Why You Need a Past Projects Register
Make sure your company has a good system for storing and listing past projects. It must be easy to use and be available to all staff. It must also provide all the key information that future projects need.
Inspection and Verification of Construction Works
Inspection and verification of construction works is important. Ensure the inspector is independent and readily available for witnessing of works.
Why you Should Have a Single Contact Person in Tender Requests and Offers
Ensure your request for offer and also your offer documents list a single contact person for contacting for further details or clarifications.
Do Safety in Design Properly
Do safety in design properly. Ensure your project and company have well developed systems to ensure it is done properly. Document your safety in design checks properly.
Fences Required Around All Construction Work
Install safety or security fences around physical works areas. Do a safety risk assessment to determine the type of fence required. Allow enough budget.
Allow Costs for Safety in Design (SID) Compliance
You must allow time and budget to do safety in design. This will reduce the structure’s safety risk and your, your designer and your companies legal risk.
Time Forecasting System
A good timesheet and labour forecasting system should make the task of budget forecasting much more efficient and accurate, saving time and money.
Single Source of Data
It is best to have a single source of data in your storage system for all information on a project. It should be easy to use, accessible to all staff, and remove the need for storing documents or information all over the place.
Hold Points
Set hold points for your projects, in the scope documents, specifications and especially on the drawings. Enforce inspection of these hold points, to ensure the scope and quality requirements are met.
Verification Systems (Quality Assurance)
Ensure your company and your project have good, easy to use verification systems (Quality Assurance) in place to ensure that your project delivers to the quality expected by your company and by the client.