PROJECT DOCUMENTATION: PART II

This article addresses the requisites of a good documentation system. The primary requisite is to allow the documents to be presented in evidence to prove an event occurred. A good system should be easy to use, efficient, and effective. The ultimate test to which a system may be put is the introduction of documents in evidence in an arbitration or a court of law. To meet that goal, the documents must be accurate, objective, complete, uniform, credible, and timely. Good documentation can influence the potential of settlement. A witness who is unable to remember specific events that occurred on a project several years ago may refresh his or her memory from documents that were prepared at the time the events occurred. Records kept in the normal course of business are admissible in evidence. If records kept in the normal course of business do not refer to a matter, that may prove the nonoccurrence of the matter.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Scranton Gillette Communications

  380 E Northwest Highway, Suite 200
  Des Planes, IL  United States  60016-2282
• Authors:
  • Parvin, C
• Publication Date: 1998-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 12
• Serial:
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Scranton Gillette Communications
  • ISSN: 8750-9229
  • Serial URL: http://www.roadsbridges.com/rb/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arbitration; Courts; Documents; Project management; Recordkeeping; Records management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Documentation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Law; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00749253
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 1998 12:00AM