Kaizen Mindset
Put your hand up if you’re familiar with the term “Lean Construction”. I’m sure all construction professionals heard it at this point or another during its market presence of around...
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NEC4 Early Warning Register
NEC4 replaces the NEC3 Risk Register with the Early Warning Register (EWR). This is a sound change given that in NEC3 the Risk Register was confused with project risk registers supplementary...
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Project Management or Project Controls?
Project Management or Project Controls? The overlap in function between Project Management and Controls may at times make it difficult to differentiate between them. In fact, some organisations assign the...
Benefits of Project Controls
Importance of Project Controls Various moving parts can make it difficult for projects to stay aligned with the initial plans. Regardless of the size, projects find it increasingly more difficult...
Computational Illiteracy and Information Overload
A lot of the past underperformance within the major project context has relied on the notion of limited information; it has been posed that costs or time uncertainties cannot be...
A quick overview of the duties and potential risk exposure of a contract administrator under English law
Employers have been commissioning a third party to assist them with the management of engineering contracts ‘since the 19th century’ [1]. This role may be satisfied by a natural or...
NEC4 Early Warning Register
NEC4 replaces the NEC3 Risk Register with the Early Warning Register (EWR). This is a sound change given that in NEC3 the Risk Register was confused with project risk registers supplementary...
The absence of objective truths within the major project environment
Major projects are unlikely to be driven by rationality because of their contextual characteristics and external influences.[1] Traditionally, rationality had an economic and normative dimension.[2] Behaviour was deemed to be rational when...
Use of Evaluative Mediation as a catalyst of change under NEC ECC type of contract
In this article the author discusses how evaluative mediation can be used to improve the efficiency of Change Control on Projects operating under NEC3 type of Contract. NEC3 ECC The NEC3 Engineering...
Does your organisation need a dedicated planner?
In recent years I have noticed a trend amongst small and medium sized contractors that I would like to address. Some of you have probably realised by now that this...
5 tips for Recruiters looking for Construction Planners and their clients
So many organisations have absolutely no clue how to hire good planners. The agencies they often have on their AVL are none the wiser. That’s because not many individuals involved...
Project 13 – From transactional structure to enterprise
Business models used to deliver and operate ever growing infrastructure in the UK have proven to deliver projects over budget, past deadline and below face value. Project 13 is a response...
Secondary Clauses in NEC4
So far it is clear that NEC4 harnesses risk via the contract option and integrated EW and CE mechanisms, with an avenue to add a completely bespoke provision via Z...