by Peter W | Jun 7, 2026 | Bid Management, Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Project Management
From the perspective of the client at the top of the contracting chain, low price tendering makes sense. Who wouldn’t want to maximise the return made from a project? From the ground, the effect of low-price tendering feels like the contractor covering for a mistake...
by Peter W | Jul 28, 2025 | Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Innovation, Management Consulting, Project Management
It feels like there’s a lot of change happening currently. The concern, is that I hear of businesses abandoning strategy because of the pace of change. This would be a mistake and why? Engineering and construction is a great industry in my opinion. Because the...
by Peter W | Mar 27, 2025 | Business Coaching, Industry Opinion, Innovation
Modern life is a terrible time waster. Consider social media, that invention designed to be a very effective time waster and distraction. (How do you feel after a social media session? Refreshed?) The rest of our lives can quicky disappear under the weight of a mass...
by Peter W | Dec 9, 2024 | Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Management Consulting, Project Management
Have you noticed that we as human beings, when faced with a very large problem, tend to focus on the details? Have you for instance observed, when you are involved in a group problem solving activity, where the conversation normally goes? Down a rabbit hole – if the...
by Peter W | Oct 23, 2024 | Bid Management, Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Management Consulting, Project Management
The most difficult question I face in my work in Leadership in the engineering and construction industry shows up with integrity. By this I mean if I am in integrity (I do what I say I will do, on time and to the standard we have agreed) what do I do if the system I...
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