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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.
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With the results of Period 6 in, the average improvement is almost 12%, and the range is big, with a standard deviation of nearly 10%. This has given rise to great changes in the ranking. 'BraiNY InnOVAtors' from Arup have shown the biggest rise in ranking with 'je t'amey' from Amey next with both rising over 50 places. This shows that such gains are possible. 'je t'amey' is up there starting to threaten the leading six. Some eighteen teams have risen over thirty places. Inevitably some have gone the other way!
Five of the top six from the last round are still there. 'Spartans' from Atkins India rise to first, 'Nott MacDonalds' from Mott MacDonald rise to second, 'SUPERnOVA' from Arup stay at third, 'One Atkins' from Atkins China stay fourth while 'Singularity' from Atkins India drop from first to fifth. 'NEXGEN' from Atkins India are now sixth replacing 'Lord of the @tkins' who has slipped to seventh.
There are a great number of interdependent decisions to be made each round making good decisions for all or most of them are what improves performance. Virtually all decisions require balance there is always a down side for example raising spend on marketing will improve the number of bidding opportunities but increases overheads. Cutting back on head office overheads saves some spend but reduces efficiency which will reflect in performance, for example not enough measurement staff will reduce the recovery from contracts. Balanced decision making takes judgement. Judgement requires data and information from team member and teamwork to make the right compromises. Also watch the turnover to capital ratio if your capital isn't working hard enough you may find better things to do with it.
The ranking isn't stable there will be more turbulence and getting the decisions balanced will improve ranking, this is possible the rising teams demonstrate that.