Project management

... or the lack of it has been an issue from Day 1. As part of the full-service contract, the main contractor has overall responsibility for the smooth running of the site and, crucially, delivery to deadline. With the original completion date of Week 16 now out of the window and no clear date for ultimate completion, it's hard not to revisit the question of how well the project has been handled on the ground. We've seen this time and time again. Now one of the major hold-ups is the availability of cast iron drain pipes, without which the en-suite toilet cannot be fitted. Not that this really matters, as the whole en-suite, probably, has to be ripped out due to the tiling botch-up. But that's not the point. The need for cast iron drain pipes has been clear for months. Why has nobody then thought about it and ordered the necessary stuff? It's another example of:"Oh, what do we need to tomorrow?". A blatant inability to understand the core fundamentals of project management, where some components are critical to the overall progress of the project. Unfortunately, over the last few weeks, there has been little evidence of a real understanding of what's really required.