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April 24, 2003

Starting early can reduce project costs

  • Construction project managers pick up new ideas on saving time and money at recent NWCCC conference.
    • By TERRY STEPHENS
    Special to the Journal

    U.S. Courthouse in Seattle
    Photo by Terry Stephens
    Properly executed, major construction projects such as the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle can avoid the inherent pitfalls of those types of jobs -- cost overruns, missed deadlines and miscommunication. Speakers at a recent NWCCC workshop suggested ways to improve management of complex projects.

    Construction project managers, always looking for better ways to manage construction issues, found a smorgasbord of ideas recently in Bellingham as more than 75 of them attended a half-day workshop provided by the Northwest Construction Consumer Council.


     
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