Case study B Magnificent Metals new gold plant

2 Case study B Magnificent Metals new gold plant 

The winning bidder was the Always Adventurous construction company (AA). By this time there were only 16 months left until completion of commissioning. The project had become fast track, something of which Ivan had no experience. No problem , said AA. We have done this before - we commissioned the Desert Gold plant in under 16 months, and look how well it functions . 

The main difference was the degree to which design basics had been finalized before the contract award. AA were awarded the contract for Desert Gold after a detailed study characterized by the following. 

By Ivan s requirement, the AA contract included rather punitive damages for the consequences of design error. The AA team were totally disinclined to make any assumptions that might accelerate the project, but rather dissipated their ingenuity in writing clever letters to their client, pointing out how the client team was alone responsible for all the delays and re-work. 

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