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接收顾问团队的进度报告。
3. Receive cost reports from the cost consultant.
接收造价工程师的成本报告。
4. Receive records of sub-contractors and labour on site. 接收分包商和现场劳工的记录
5. Receive progress photos (which may be required from the contractor if included in the preliminaries, or may sometimes be commissioned separately by the client).
接收进度照片（若包含在施工准备阶段，可能需要由承包商提供，或者，有时可能由客户另行委托）。 They are also an opportunity to discuss issues raised, such as： 施工进度会议也有机会讨论会议中提出的问题，例如：
1. Progress vs program and the causes of any delays. (施工)进度VS计划，以及任何工期延误的原因。 2. Testing regimes. 管理制度(体制) 3. Mock-ups. 实体模型 4. Quality issues. 质量问题 5. Weather reports. 天气报告
6. Issues that may impact on costs. 可能影响成本的问题。 7. Health and safety issues. 健康和安全问题
8. Issues with neighbors (such as noise, dust, vibrations, rights of light, access(出入口，通道), safety, etc.). 与周边邻居有关的问题（如噪音﹑灰尘﹑振动﹑采光权﹑通道﹑安全等）。 9. Off-site fabrication and off-site payments. 场外加工制造和场外支付问题。 10. Earned value analysis. 挣值分析 11. Design issues. 设计问题 12. Warranties. 担保问题
13. Look ahead to(展望，预测) the next period (including specific requirements for progress photos during the next period, which may include off-site fabrication photos).
展望下一阶段（包括下一阶段对进度照片的具体要求，其中可能包括场外制造照片）。 Meeting minutes should be prepared, with a requirement that any disagreement with the items recorded in the minutes is raised within a pre-defined period (perhaps one week). The progress meetings will also result in the preparation of a construction progress report for the client.
会议记录应准备好，要求在预先确定的阶段内（可能一周），提出与会议记录中议题不一致的情况。施工进度会议还需为客户准备一份施工进度报告。
On construction management projects, the construction manager holds regular construction progress meetings with the client and consultant team. However, they will also hold regular construction progress meetings with trade contractors to discuss on and off-site progress against the program and to co-ordinate the release of information. It may sometimes be appropriate for these meetings to take place at the trade contractor’s premises(房屋，处所). Construction progress reports will then be prepared for the client.
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在项目施工管理方面，施工经理与客户和顾问团队定期举行施工进度会议。然而，他们还会定期与贸易承包商进行施工进度会议，讨论该项目场内、场外进展情况，并协调信息的发布。有时可能这些会议更适合在贸易承包商的处所进行。然后也将为客户准备施工进度报告。
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Unit 16 Equipment and Material Purchase
U 16 / Section A Some Tips for Equipment and Material Purchase(P113-115)
Needless to say, in any engineering project, equipment and material purchase really matters. If there is something wrong in this part, the whole project will be delayed or even shut down(停工；关闭). How can we guarantee both of the progress and quality of a project? Maybe the purchase of equipment and material becomes an essential topic. The following are tips offered by experts and they are helpful for overseas companies, especially those starting their first try in a new environment. 毋庸置疑(或不用说)，在任何工程项目中，设备和材料购买都非常重要。如果这部分出现问题，整个项目将被延误甚至停工。我们如何保证项目的进度和质量？也许购买设备和材料会成为一个重要话题。以下是专家们提供的建议，这些建议对海外公司很有帮助，尤其是那些刚开始在新环境中第一次尝试的公司。
Weigh up(权衡；估量) advantages of buying used 权衡购买二手商品的优势
“I often advise an emerging company to first look for really small scale things or to look for something good on the used market that they can get into without breaking the budget,” said Dexter, sales manager at Carlos Office of Procurement and Material Liberia division. “If you’re more advanced and really want to go fast and more efficiently, buying something used is usually a risk. But if you’re just starting out and doing a machine that’s ready to do 100 per minute but you only could do 50-50 a minute, something used could be great for you as a start-up.” Bill Andrew, partner and CFO(chief financial officer首席财务官；财务总监) at ERA, offered his opinion. “I think you should be looking for a new equipment or a kind of new material that can scale(增加；升级) when the project has pulled you forward, when you’ve proven you’ve something the project terribly wants.”
“我经常建议一家新兴公司首先寻找规模很小的产品，或者在不违反(或打破)预算的情况下，在二手市场上寻找一些好东西，”利比里亚 采购和材料部门，卡洛斯办公室的销售经理Dexter说道。“如果你是高级用户，追求快速高效，买旧东西通常是有风险的。 但如果你刚刚起步，每分钟能做100次的机器，你只能做到50次（50%的效率），那么二手货对新手来说已经很了不起了.”。时代公司(ERA)的合伙人兼首席财务官Bill Andrew(比尔·安德鲁)，提出了自己的意见。 “我认为当你感觉工程进度必须得加快，或者你确信这项工程极其需要某些设备或材料时，再去寻找一种可以升级(scale）效率的新设备或新材料，(会更加明智)。”
“There’s a lot of equipment out there that’s been unused. But newer equipment has more technological advantages perhaps. Obviously it costs more but usually from a financing standpoint it’s easier to finance new equipment than it is used.”
