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The experts gave preference information for each scheme after reading the relevant materials of the project and clarifying the actual needs of the project. Based on this background, this paper uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to construct a model for group decision-making and conflict resolution in the engineering consulting process. We use the preference relationship to reflect the degree of experts\u2019 preference for the scheme, cluster them through similarity calculation, calculate the conflict degree of group preference and personal preference respectively, and comprehensively use the sequence difference method and personal preference correction method to resolve the conflict, so that their opinions can be quickly agreed within the specified time. 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