3.9 The more open and honest authorities and contractors are with each other, the better their relationship will be. The relationship is less likely to be adversarial and the more likely it is that authority and contractor will work together to achieve a common goal. 89 per cent of the contractors surveyed considered that there was openness and honesty in their relationships with authorities most or all of the time. Relatively few contractors reported significant concerns about openness and honesty but, where they did, it was clear that such problems can seriously impair the relationship (Figure 26).