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Five of the top six are still there for Period 9. Atkins India's 'Spartans', Atkins China's 'One Atkins', Arup's 'SUPERnOVA' and Atkins India's 'Singularity' all retain the top four places in the same order. Mott MacDonald's 'Nott MacDonalds' rise one place to fifth and the new comer to the top six is Arup's 'Overated' who come in at sixth rising from eighth and displacing Atkins India's ATRIUM who slip three places.
Amey's 'je t'amey' stay still at tenth place and haven't yet broken into the top six but they are certainly threatening. AECOM's 'AECOM and get some' and the HK Drainage Service Department's 'Cosmos Engineering' are also inching towards the top. A little further back Buro Happold's 'MERITocracy' and AURECON's 'AureCAN' are moving too. Atkin's 'Atkins Brum' seem to be on a roller coaster coming back well from a drop in the last round.
The average improvement is around 10% with a standard deviation of about 7% so the movements are a bit smaller than before. A move of about six places seems to feature quite a bit.
In the Sponsors Award, a competition between the sponsors who have entered three or more teams the leader is Atkins India followed by Arup, Fluor, Akins UK, AURECON.
Last year's winner of the Sponsors Award were Atkins Asia Pacific (styled Atkins China this year) previous winners have been Arup, Mott Macdonald, Aurecon, Calibre Projects, Wessex Engineering and Construction Services and Amey/Mouchel.
Aspects that some teams might like to consider a little more carefully is matching the project manager to the project, a critical factor in efficiency, the number of measurement staff helps recover all you are due, the estimating effort required for accurate estimates and the company's capital. Yes there is a lot of variables and they all interact which is why disciplined decision making is required.
We're at the stage where it is getting interesting as the leading teams will now get twitchy and cautious. A final place in their grasp but a mistake, a silly decision, a reckless decision that goes the wrong way could change all that. This caution and defensiveness will give opportunities for those in the chasing pack to show their flair and take courageous decisions to catch them. The top six are looking over their shoulder the chasers are breathing down their neck.
For all teams, If your strategy hasn't been reviewed this is probably the last opportunity to do so. It is time for a serious review of the strategy you've been following to determine what changes in the next three rounds will yield the biggest gains. It's time to take some decisions that earlier you might have considered as risky. This is when leadership and disciplined decision making should show its value. Teams can greatly improve their ranking in these rounds.
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For Period 8, the top six are clinging on, it is unusual for the top six to be as stable. However their positions have changed a little. Atkins India's 'Spartans' and Atkins China's 'One Atkins' stay in first and second. Arup's 'SUPERnOVA' move up two to third, Atkins India's 'Singularity stay fourth and their 'ATRIUM@ move up one to fifth whilst Mott MacDonald's 'Nott MacDonalds' slip three to sixth. Lurking outside the top teams are Atkins' 'Lord of the @tkins', Arup's 'OVArated' and 'Mind OVA Matter' and Amey's 'je t'amey' making the biggest move in this group. Any one or more of these could easily break into the top six but perhaps the momentum is with Amey.
The average improvement in scores was 10% with a standard deviation of 9% which still indicates scope for big movements. Scanning the list, the movers that stand out are Interserve's 'In to serve', Atkins 'Bricks and giggles' and 'The Diet Kings', Fluor BV's 'COGNAC Ltd', Arup's 'Arup Barbados Pina Colada Drinkers 2' who had the biggest move, AURECON's 'AureCAN', Tony Gee's 'Just call me Tony', Mott MacDonald's 'Mottsquitos', Arup's 'Ab-Ove and Beyond' and Atkins China's 'Umbrella Corporation'.
The ratio of turnover to company capital is an important indicator at a level of 9 times the company capital the questions start to be raised as to whether your company have enough assets to support its work load. But it also indicates that the company capital is working hard. If the ratio is much lower say 5 it indicates that the company capital is not working hard and your Finance Director need to consider how to respond. Grow the company's turnover, invest the capital outside the company or reduce the capital. It is not only the construction side of estimating and competing projects that determine a successful company. The financial side is equally important and would put these teams in contention.
With four more rounds it is still all to play for.
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It all appears calm at the top of the table for Period 7. Atkins' India's 'Spartan' hold their first place but Atkins' China 'One Atkins' move up two places to second, Mott Mac's 'Nott MacDonalds' drop one to third, Atkins' India's 'Singularity' rise one to fourth, Arup's 'SUPERnOVA' drop two to fifth and Atkins' India's 'ATRIUM' rise two to sixth. So there is some movement in the top six but nothing dramatic.
Below the waterline kicking hard, are teams from Atkins India, Arup, AECOM, Amey and Fluor BV with others not far behind.
With an average improvement of around 15% with a standard deviation of 10% there is great movement outside the top six with many teams moving more than twenty five places. Notable movements that a quick scan reveals are AECOM's 'AECOM and get some', Arup's 'Mind over matter' and 'Arup Funk', Flour BV's 'EPIC', NPS's 'Summit Construction Group', Waterman's 'Bridge over troubled Water' and Buro Happold's 'MERITocracy'. There are others with equally big movements and all this indicates that the leading group can't sit smugly secure. It is still game very much on.
However there are others going in the other direction. It all depends on the quality of decisions taken in your team.