Avoidance of disputes through

• Creating culture of trust
• Win / win thinking
• Commitment to problem resolution .
• Literature evidence from the USA indicates that there have been

- 9 percent cost improvement
- 8 percent time imrpovement in partnering project

• According to the Reading Construction Forum :

- 2-10 percent cost saving
- The cost to implement partnering is less than 1 percent of the cost of the project