Project Management
What will still be here in ten years is being built now.
Takuya Watanabe
Joined as a graduate. A project manager who stays with a scheme from land acquisition through to completion.
My Work
I manage the progress of a project as a whole, from land acquisition to completion. My role is to balance programme, cost and quality, and to get everyone involved pointing the same way.
Why I Like This Work
What you spend time on stays, in solid form. Seeing a stranger walk past a building I worked on as if it had always been there is when I am glad I kept going.
How I’ve Changed
I have got into the habit of reading ahead. Rather than moving once a problem appears, I plan on the assumption that it will, and sites have become remarkably quiet as a result.
What’s Next
I want to build a system where younger colleagues get to make decisions early. What was done for me, I would like to pass to the next generation.
A Day in the Life
8:30
Straight to the site office to check on progress.
10:30
Programme meeting with the contractor.
13:00
To head office for the internal investment committee.
15:30
Going through site documents for the next project.
19:00
Home.
