Why favouritism is bad for your project
Don’t treat your project team with favouritism. Be fair and even with all your project team.
Use job performance related metrics rather than personal preferences when allocating roles, tasks and rewards
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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.
Legal Review Of Contracts
Get any contracts reviewed by your company legal council before submittal and especially before signing. This should especially include liability, indemnity, insurance, and liquidated damages clauses.
Keep Documentation Professional
Work on the assumption that anything you put in the project file may some day be looked at in a court of law. Be careful with every document, photo, memo, …
Copy Minutes of Meetings to Attendees
Copy notes or minutes of meetings with the client to the client. Don’t just keep them in the project file. This is important for legal reasons, as you can then …
Errors and Omissions
Don’t admit to errors or omissions until you consult with a proper internal team (managers, project director, financial, legal). If you are admitting an error, make sure it is actually …