Get readyGet ready: Week three…
Everyone nods
The design kick-off. Everyone agrees who's designing what, out loud, over coffee. Nobody writes it down.
Stage 3 · Get ready · Stop 5 of 8
Who designs what
The back alley's bill so far: 58 weeks · See the bill
The information · Every part of the centre, and who designs it
Every part of the centre needs one designer. If two firms each think the other one's doing a part, I don't get made at all.
The wrong way
The minutes
The minutes say: design responsibilities discussed. Everyone agrees that's exactly what happened.
The inlet chamber
Where designer Alex's pipes meet the precast supplier's chamber, Alex thinks the supplier is designing the join. The supplier thinks Alex is.
DesignDesign: Week nine…
Nobody
Site is ready to build the inlet chamber. Nobody has designed it.
Three firms point
Dave, the site manager, asks. The precast supplier points at Alex.
Dave: Who's designing this?
Alex: The supplier.
Five weeks
It's designed in a hurry, five weeks late. The hole fills with rain. A duck moves in.
Everyone agreed who was doing what. Nobody wrote it down. The duck was delighted.
+5 weeks on the back alley's bill: A join nobody designed: five weeks waiting for a chamber design, with a hole full of rain.