Recommended contract practices for underground construction / Рекомендуемая практика заключения контрактов на подземное строительство

In the 1970s, members of the U.S. National Committee on Tunneling Technology (USNCTT) recognized a need to review and improve contracting practices for underground construction. The committee conducted an intensive study and several workshop reviews, ultimately publishing a set of recommended practices in 1974. Its report was titled Better Contracting for Underground Construction. The report’s authors concluded that increasing demand for underground space and better technologies for underground construction were not being matched by correspondingly efficient and economical contracting practices. “For several years,” they wrote, “it has been recognized that contracting practices in the United States are inadequate even for past methods and constitute a serious barrier to the application of new technology and to the most economical development of underground space” (USNCTT. 1974. Better Contracting for Underground Construction [out of print]. Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service).  <...>