WEEK 23 - Resourcing issues (Delay = 7 weeks)

Things are hotting up, but I'm not sure if this is constructive, creative, tension or the sign of things falling apart. While the tilers have finally turned up to do the en-suite, we're still down to only one labourer on site. This has been the case for the last few days and, in my view, not in the spirit of driving the project forward to a speedy and painless conclusion.

It's all pretty tense, but after two looooong telephone conversations with the contract manager and site agent this morning, they are in no doubt that we've moved well beyond the "let's enjoy this project" stage. Nobody seems to have a magic wand, unless we can pick one up from eBay...