Monthly Archives: April 2016

Construction Manager at Risk

Friday, April 29th, 2016

Construction Manager at Risk – Part 1 What is it? It is an approach to construction management, very much under the radar in the United Kingdom. A definition is “A project specific delivery method for large capital construction projects.” The cm-at-risk provides technical assistance during the design phase and has a cost-capped feature. The cm-at-risk […]

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A Clinical Review of Contracts

Thursday, April 28th, 2016

It’s about time someone had a clinical review of contracts regarding procurement. The hallmarks of a quality procurement contribution to their business are that i) procurement knows that contracts exist and ii) they know the detail of the contracts and risk exposure within them. We have a close business contact who works for a luxury […]

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Tom’s work experience surprise

Thursday, April 14th, 2016

When, Thomas Roughley our latest Work Experience Graduate showed an interest undertaking some background reading as he started his placement, we gave him one of Dr. Farrington’s books to read! We think he was a little surprised with the Chinese Edition, as he was with another version in Russian.  However we are not all bad. […]

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