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Re: Big Construction Companies mean Big Problem in our Construction Industry.

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>>>>>>>>>> Big Construction Companies mean Big Problem in our Construction
>>>>>>>>>> Industry.
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>>>>>>>>>> A big problem in our construction industry is that our government
>>>>>>>>>> allows the
>>>>>>>>>> construction companies to grow to unreasonably large sizes.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It is quite simple to explain the problem with an example.
>>>>>>>>>> Suppose a
>>>>>>>>>> construction company is currently carrying out construction works
>>>>>>>>>> for 50
>>>>>>>>>> different construction sites and it has one director (Here we
>>>>>>>>>> call him the
>>>>>>>>>> boss.), a general manager and ten project managers working under
>>>>>>>>>> him for
>>>>>>>>>> overseeing the construction works. As the boss and the general
>>>>>>>>>> manager have
>>>>>>>>>> higher authority than the project managers under them, they can
>>>>>>>>>> override any
>>>>>>>>>> decision of the project managers if they have disagreement with
>>>>>>>>>> respect to
>>>>>>>>>> certain issues. Actually, the boss has nearly the absolute power,
>>>>>>>>>> as he can
>>>>>>>>>> control his staff with his money. Suppose further that the boss
>>>>>>>>>> and the
>>>>>>>>>> general manager work 6 days per week and 9 hours per day. (It is
>>>>>>>>>> more likely
>>>>>>>>>> than not that their actual working hours is longer than that.)
>>>>>>>>>> Simple
>>>>>>>>>> arithematic tells us that the boss and the general manager would
>>>>>>>>>> only have
>>>>>>>>>> approximately one hour (or one and a half hour, if they are
>>>>>>>>>> willing to work
>>>>>>>>>> harder) available for "understanding and monitoring" the
>>>>>>>>>> activities of each
>>>>>>>>>> site per week. Under such situation, how likely is it that the
>>>>>>>>>> boss or the
>>>>>>>>>> general manager can make good decision? Unless they are supermen
>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>> supernatural power (Actually, some would pose as such.), they may
>>>>>>>>>> not even
>>>>>>>>>> be able to read through the relevant documents for the works
>>>>>>>>>> (There are 50
>>>>>>>>>> DIFFERENT sets of project documents includings drawings, amended
>>>>>>>>>> drawings,
>>>>>>>>>> contract documents including main contracts and sub-contracts and
>>>>>>>>>> correspondence that can easily fill up any office etc.) for 50
>>>>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>>>>> construction projects and they have to spare time for tendering
>>>>>>>>>> for new
>>>>>>>>>> jobs, even though they sign many of the documents willy-nilly
>>>>>>>>>> with a
>>>>>>>>>> "gentle" smile. What if they make the wrong decisions and
>>>>>>>>>> override the
>>>>>>>>>> correct decisions of their project managers?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Clearly there is collusion between the government and the big
>>>>>>>>>> companies.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Greed of the big construction companies is one of the main
>>>>>>>>>> reasons for the
>>>>>>>>>> problems in our construction industry.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> cc. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Government
>>>>>>>>>> Dr. Ronald Lu
>>>>>>>>>>
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