Talk:Early contractor involvement

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A fact from Early contractor involvement appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the adoption of early contractor involvement was a recommendation of the 1994 Latham Report into systemic failings in the British construction industry?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Early contractor involvement.

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The result was: promoted by Vincent60030 (talk) 09:44, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that early contractor involvement could lead to 10% time savings on civil engineering projects?~~ "Russel et al (1992) showed that a structured constructability program could generate 10.2% savings in project time and 7.2% savings to cost. Other researchers have reported similar savings to the project due to early contractor involvement" from: Bontempi, Franco (2003). Structural & Construction Conf. CRC Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-90-5809-600-5.
- ALT1:~~... that early contractor involvement allows principal contractors to have an input on civil engineering designs?~~ "jointly appraise risk, value, buildability issues, design and whole life solutions" from: NEC3 Box Set. Thomas Telford. 2005. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7277-3382-5.
- ALT2:~~... that the adoption of early contractor involvement in the British construction industry was a recommendation of the 1994 Latham Report?~~"It should be remembered that the recommendation of early contractor involvement in the 1994 Latham Report was not born in a period of economic prosperity, but during the last recession." from: Mosey, David (13 March 2009). "How to be good when times are bad: early contractor involvement". Building Magazine. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Johnby Hall

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 16:21, 25 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

@Dumelow: New and long enough, within policy, Earwig finds no copyvios, QPQ done. The hooks have some minor issues. For ALT0, "could lead to" is vague, and there should be an attribution ("according to ...") since it's a prediction. ALT1 isn't particularly interesting, and I think it also applies to design–build contracts. ALT2 generally checks out and I could approve it, but maybe it would be nice to try to make a version with a bit more context about the Latham Report, since it's not going to be familiar to most readers. Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 02:09, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Antony-22. How about this variation of ALT2 - Dumelow (talk) 07:44, 9 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ALT3:... that the adoption of early contractor involvement was a recommendation of the 1994 Latham Report into systemic failings in the British construction industry?

Looks good to me! Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 04:52, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]