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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: SHORT: Making the Big Decisions
Description: Supply chain disruptions that initially left companies entirely without critical materials have given way to inflation of shipping and production costs, shortages of skilled labour, and volatile prices for everything from plaster to electronics.
Unpredictable and unreliable supply chains are a headache for anyone involved in project cost or schedule management, but for a property developer, which depends on getting its premises built and leased to tenants on the tightest deadlines, this headache is more like a nightmare.
Making the right decision at the right time can be the difference between project success and a...