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The self-defeating operator
2026-07-10
The self-defeating operator
When a project is in trouble, the first thing some operators do is blame the contractor. ...
Case study – Project cancellation
2026-07-10
Case study – Project cancellation
How do you respond when your project is suddenly shelved? Here is a short case study. A...
Latchford - Interior of Sluice Culvert; G. Herbert & Horace C. Bayley; negative July 1891; print 1894; Gelatin silver print; 23.1 × 16.9 cm (9 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.); 84.XO.941.1.2.5; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/) Getty Museum Collection
2024-05-30
Project execution planning
Principles Corvative’s project execution planning approach is standards and principles-...
Rails of the Manassas Gap Railroad, Alexandria Va.; A.J. Russell (American, 1830 - 1902); about January 1865; Albumen silver print; 23.5 × 32.7 cm (9 1/4 × 12 7/8 in.); 84.XM.481.5; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/)
2024-05-30
Writing study reports
Every project is answerable to its stakeholders: regulators, investors, owners, community ...
Payment of Salaries to the Night Watchmen in the Camera del Comune of Siena
2018-02-09
Extended payment terms: Good news for global firms
In July 2017, I wrote a widely-read article on extended payment terms stating that extende...
Scoping management services
2017-12-22
Scoping management services
Most project engineers consider themselves competent to write the technical scope of work ...