Lessons Learned from Haiti

I think the key issue is supervision. Proper supervision. If we have qualified personnel on site (Clerk of Works/Construction Mngr)to ensure that the correct things are done we will not be having these problems.

As for the client, they are always ready to pay less for everything which is natural but what we need to know is that buildings are are not things u spend money on to try and do again. Thaye are done ones and for all at least to stand for some 30yrs before any refurbishment or .......

Henry

Even with construction Mgmt on site you still get errors commonly, if enforcement and inspection are lacking. Construction Managers are not there to make sure the quality of workmanship is up to standard, they are there to maintain schedules, budgets, and protect against or limit obvious liabilities of the Contractor (which in reality mean make sure problems are hidden or try to identify/create some linkage to use to share potential liability risks with the designers or owner). First and foremost CMs are there to make the contractor/developer money, they have absolutely no quality or safety purvue beyond the impact it may have on profitability. Inspector job is not to cosndier profitability of the contractor, but rather conformance with regulations and codes, and engineers are required to consider public safety first but still make a profit on design (only engineers and inspectors go to jail for negligence in such, not CMs). If the issue is about non-conformance with quality standards a CM definitely is not the line of defense you want onsite, but more field inspection.

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