A lack of collaboration, realism and discipline

How these can affect a project

Where there is a lack of collaboration,realism and discipline, it can badly affect a construction project.

The relationship between contractors, consultants and customers comes under intense strain when projects are delayed, and costs mount, due to design drift.In a hyper-competitive market, firms can be quick to over-promise to secure a lucrative contract, or over-promise solutions to a brief they’ve failed to understand.

When aspiration or interpretation clashes with reality, customers are left returning to the market late in the day, having incurred fees they can’t recoup and facing an uphill battle to hit development milestones.

Interpreting a cost plan carefully into a design brief is fundamental. The only way you can do that is to have all the right disciplines around the table to interpolate that brief at the earliest stage and communication here is key to get it right at the outset.

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