Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 95 Engineering Projects
  While Purficott was working on the research and development of the new steam engine, the construction company that arrived at Sweet Berry Island also obtained the construction drawings and began to unload various engineering equipment and start work.

They recruited some local aborigines and also brought some workers from their own company.

After all, in addition to physical work, construction also involves some technical work. In addition to laborers who need to do physical work, they also need engineers and skilled workers who understand technology.

But when the engineers of the construction company got the construction drawings and asked people to survey the site and discuss the construction plan, the manager in charge of the project looked at the drawings and complained: "Who designed this? It's just on an island. It's just to build a warehouse, why do we need to dig such a deep foundation?
  Not only has the cost tripled, the entire warehouse is half-sunk underground. Not only is it difficult to load, unload, and store, but the construction difficulty and cycle are much higher than that of a normal warehouse!
  This is simply amateur design! No, I need to talk to the owner. This should use a simpler construction plan! Tom, find out the construction drawings of our last port warehouse! I remember asking you to bring it. "

The behavior of this project manager seems a bit unreasonable, but from another perspective, it is not a problem.

After all, his starting point is to save investment for customers, and of course the ultimate goal is to allow the company to complete the projects at hand more efficiently, thereby accepting more jobs and making more money.

Changing the semi-submersible basement designed by Purficott into an ordinary normal warehouse can shorten the construction period by two-thirds, and the construction difficulty and construction costs will be greatly reduced.

At first glance, it may seem like the construction company is making less money, but that’s not how the accounts work out.

First of all, the money earned by the company will not be reduced due to the shortened construction period and reduced construction costs.

The construction company settles the project payment according to the project progress rather than the construction period. The sooner it is completed, the more it can earn.

This was originally intended to reduce the tendency of construction companies to maliciously delay the construction cycle in order to pay more for the project, but to some extent it also caused the bad habit of project managers who like to meet deadlines.

After all, when the construction deadline is rushed, sometimes some detailed things will not be handled in place, and problems are likely to occur.

But in this era, this is not a big deal. As long as it can pass the customer's acceptance, the rest is not the construction company's business.

Project managers get commissions based on projects. The more projects they work on, the more they earn.

Therefore, project managers often like to adopt construction plans that can shorten the construction period, so that they can take on more projects in the same amount of time and earn more money.

This is also the main reason why this construction company can become the largest construction company in the New World, because their ability to make money is really strong.

Therefore, when encountering such a complex and time-consuming project, the project manager of this company will take the initiative to help the customer "optimize" the construction plan, and while meeting the requirements, reduce costs and shorten the construction period as much as possible.

For customers, spending less money and achieving their goals in less time is not a bad thing.

Therefore, most of the time, these project managers can use their "professionalism" to convince customers to accept their solutions.

Although the company's engineers were not used to this approach, they chose to shut up and cooperate in the face of the real bonuses they received.

Only this time, when the project manager and the engineer went to the old housekeeper Foster and asked to see Perficott, they hit a snag. "The construction plan given by the lady does not require your suggestions or questioning. The only thing you need to do is to complete the construction according to her requirements." The old housekeeper was almost unkind and coldly rejected the project manager's request.

In Foster's view, the only thing these hired construction workers need to do is to construct according to the lady's requirements and complete what she needs to build, instead of questioning her design.

How come the genius of my own lady cannot be reached and criticized by this group of colonial guys who look full of philistines at first glance?
  Because of this, Foster didn't have a good look on them.

But the project manager obviously didn't give up. He still pulled Foster and persuaded him: "Listen to me, sir, I don't know who designed this drawing, but it does have problems!

This kind of sunken warehouse is not only more troublesome to load, unload and move goods, but also has higher construction and maintenance costs. It also requires a long construction period to complete it.

If you are willing to take me to see your lady, I can convince her to adopt a simpler and more efficient solution. With this solution, we can shorten the construction period to one-third of the original time and reduce the cost by at least four-ninths! "

Foster didn't care about the cost issue. Although the Brandless family was not very wealthy, Purficott had just sold her property in Longton for a large sum of money, so he didn't care about it. expenditure.

Not to mention that this project was paid for by the empire, and there was no need to worry about the money spent on the Arctic scientific research funds that Purficott had raised in the name of the royal family before leaving.

But if it can shorten the construction period and save time, Foster is still very concerned about it.

After all, he had heard Purficott mention that the end of the world was approaching more than once before. If time was running out, he was naturally very concerned about the time issue.

So after careful consideration, Foster decided to take them to see Perfectcott.

"You have five minutes." The cold-faced old butler led them onto the White Gem.

According to Purficott's schedule, she would have a fifteen-minute break, which was just enough time to listen to what they wanted to say.

The project manager and engineers suddenly felt happy. They thought this was a good signal. As long as they could convince this so-called lady, they would make more money this time.

However, when they boarded the White Jewel, they began to feel uneasy again, because there were soldiers standing guard in almost every corridor and every corner of the ship. The security was so tight that even the Governor's Palace could not compare.

Especially when they arrived at the door of the laboratory where Purficott was, there were two fully armed knights guarding the door.

This attitude made them retreat, thinking that it would be okay to make less money occasionally.

But in the end greed prevailed over reason, and they walked into the library, saw Perficott sitting at a coffee table and rested, and explained their purpose to her.

(End of this chapter)