Given that Nick was not based locally we kept things simple and ensured everything was documented and specified. We agreed regular site meetings every 4-6 weeks, at which I attended with Nick and we always agreed the next meeting date and the work to be completed. This way the team knew we were active on the project and we would approve any Factures due at those meetings and orgainse payments.
We formally launched the project at the end of August 2005 with a complete team review of the project and it was interesting to see how the team interacted together and my confidence grew as we observed a group of craftsmen who had obviously worked together many times before, as they debated and agreed elements of each others work activity.
The sequence of events and timescales were agreed by everyone and having persuade the Macon to start his work in October, the team agreed to a completion target of June 2006.
