Michael Dyson Associates Ltd are a forward- thinking, innovative and responsive consultancy possessing the professional skills and relevant hands-on experience necessary to be effective as an “honest broker” in the Best Value & Partnering arena.

We are members of the Housing Forum, with whom we have Demonstrator status, the Construction Excellence programme and a number of best practice clubs.

We offer a full range of partnering services including:

• Independent facilitation of project start-up workshops, at which the project team develops the commitment to partnering
• Independent facilitation of project interim and close-out workshops, where the team reviews the project progress and how the partnering process is working
• In house training, workshops and conferences
• Advice and consultancy on specific topics relevant to working in a partnering approach (e.g. incentives, KPIs & benchmarking, value engineering, commercial issues, risk management, team working, culture change, decision-making and problem solving processes)
• Independent facilitation of workshops on traditional projects where difficult relationships are impeding productivity on site or Final Account negotiations
• Development of Best Value procurement frameworks using standard and bespoke forms of contract
• Design and management of partnering schemes from feasibility to Final Certificate
• Development of non-traditional management tools for partnerships and other arrangements