CHAPTER 9

Law Eight: Site Is Where the Project Finally Goes Right, or Wrong

The result of all the specifying, surveying, planning, discussion, and manufacturing that formed the first stages of a project is now that work begins on your, or your customer’s site. The establishment of new, site based, working relationships is important to the outcome of the project—this is where and when the project manager should be present.

If you are working at your client’s site as a project manager it is vital that any required permits allowing work to commence, and any public liability insurances required have been arranged before work starts. It is also wise to ensure that the extent of your authority is known and agreed by the Client’s management, because ...

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