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Why the traditional, substantiation approach to cost checking misses major issues
Substantiation is of limited value Under cost reimbursable or target cost arrangements, clients need to...
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Cooky blew my stash – How NEC4 works to avoid this
NEC4 and the importance of avoiding a fait accompli Cooky blew my stash When I...
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Cost checking in major programmes: enhanced confidence or a waste of money?
Reducing the cost of checkers by two thirds I first entered into the world of...
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ISO 9001 Certification and Schadenfreude
ISO 9001 Certification and Schadenfreude Schadenfreude is a German word which means pleasure derived by...
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Assurance: is yours worth the paper it’s written on?
Background The word, “assurance” is used loosely as a badge to cover many activities carried...
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Benchmarking construction arrangements in Internal Audit (and my garden shed)
My garden shed My old garden shed was falling to pieces and so I decided...
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Developing your Internal Audit team: beware the bow tie
Finding the right people can be challenging It’s a while since I had a proper...
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Sufficient reliable evidence: avoiding the disappointing pudding
The disappointing pudding I recently took my youngest daughter to dinner at a well-known restaurant...
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There is no such thing as mutual trust
A psychologist friend of mine once explained to me that trust is a personal thing....
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Airport capital projects: the importance of commercial assurance
Airports are difficult places to build things Capital expenditure projects in the UK aviation industry...
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A lesson from Carillion
Avoid the unnecessary risk of becoming a creditor to an insolvent company by avoiding overpayments...
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NEC4: how effective assurance could enhance the NEC4 Alliance Contract
Some examples of assurance The word assurance is not well understood. To aid this understanding...
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