Do Not Let Fear of Change Leave You with an Inferior Facility
Changes during the lifetime of a design and construction project are inevitable. Your team needs to be prepared and quick to react to keep your project on track and get you the right result.
Change is a constant in all facets of life, and the design and construction of your new solid waste facility is not immune. It is not unusual to walk through a recently completed project and be greeted with a number of “I wish we did this differently” moments.
We believe the best change management strategy is to be as detailed as possible in the initial stages. This involves gathering all the stakeholders to present and discuss the project and potential improvements to ensure all partners understand the scope of work for the project and how the facility is intended to function to minimize assumptions or confusion. Ranging from minor inconveniences to serious risks to the operation, the need to change plans during a construction project is not unusual, but how you handle that process and the speed with which you make critical decisions can dramatically reduce the risks to project budget as well as schedule.
However, it is also important that you make changes when it is the right decision for the company/operation long term and your project team should not penalize you for that. They need to be prepared to respond quickly to your requests, so you are not in fear of making the change and the project momentum keeps going in the right direction. If your team is not doing this for you, they are doing you a disservice.
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