Corporation is sponsoring two further Academy Projects using the same collaborative approach."   See CASE STUDY in PPC2000 Case Studies.

PPC2000 brings results for Hackney

Phase 2 of the London Borough of Hackney's PPC2000 based Decent Homes programme has been instrumental in its widespread recognition of best practice.  Not only have the Council been shortlisted for a procurement award by the Local Government Chronicle, achieved Exemplar Status from Construction Excellence and Construction Client Charter Status, they recently received the Society of Procurement Officers (SOPO) award for outstanding achievement in best practice.  A detailed case study follows shortly.

TPC2005 goes public

ACA’s new partnering contract for term works and services

Sir Michael Latham at TPC2005 launch

Speakers at the launch included Tyron Stalberg of London Borough of Greenwich, Chris Blundell of Maidstone Housing Trust, Peter Sharman of Welwyn Hatfield District Council, Darren Pace of Mears and Steve Roots of Gleeds. All have used development versions of TPC and their case studies confirmed how taking a partnering approach to term maintenance not only increased efficiency, but cut down on disputes and saved money. Tyron Stalberg said: “The key in TPC2005 is the communication strategy. It prescribes mechanisms for communications and at what level, and it helps all members of the partnership to concentrate on key issues.” Peter Sharman backed Stalberg, adding: “Trust in the team and ongoing communication is a valuable consequence of this contract.”

After thanking the authors and publishers for taking his comments into account in the final version, Sir Michael then set out the ground rules of partnering under TPC2005. “The heart of this contract is in Clauses 1 and 2 – that this contract is entered into in a spirit of trust and fairness – and specifically the concept of early warning. Seeing a problem arising and preventing it from arising in the first place is the antithesis of what we meet in traditional contracts.”

Also at the launch was John Wright, architect, who proposed the idea of PPC2000 when he was President of ACA and Chair of the Partnering Task Force at the Construction Industry Council. He thanked David Mosey and his team of co-authors at Trowers & Hamlins for the enormous efforts they have put into developing ACA’s contracts for partnering, culminating in this latest offering, TPC2005.

More about TPC2005

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