Governing actions
by Dennis Brand
In the construction and engineering sectors, while a proportion of contracts are prepared on a bespoke basis, the majority are based on an industry standard form. …
Construction Law, Contract Administration
Project Management
Successful Project Management
by Michael Stanleigh
Successful Project Management is one of the the key organizational strategies to saving money and satisfying customers in troubled economic times. …
Contract Administration
The Basic Concepts of Earned Value
In any project, the value to be gained is based on completing the work. From a customer perspective, the business value is achieved when the project is completed. If a project gets canceled 90% through completion, the business value might be zero.
However, earned value looks at this differently. With earned value, you are earning the value of the project on an incremental scale as the project is executing. When 50% of the work is completed, you could say that 50% of the value of the project has been realized as well. …
Contract Administration
Don’t “Shoot the Messenger” that Brings Bad News
You have all heard this saying (or something similar). It means that you should not take retribution against the person (or people) that deliver bad news. If you ask people for a status, accept the good and the bad for what it is – information for you to make better decisions.If you want people to tell you when there are problems, you need to accept the information and work with the team on causes and solutions (hopefully the team member is proposing solutions along with the problem). …
Project Management
Risk Management…the What, Why, and How
by Michael Stanleigh
Risk Management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to risk factors throughout the life of a project and in the best interests of its objectives. Proper risk management implies control of possible future events and is proactive rather than reactive. …
Project Management
Management skills that make or break projects
by Husain Al Omani
In Saudi Arabia, job opportunities for project managers are everywhere if you know where to look. …
Contract Administration
Contract variations
By Dennis Brand
A contract can be varied in one or two ways: either by a variation to the contract terms or the scope of works. The latter is the one that most of us will think of when the term variation is used. …
Contract Administration
The management skills that can save your home
By Alice Haine
The DIFC has opened a creche to help working parents feel reassured their little darlings are safe nearby. It’s fantastic news and shows that corporate environments are taking the right steps towards helping employees cope with the stressful demands of juggling a work and home life. …
Project Management
Keeping Your Project on Budget Despite Rising Steel and Lumber Costs
By Kathleen Goolsby
Steel, lumber, cement, copper tubing and plastic plumbing products are the primary materials used in the structure of homes and other buildings. …
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Contract Administration
Prefabricated Buildings
Prefabricated Buildings
By Jenny Bengen
Prefabricated buildings are pre-cut, pre-drilled, and pre-engineered before the actual building is constructed. In the past, prefabricated buildings were reserved for industrial structures, but today’s architects have begun building prefabricated homes in large-scale projects. …
Contract Administration
Stress That Quality is Everyone’s Responsibility
The project manager has overall responsibility for the quality management process. Some projects may also have specific roles for a quality assurance person or for testing experts. However, even if you have specific people who have responsibilities for quality, project quality is not the responsibility of one or two people. It is everyone’s responsibility.All of the team, including the client, has a stake in ensuring that the deliverables produced are of high quality. Everyone is also responsible for surfacing ideas for improvement to the processes used to create the deliverables. …
Contract Administration
The top 10 resume mistakes and how to avoid them
The best form of defence is attack, and that’s what you need to do to make sure your CV is a targeted weapon. That means no mistakes. Here’s a checklist to run through. …