An early warning without a decision isn’t risk management. It’s theatre. NEC doesn’t ask for perfection. It asks for honesty early, while the problem is still cheap. Use it to save the job — not your arse later. #MajorProjects

We don’t ignore early warnings because we don’t see the risk. We ignore them because decisions are uncomfortable. They require ownership. And ownership is still the rarest commodity on major projects. #ConstructionLeadership

Early warnings were meant to force action. Instead they’ve become receipts. Proof someone tried to say something. Before the job drove straight into the wall. That’s not collaboration. That’s procrastination with paperwork. #ProjectDelivery

I’ve sat in meetings where the risk was obvious to anyone who’d walked the site. Design not ready. Access not agreed. Programme held together with hope and a printer. The warning was raised. The decision wasn’t. #NECContracts

Early warnings aren’t broken. We just use them like a smoke alarm we’ve taped over. Logged. Acknowledged. Parked. Everyone nods. Nothing changes. That’s modern NEC delivery in a nutshell. #UKInfrastructure

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No one’s steering. Plenty of updates. No ownership. Plenty of meetings. No challenge. Projects don’t fail from lack of action. They fail from everyone assuming someone else is in charge. #ProjectDelivery #ConstructionLeadership

Hemingway said: “Never mistake motion for action.” We’re drowning in motion — dashboards, reviews, away days. But nothing meaningful gets said. Silence keeps you safe today. But it builds nothing tomorrow. #TuesdayTruth

We’ve replaced delivery with defence. Everyone guarding their patch. No one stepping up. Leadership doesn’t need a narrative. It needs a spine. A decision. Someone willing to say: “I’ll take that — leave it with me.” #Leadership

We manage optics, not outcomes. Teams polishing slides while the rebar crew waits three hours because the updated drawings are still “in workflow.” And every meeting starts with: “Let’s get aligned first.” Aligned to what? #Construction

Modern delivery is haunted by accountability ghosts. Forms filled. Minutes signed. Yet decisions drift around like mist over an empty compound. “We’ve got more signatures than progress,” a foreman told me. He wasn’t wrong. #ProjectDelivery

You can’t build progress with ghosts. I walked a site that looked spotless from the gate — new cabins, fresh fleeces, laminated slogans. But ask who owned the next pour? Silence. Everyone “aligned”. No one accountable. #UKInfrastructure

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We’re not broken because of bad tools. We’re broken because we keep using them to cover our arses. Digital won’t save you if you’re scared of clarity. #ProjectDelivery #ConstructionTechnology #ProjectControls

If you’re not raising warnings, not updating the programme, not saying what’s broken — you’re not leading. You’re just polishing the disaster. And hoping it doesn’t blow up on your shift. #ConstructionLeadership

I’ve seen 9-figure projects with: – Scope changed mid-week – Risk logged in isolation – Baselines managed with the wrong AFCs But the leadership away day? Brilliant. #MajorProjects

Contractor formats optimism. Client formats confusion. Everyone agrees to print the wrong programme because it matches the board pack. That’s not collaboration. It’s collective delusion — and it’s costing us millions. #ProjectDelivery

We’ve gamified the contract. Early warnings? Optional. Clause 32? Rewritten like abstract art. CEs? Ghosted, twisted, or filed under “next period”. The truth still gets you branded “difficult”. So we stick to the theatre. #NECContracts

They say the job’s on track. But they’ve moved the track six times. On one project, the job was “on programme” right up until the crane was dismantled. Nobody flagged the delay — because nobody dared. #UKInfrastructure

Nothing wrong with a bit of creative planning! #programme #planning #construction #fridayfunny