There's been a number of inspirations in my��
life that has led me to start the business, Zancon. But I'd say the first and leading��
one would be the real vision through my career of seeing a gap in the Australian��
market for a true construction planner. I found that there was a number of inconsistencies��
in the market, starting with New South Wales, Sydney, where the business originated from,��
where true expertise in construction planning, as opposed to purely programming, were few��
and far between. So a lot of construction planners that I have worked with who��
are all brilliant in their own right, have a mixture of backgrounds. And I think that's��
what really informs a good construction planner. It's experiences, experiences in different��
building techniques, design processes, understanding of development processes, and��
really having a true grasp on the project life cycle. So the range of different experiences I��
found led to construction planning in building businesses and development businesses being��
quite haphazard. So unlike quantity surveying, where there's a real established discipline��
and a core skill set, sets of rules, in my mind, I looked at the QS profession��
and thought, wow, it'd be great to have a construction planning discipline across��
the market that was consistent. Time, as we know is money. So, often it was undervalued��
in terms of its impact on projects. So from a business need point of view, that's where��
I saw a gap in the market. Selfishly, what led me to want to create the business,��
I think it was a marriage of two different disciplines being construction planning and��
programming, let's call that one, but also the commercial and legal aspect of time. Partway��
through my career, I I decided to study law, was admitted to practise law. So, I am a lawyer,��
but I'm not practising. And through that process, I really got to understand how time works��
in relation to construction contracts, and the law. So, being exposed to expert��
witnessing, delay claim disputes, really gave me an insight into how time can
better be managed to avoid those situations. And when parties do find themselves there,��
how one can assist, either be through the programme resolution or management��
principles or even formal disputes with expert witnessing. So, I think the��
combination of those and my career really allowed me to see that there's a real need��
for construction planning and programming, combined with the strong legal and commercial��
aspects. I said selfishly before, what I meant was the only place I could really find and get��
the exposure to both of those was through a new business. So, Zancon was established with that in��
mind that we wanted to really service the market in those two aspects, proper construction planning��
and programming by people who have boots on the ground construction experience, as opposed to pure��
programming. I think the combination of the two, being able to plan a project, understand��
construction techniques, and also understand how to use the software as a data management tool��
is powerful. But then you throw on top of that, the legal and commercial side of things, we really��
find ourselves to be trusted advisors for clients. On a personal level, starting a business,��
I grew up in a family of small businesses. My parents were actually, and mum is still,��
a jeweller. So I found myself providing quality customer service from a really young age, the��
age of four. I was facing clients in the family business in the store. So it was not foreign��
to have clients, to understand their needs, to really listen to them, and to be able to service��
what they're after. So it was a natural step. And everything's about timing, particularly in our��
industry. I had a fortune of opportunity of having two stars aligned at the same time, being��
the time at which I really wanted to step out and commence Zancon, which was��
at the end of 2016, and our first client providing me an opportunity��
to work with them as a contractor, and that client we still work with today,��
which is a testament to them and to us.
Always a pleasure working you Adam as we work out:
1) how long it takes to change a light bulb,
2)if the resources were available at the time to change the light bulb
3) if the bulb change happened concurrently with inclement weather or other delay
4) if the bulb that was used came from existing stock causing a reorder of stock which in turn caused future buld changes to be on the critical path when they weren’t before
5) if the bulb change caused a modification to the current approval
I can then work out the reasonable cost for the bulb change including a compensable delay costs.
We then sit with the barrister to work if the person requesting the bulb change had the authority under the contract to do so in the first place only to find out that the client does like LED bulbs a last the warmth selected was wrong and they couldn’t be dimmed.
Great clip Adam and really wraps up the importance of getting the program right to set a project on the right path and looking at it from various angles. It’s always been great working with you and your team!
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2moAlways a pleasure working you Adam as we work out: 1) how long it takes to change a light bulb, 2)if the resources were available at the time to change the light bulb 3) if the bulb change happened concurrently with inclement weather or other delay 4) if the bulb that was used came from existing stock causing a reorder of stock which in turn caused future buld changes to be on the critical path when they weren’t before 5) if the bulb change caused a modification to the current approval I can then work out the reasonable cost for the bulb change including a compensable delay costs. We then sit with the barrister to work if the person requesting the bulb change had the authority under the contract to do so in the first place only to find out that the client does like LED bulbs a last the warmth selected was wrong and they couldn’t be dimmed.