How to Handle Hard Conversations on the Jobsite
By Mark Anderson, Construction Business Owner
The essence of project management is reducing risk, optimizing project outcomes and meeting client expectations. As such, clients turn to professional project management and cost consultancy to help them achieve exactly that.
Whether cost consultants, external project managers or scheduling specialists, delivery consultants are in unique positions of influence—poised to be the client’s most trusted resource. With this privilege come the challenges of building and maintaining strong relationships, as well as working tirelessly to deliver results.
Even the most successful projects have had their share of obstacles. Consultants often facilitate critical decision making on their client’s behalf, stepping in when a he or she makes a decision that may lead to a calamitous outcome."