It took me a while to approach it. It was so rich; it was like too much candy. |
The paper has been prepared to assist and inform our 300+ member companies around the globe. It gives an overview of the challenges and opportunities, outlining some of the important engineering, safety, commercial and contractual issues and a number of the technological developments that are of interest to our members based in 35 countries. We want feedback from them - sharing knowledge is, after all, beneficial to the industry as a whole. |
These big pieces and headdresses, I see them more as abstractions than as subjects. |
We must reiterate that the Principles are published as a discussion document and as an aide for clients and contractors alongside their in-house standard contracts and industry published standard contracts. Each IMCA member is, of course, free to negotiate their own terms, qualify such contracts and to make use of the Principles should it wish to do so in order to achieve a contract satisfactory to both parties. |
You become an explainer of certain things. You begin to lower barriers of ignorance for people who were genuinely curious. |