Monthly Archives: May 2016

Construction Manager at Risk Continued

Thursday, May 5th, 2016

Construction Manager at Risk – Part 2   There is always learning when studying requests for proposals (RFP). The construction manager at risk service detail can be found, as an example, in the city of New Orleans RFP 8910-01660. This is in respect of work at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. The buyer for […]

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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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Reasonable Endeavours and Best Endeavours

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

We have spent many hours negotiating with suppliers the terms ‘Reasonable Endeavours’ and ‘Best Endeavours’. The general positioning of most suppliers is that they have a ‘policy’ that prevents them from accepting ‘Best Endeavours’. Our readers will, we believe, welcome some guidance in this specialised area of contract law. In the case of EDI Central […]

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Dr Farrington Completes 9th Edition of Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Monday, March 7th, 2016

Our Managing Director, Brian Farrington, is the editor of an authoritative book on procurement and supply chain management. He has spent the last year revising the very successful 8th edition, published by Pearson. The new edition will shortly be published and it will benefit from a re-engineering of the content. It has been acclaimed by […]

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Self-Development in the Procurement Industry

Thursday, March 3rd, 2016

The biggest obstacle to career development is complacency. Tragically, we keep hearing words to the effect, “I am CIPS qualified and don’t need any training.” This obviously comes from the heart, but it is misguided. Among the qualities of procurement specialists is a desire to keep on top of significant developments in the field. Constant […]

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