Win the workWin the work: Tender · week four…
Everyone agrees
Everyone agrees day one matters, including Tom, the bid manager. Nobody writes anything down.
Tom: We'll sort mobilisation when we mobilise.
Stage 2 · Win the work · Stop 8 of 11
The plan for day one
The back alley's bill so far: 37 weeks · See the bill
The information · The plan for day one
If they win, I'll need somewhere to live on the first morning. Plan it now, while it's still cheap.
The wrong way
The blank sheet
The bid goes in. The sheet on the wall marked DAY ONE stays blank, apart from a small drawing of a sun.
The password
The firm wins. Someone sets up one login for the Site Office and writes the password on a sticky note. It goes on site manager Dave's van.
Get readyGet ready: Day one…
The queue
Forty people arrive at a Site Office with no logins.
Leeds
The only working password is on Dave's van. Dave is in Leeds.
Week six
By week six, everyone is saving drawings wherever they can. Callum, the project manager, finds one in the microwave.
Callum: I said I wasn't finding out in week six.
Everyone agreed day one mattered. Nobody planned it. Dave was in Leeds.
+2 weeks on the back alley's bill: No plan for day one: no logins, drawings everywhere, and two weeks getting them back in one place.