By: Richard Henley

Richard Henley — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:06:31 +0000

Just to follow up on my earlier comment.
Got the book. Easy to read – i.e. well written – and it looks like the authors followed their approach of “Think slow – act fast”.
In the same vein, it needs “digestion slow”. In that meantime – food for thought and an aide memoire to get mind in gear when starting to get involved in any project.

By: Richard Henley

Richard Henley — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:13:19 +0000

A book now on my list to buy.
Not because I want new insight into the fundamental principles, because, as they have been reported in the article, they are not new or strange to me.
What I hope the book will do is to give me some better explanation of what is behind the circumstances that cause these fundamentals to be sidelined.
In the 1990s I learned some really great project delivery principles from a commercial developer.
One was their perception of overall delivery risk and how to address it. The essence of their view was (is) that handling risk sits best with those with the knowledge and experience to understand it.
In this context the development risk was best held by the developer. The design and construction risk best help by the designers and constructors. They adopted a partnering approach and in their case chose not to split design and construction and opted for D&B, but only after they had established exactly what they wanted.
So nothing new about how to do things well. So what is that really stops this from being routine?

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