Re: Big Construction Companies mean Big Problem in our Construction Industry.
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>>>>>> Big Construction Companies mean Big Problem in our Construction
>>>>>> Industry.
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>>>>>> A big problem in our construction industry is that our government
>>>>>> allows the
>>>>>> construction companies to grow to unreasonably large sizes.
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>>>>>> It is quite simple to explain the problem with an example. Suppose a
>>>>>> construction company is currently carrying out construction works for
>>>>>> 50
>>>>>> different construction sites and it has one director (Here we call
>>>>>> him the
>>>>>> boss.), a general manager and ten project managers working under him
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> overseeing the construction works. As the boss and the general
>>>>>> manager have
>>>>>> higher authority than the project managers under them, they can
>>>>>> override any
>>>>>> decision of the project managers if they have disagreement with
>>>>>> respect to
>>>>>> certain issues. Actually, the boss has nearly the absolute power, as
>>>>>> he can
>>>>>> control his staff with his money. Suppose further that the boss and
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> general manager work 6 days per week and 9 hours per day. (It is more
>>>>>> likely
>>>>>> than not that their actual working hours is longer than that.) Simple
>>>>>> arithematic tells us that the boss and the general manager would only
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> approximately one hour (or one and a half hour, if they are willing
>>>>>> to work
>>>>>> harder) available for "understanding and monitoring" the activities
>>>>>> of each
>>>>>> site per week. Under such situation, how likely is it that the boss
>>>>>> or the
>>>>>> general manager can make good decision? Unless they are supermen
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> supernatural power (Actually, some would pose as such.), they may not
>>>>>> even
>>>>>> be able to read through the relevant documents for the works (There
>>>>>> are 50
>>>>>> DIFFERENT sets of project documents includings drawings, amended
>>>>>> drawings,
>>>>>> contract documents including main contracts and sub-contracts and
>>>>>> correspondence that can easily fill up any office etc.) for 50
>>>>>> different
>>>>>> construction projects and they have to spare time for tendering for
>>>>>> new
>>>>>> jobs, even though they sign many of the documents willy-nilly with a
>>>>>> "gentle" smile. What if they make the wrong decisions and override
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> correct decisions of their project managers?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Clearly there is collusion between the government and the big
>>>>>> companies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greed of the big construction companies is one of the main reasons
>>>>>> for the
>>>>>> problems in our construction industry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cc. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Government
>>>>>> Dr. Ronald Lu
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date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:55:05 +0800
author: kk
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