Don’t Email Messages to All
Although this is an organisation issue, not just a project issue, it is important to make sure your team does not send messages to all for something that is specific …
Confirm Meetings
If you (or others) are to travel for meetings, confirm that they have been scheduled. Projects with committees or bureaucracy may overlook setting the times or places and informing everyone …
Seasonal Influences
Consider seasonal influences on construction. Wet/dry season, snow, monsoon, etc. Be prepared for this and plan accordingly, with allowance for unexpected weather.
Clients Funding
Check the funding sources of your clients. Especially local council clients who rely on funding that often changes.
Check Geotechnical Reports
Check and confirm geotechnical reports that are supplied to you in a contract. The client may supply reports that are old or inaccurate. Specify in the contract that you are …
Manage the Priorities
Manage the priorities of your projects. Consider them in relation to other projects, business lines in the organisation, geographic areas, and functional managers.
Estimating Design Time
Get to know the usual time schedules for producing plans, drawings, and designs in your organisation. Estimates may be 2 weeks but people with experience in the organisation may know …
Eliminate Unnecessary Features
Eliminating unnecessary features in design will give the largest savings in a project. If your client wants costs cut, look for the most costly features (in design cost and construction …
Learn to Say No
You must learn to say no to some requests from clients If change requests from the client will make the design unsafe or unusable, you should refuse to change it. …
Reward System for Ideas
Some companies have idea boxes or systems for employees to share their ideas for improving an organisation or project. Yet they can often find it difficult to get people to …