Project management services today? Once the project is completed, gather your team to do a postmortem to assess your team’s performance. There’s always room for improvement so be sure to discuss any areas of concern and discuss how to do better on the next project. Be sure to highlight your successes as well and determine how you can apply that to your next project. Discuss what problems arose on the project and how you solved them. Was it the best way, or was there something else that could have been done that would have resulted in a better outcome? Did you deliver the project on time and within budget? Were you able to execute the plan and schedule as expected? If not, what adjustments had to be made? Was productivity at an acceptable level or could you have done better? Questions like these will help give you an honest assessment of your performance on the project and hopefully highlight ways to do even better on the next one.

What makes for a great team? We also wanted to find out how construction PMs know their team is performing well. Out of the 20 project managers who responded to the question, two answers swept the majority of the responses. The first, to be expected: deliver projects on time and under budget. The second? Understanding the “big picture” or “intent” of the project, so the team can act proactively to keep things moving in the right direction. This was described well by John Williams, of ConstructionNova, who explained that when there is an issue, his team doesn’t just notify their superiors, but rather, they line up potential solutions, so that superiors can simply give approval. Williams explained further used the example of an on-site issue. When a problem occurs, rather than raising the issue to the next level of command and asking for direction, his team explores the potential best solutions and presents them to a manager for approval.

More than ever, most companies, large and small, national, or international, are under increasing commercial pressure. The reduction in income for many due to the recent pandemic and various levels of lockdowns has meant that budgets have been cut, internal resources reduced and the timescales to complete a project are becoming ever more challenging; yet still, an increase in productivity is demanded. Today’s businesses cannot always provide the focus and time to deliver projects effectively when the day to day need to concentrate on the supply chain, production issues, and profitability of the business are clearly more important. Businesses are struggling to find the right expertise and skill base at the right stage of a project, and as a consequence, suffer additional and unplanned costs, delays, and technical problems on projects through poor conception, planning, purchasing and project delivery. Discover more information on engineering design.

The CDM Regulations have made a significant impact on the construction industry as injury rates have continued to fall over the last 20 years. However, construction still remains a high risk industry and although it accounts for only 5% of the employees in Britain, it accounted for 31% of fatal injuries to employees and 10% of reported major/specified injuries (Health and Safety Statistics). Clearly we must continue to do more in this industry to eliminate and manage the risks such that we protect the lives of those working in the industry and those impacted by construction activities.

PM PROjEN is widely acknowledged by our clients as one of the best engineering consultancies in the UK across our target markets. We have achieved this by investing in our people, systems and business processes. Over the years, our approach to doing business and to the delivery of projects has been recognised through a series of prominent awards. Some of the key differentiators that make us stand out from our competition include True Multi-discipline offering delivered from two strategically located offices, (Warrington and Edinburgh); An innovative and collaborative approach to client relations and project execution; Project cost estimating and cost control expertise; Exemplary Health and Safety performance; Expert knowledge of UK legislative compliance requirements; Technology Agnostic; Market leading and industry recognised Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas experience; Award winning Biofuel Plant Design and Build. See more information on https://www.projen.co.uk/.