Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 53) - All IMHO:Can someone please tell me exactly what 50% drawings are? The lack of clarity around what constitutes the various stages of design completion on projects I am working on is crazy and a disservice to the clients. Project Managers and…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 52) - All IMHO: How do you know the project manager is right for your project? It is hard to know in the present because project management and for that matter, commissioning management are outcome based. IMHO the only why to know is when…
The essence of great Commissioning Management and Project Management is time travel......begin with the end in mind.....a future blog post for me on this insight I think....
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 51) - All IMHO:A senior buildings services engineer recently asked me why his variable flow hydronic systems never delivered the energy savings he modelled and expected. My rambling answer follows. Variable flow hydronic systems are ubiquitous in North America due to their…
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Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 50) - All IMHO:How is it that there is no agreement on what should be recorded and documented when a system is commissioned? I cannot think of a single project I have worked on in Canada where there is agreement on good…