A little shuffling in the top three Glasgow Caledonian's 'Cali Construction' rises two to return to top place and their 'RMHS' slips one to second. This could be a critical battle CIOB only invite one team from each University to the final so if both GCal teams are in the top six then the best one will be n Hong Kong. If there are two GCal teams in the top six then it will be of interest to the team lying seventh who will get the final invite.
Oxford Brookes' 'OB-one' slips one place to third. Greenwich's 'Continuous Flight Augrers' rise one to fourth. A break into the top six comes from Loughborough's 'Team Athena' who have risen four to fifth place and Cape Town's 'Prestige Worldwide rises eleven to sixth place ensuring that the top six isn't all from the UK.
Displace from the top six are HK Poly U's 'BRE Team 4' now seventh but could benefit from the two GCal teams if they stay there and Loughborough's 'Team Poseidon' who have slipped eleven places.
Just outside the top six are Chongqing's 'Oath Keeper', Curtin's 'CM Curtin 3', HK City U's 'Build Gates', RMIT's 'Solid Foundation', Bond's 'Bond Agents' and Deakin's '. So it is looking unlike that the UK dominance of the top six will hold.
A key factor to watch is how well you are using your company capital, have you got the biggest turnover you can have for the capital in the company? If not it means the capital isn't working as hard as it should. At nine times the turnover to capital there is the question whether the company is big enough to take on another project and this is determined by the client's discretion based on the company's record with that client. More than eleven times the turnover to capital it is assumed that the company doesn't have the resources to take on more work. The company can expand by borrowing. But the other side of this is that if your turnover to capital ratio is say only five it in effect means that you capital isn't working hard enough. The company has underutilized capital resources. The company faces the choice of expanding turnover if it can or reducing its capital base maybe by investing in other opportunities but that depends on the cash available and that is another aspect that needs managing.
There is still all to play for to gain a top six position.
Period 7 results
Preliminary results, subject to change. (Teams with a negative % have requested late submission or have been asked to resubmit)
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