Construction Management Guide

Legal debates come up frequently in the construction industry. No matter what the problem is or whose fault it actually was, professionals and project owners alike seem to be good at playing the blame game. When problems related to a structure’s stability or safeness arise, contractors generally find themselves having to resolve the problem in one way or another. (Read more..)

Construction Lifecycle Risk Management Conference

Date: 17^th & 18^th April 2011

Venue: Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel & Resort, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Welcome and Opening Remarks by the Chairperson, Samer H Skaik

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Good morning.

I am delighted to join our speakers in welcoming you all and open this Conference on “Construction lifecycle Risk Management” in Abu Dhabi.

It gives me great pleasure and honor to chair this conference. I am so happy that we have in this hall, dedicated individuals from different backgrounds and expertise, from various industries across the GCC region. Those delegates who travelled for miles remind us how important this conference is. Thank you all for coming.

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Get to grips with the ins and outs of using FIDIC contracts at an event designed by FIDIC and featuring FIDIC speakers.

The 2nd annual FIDIC Middle East Contract Users’ conference is taking place on Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th February 2011 in at the InterContinental Abu Dhabi.

Cmguide readers get a 10% discount to attend! Quote VIP Code: KW8116CMGP or visit:
http://www.informaglobalevents.com/KW8116CMGP (Read more..)

By Stuart Matthews
 FIFA has made the people of Qatar very happy and that happiness is spreading quickly. Judging by the regional response to the country’s winning World Cup bid, the population of the GCC can barely wait the twelve years until the first kick-off of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. (Read more..)

By Hisham Yousef,

Sustainability has become the buzzword of choice in our industry, with many technical terms and metrics that makes it almost beyond the understanding of many clients and professionals alike. But this need not be the case. Sustainability is about going back to the basics of interacting with the environment and adopting a common sense approach to design.

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by Sarah Blackman

zoomNets can be used to eliminate fall hazards but personal protective equipment should also be used when working at height.next »In order to prevent injuries or fatalities at work, companies should go out of their way to reduce hazards wherever possible. Where there is the slightest risk that someone could get hurt, personal protective equipment should always be used, as experts tell Facilities Management Middle East. (Read more..)

The majority of respondents pointed to improper planning and methodology (78 per cent), lack of communication (75 percent), and unrealistic target completion dates (67 percent) as the top three contributing factors to project failure. They also identified inadequate commitment and involvement from senior management (59 percent), insufficient budgets and resources (56 percent), too many assumptions and unknowns (51 percent), project politics and conflicts (38 percent), lack of set targets or measurable results (45 percent), and the formation of the wrong project team (27 percent) as other major causes. (Read more..)

Not everyone believes in project managers. Some common complaints include:

• They focus on planning and processes, and in the end, don’t produce anything of value.
• They speak using business and project management double-talk, and produce only papers, charts,
  graphs, analysis, etc, to justify why no actual product was going into production.
• They have a lack of real experience in the subject area, and they do not know how to actually build a final deliverable. (Read more..)

by Sarah Thomas

I am a contractor working on a wastewater project in Eastern Europe, using the FIDIC Yellow Book –Design & Build. Vol.3 of our contract contains the following clause:

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