Supporting Decision Making In The Construction Sector
If it is really difficult, it is best the decisions are made in-house. If the decisions seem impossible we can help to make them seem really difficult. All a top manager needs is to be within the comfort zone.
Staying or Leaving?
Everyone has to decide whether to stay in Construction or leave the sector: In this context the Senior Managers can be split into two groups:
Those who are staying
Must take on more authority – more responsibility – taking bigger and more complex decisions more often. It is not easy to replace the leavers without help. The default is to work into the night and to get stressed.
Those who are leaving
Those who leave – have good reasons to leave the sector, it is very tough and competitive: We wish them luck!
Those who are Staying – Must Stay Ahead
Efficiency Drives will force staff to take on more authority – more responsibility – taking bigger and more complex decisions more often. It gets harder………..
From the team of the selected best, we want to train staff to the expert level, especially in claims quantum analysis and the preparation of resource driven planning. It is enough to be; “very good” but the definition of “very good” is subject to constant update.
We re-invest profits to be able to be able to show to way to sustain the; “very good” standard despite market changes. Excellence is an intermittent state as competition is constant. What does the battle to stay ahead really mean?
It means making long chains of better decisions than your competitors, which leads to better measurable outcomes, and market success. Which is a combination of two factors, better access to relevant information on the day of the decision, and better skills to get it right.
Providing Filtered Data – and the Skills to use it
- We put weight behind strong teams, with BIM support, AI programming, Litigation Funding, Skilled Legal Teams, the kind of power not normally kept on the books in-house. It is fun to win claims and litigation. The empowerment of these teams we provide is the ability to filter data for relevance. The ability to filter provides an integrated focus, as having full teams moving in the wrong direction is expensive. By leading this process we reduce the risk for the Client.
- If we say that life experience is like rolling a snowball to make a snowman, a cumulative process which accelerate based on increased volumes. We are happy to push and try and add a layer to develop the skill of individuals. We like to watch Clients apply new skills in linked decision making chains. We track the progress of skilled individuals through their careers.
We are often in an environment where success is measurable and quantifiable.
Offering Questions to The Curious
A large organisation loses advantages of scale in competition with a smaller rival if the smaller company is more nimble. If you are going to decide at 15:00 hrs what process ensures that your decision is better informed than your competitor doing something similar at the same moment?
How does CAPEX generate corporate knowledge structures in such a way as to generate a barrier to entry and prevent replication of your business? How are your key skill advantages maintained ?
If AI knows everything. How to win on a level playing field?
Do you have skills that make your robot more useful?
How many processes can be scrapped? Can tangible processes which cause delay, can be replaced with intangible verification steps which do not generate duration?
Planners, Clients, Contractors, Engineers should these trades exist? If there is a learning curve between concept, planning, tendering, execution and facilities management how do you remove the blockages of knowledge silos, which are the turning a delivery process in to a creative process?
If you ban AI for security reasons, how do you keep it for operations? Big data model training is learning the global average. How do you apply the same techniques to internal learning without giving access to your internal confidential data?
If these questions interest you, then we can help you find your answers by:
- Provide pointers and suggestions: Often we have been there in the past;
- Introduce relevant software tools, which constantly change year to year;
- Deal with ad hoc major issues and provide specific commercial solutions.
The ad hoc answers we present can often be part of a wider long term solution to gaining competitive advantage, which is part of a constant corporate reinvention process. Ad hoc knowledge purchased should be integrated into the long term systems to avoid repetition of the same problems and to achieve a multiplier effect across the organisation. Ripples on a pond is the image.
History of the Company
Years 2000
FIDIC Training
Company Founded to provide FIDIC training
Years 2000-2012
Contract Administration Services
An out-sourcing for Main Contractors
Years 2021-2026
Expert Advice in the Construction Sector
Time and Delay / Quantum
Years 2026 Onwards
Decision Support:
- The integration of knowledge to help the decision moment of today.
- The modelling of outcomes, and expected impact over time, passing knowledge to others.
- Real time practical solutions to big problems.
- Amicable settlement especially in planning / time and delay issues.
Ethics and Standards
We claim no special relationships, and do not seek any. We do business in a way that is clear, transparent, seeking for fair outcomes, based on the long term interests of our Clients. A boom is good for everyone. A recession is good for those which establish a reputation for trustworthiness, and long term reliability. We seek to be a reliable support to Companies through the difficult times as well as the boom.
Summary
If you have a routine, mainline cost item which you want to tender for outsourcing suppliers, we are not the right service provider. We do not think an Engineering company with 50 people is 10X more valuable than a company with 5 people, although the stock exchange suggests this valuation metric. There are many companies that meet this requirement.
If you have an exceptional or extraordinary item which threatens the existence of your business. Call us
If you see an opportunity to make a substantial claim or an acquisition in the sector.