Disputes in construction projects have become an integral part of the construction process. In addition to reducing their productivity, disputes create mistrust between the involved parties. A variety of reasons that contribute to the occurrence of disputes in construction projects have been discussed in the literature. One among them is the nature of the construction contract that exists between the parties. A review of the existing literature brings to the fore two schools of thought regarding the drafting of construction contracts. While the traditional school considers the contract as those documents that contain inherent incompleteness and hence prone to disputes, the liberal school believes that construction contracts can be drafted in an efficient manner to prevent disputes. In this exploratory research, we conducted semi-structured open-ended interviews with experts in contractual decision making and contract drafting in construction organizations to understand their perspective on contract drafting/redrafting process and to classify them under the respective school of thought. The study reveals some interesting insights about the perceptions and motivations of the contract drafters and the senior management of construction organizations in India, when it comes to drafting dispute-free equitable contract documents. We believe that the findings of our study will pave the way for further research in drafting efficient construction contracts that can be practicable and dispute-resistant in the Indian context.

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利益相关者对建筑合同“可重新起草”的看法

建设项目纠纷已成为建设过程中不可或缺的一部分。除了降低生产率之外，纠纷还会在相关各方之间造成不信任。文献中讨论了导致建筑项目纠纷发生的多种原因。其中之一是当事双方之间存在的建设合同的性质。对现有文献的回顾引起了关于建筑合同起草的两种思想流派。传统学校认为合同是那些包含固有不完整并因此容易产生争议的文件，而自由派则认为可以有效地起草建筑合同以防止纠纷。在这项探索性研究中，我们与建筑组织中的合同决策和合同起草专家进行了半结构式的不限成员名额访谈，以了解他们对合同起草/重新起草过程的看法，并将他们归类为各自的思想流派。该研究揭示了一些有趣的见解，涉及起草无争议的公平合同文件时，合同起草人和印度建筑组织高级管理层的看法和动机。我们认为，我们的研究结果将为进一步研究起草有效的施工合同铺平道路，这些合同在印度可能是切实可行的且具有抗争议性。