Samenvatting
This paper presents some of the issues confronting the infrastructure delivery industry in Australia. It postulates that industry is calling out for more relationship based contracts and through a précis of the key characteristics of relationship contracting and the alliance contracting strategy, it shows how the construct of alliances can largely eliminate the long term structural issues affecting the industry and minimise the impact of current pressures. This paper was presented at the Opening Plenary Session. For the covering abstract for the confere see ITRD number E211521. (A)