Posted on July 15, 2008 by Teppo Grén
Fortunately, the importance of safety has been understood in the construction industry in general, although safety procedures are still lacking in some projects and especially in some countries.
Good safety on site is not only an issue of keeping accidents to a minimum, but it is also a cost saving to the project.
Consider the consequences of [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2008 by Teppo Grén
Whilst participating in the Institute of Clerk of Works conference in Glasgow, Scotland on April 25th to 27th I attended an interesting seminar regarding construction waste management: exploring ways of reducing waste from the design stage all the way to the to the end of life concluding with the effects that this has on buildings [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by Janne Saarikko
A very common question that everybody needs to face in their life. People will try to hold onto it, and most of the time they will.
But not in the business of building. In the beginning there is a budget, which has good reasoning for it. And then – very, very often in the end the [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2008 by Janne Saarikko
Welcome!
This is a blog for those interesting in solving the huge paradigm of effective management of a building project.
We have been fed up for some time with the fact that many, many buildings are being finished late from the schedule, over the budget and with lower than expected quality.
We believe that these problems can be solved.
We [...]
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