“那儿有很多没有使用过的设备。新设备或许有更多技术上的优势。很明显，新设备成本更大，但是通常从经济的角度上讲，人们更容易花钱买新设备，而不是买二手设备。”
Andrew advised managers of engineering companies to exercise caution when buying used. “You have to find a person that you trust because it’s like buying a used excavator—‘as is’ could mean ‘as is’.(现状出售，风险自担)”
安德鲁建议工程公司的经理们在购买二手设备时要谨慎。“你最好找一个你信任的人，因为这就像去买一辆
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二手挖掘机一样--现状出售，风险自担。”
He said that certain used companies gave customers a certificate to verify that they had assessed the machine and noted any defects.
他说某些卖二手设备的公司会给买家出具一个证明，来证实买家已经评估过这台设备并了解这台设备的任何缺陷。
Look for energy efficient equipment 寻找节能的设备
Equipment shoppers should also consider the cost of running the machine. “Utility bills are part of your business expense, so good to get something that’s energy efficient,” said Dexter. He gave the example of choosing gas heater over electric, which could mean a company would require ventilation systems. “Some of the newer equipment has more technology to it in terms of how it’s controlled for temperature-wise so you’re not wasteful of energy,” he added.
设备购买者也应该考虑运行机器的成本。 Dexter(德克斯特)说:“公用事业费用(水电费账单)是你商业开支的一部分，所以能得到一些节能的东西是很好的。”他列举了一个使用燃气加热器而不是电加热器的例子来说明。使用燃气加热器，意味着公司还要另加装通风系统”。“有一些新设备在温控方面使用了更多技术，因此并不浪费能源”，他补充道。
Choose an environmentally-friendly design 选择支持环保的设计
Andrew said that no matter what scale equipment a company was looking for, they should always look for a machine that is environmentally friendly designed. “Today allergens are a big topic and if you do a changeover it can be an eight hour job if it’s with equipment that is not designed to be friendly to change over. It could be a half hour to one hour job if it’s designed to be washed and cleaned reasonably or interchangeable parts.”
安德鲁说，不管一家公司在寻找什么样等级的设备，他们都应该寻找一种支持环保设计的机器。“当今，过敏源是一个大议题。如果一个设备设计时没充分考虑支持改装的问题，那么真正改装时就很可能要花费八个小时。反之，如果设备设计时，充分考虑到了合理清洗或者更换零件的因素，那么这样下来就可能只花半个到一个小时。”
Keep it simple and flexible 保持设备简单易操作性和灵活多用途性
Ensuring equipment is easy to operate may also help companies taking their first plunge into execution(冒险尝试，采取决定性行动).
确保设备易于操作，也可以帮助企业首次冒险尝试(或从事这种工作)。
Dexter said that a lot of small companies had few employees so they should look to equipment that was easy to handle and did not require a lot of lifting or complicate operation. Dexter (德克斯特)说，很多小公司的员工很少，因此他们应该寻找易于操作处理，而且不需要大量吊装作业或复杂操作的设备。
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Michael Sheffield, regional sales manager, Asia Pacific, for Emerald, added, “Flexibility has to be the obvious one. If they want something that’s going to help them finish a range of projects, we can configure machines that give them the flexibility to produce small items such as cement blocks which they can produce by configuring the machine in a different setup.”
Michael Sheffield(迈克尔·谢菲尔德)，Emerald亚太地区销售经理,补充道,“灵活性必须是其明显特点。当公司需要一些能够帮助他们完成一系列项目任务的设备时，可以设置机械让它具有多种用途功能，只要重新设置一下机器，就能够生产类似水泥砖块之类的小件东西。”
Limit number of operators 限制机器操作员的数量
Smaller companies should look for projects that require as few operators as possible. Actually, in many construction sites, this kind of situation always exists.
小型公司应该寻找需要机器操作员尽可能少的项目。事实上，在许多建筑工地上，这种情况始终存在。
Andrew said, “So are you achieving 90 percent because you have five guys huddling over the machine or are you achieving 90 percent because one operator can work five machines, hands off(不干涉，请勿动手) and only intervene once in a while?” Evidently, companies can save on labor costs by limiting the number of operators whenever it is possible.
安德鲁说：“你是要，五个人凑在一起操控一台机器完成90%的工作量,或者，一人操控五台机器完成90%的工作量，其他人完全不管或者只是偶尔插手一下(或帮一把)。这两种方式，你喜欢哪一种？”显然，只要有可能，公司可以尽可能通过限制操作员的数量来节省劳工成本。
Ensure easy access to replaceable parts and service 确保易得可替换零配件和售后服务
Andrew said that the total cost of ownership for a machine should take into account the availability of replaceable parts and service operators.
安德鲁说，拥有一台机器所有权的总成本，应该考虑到可替换零配件和售后服务运营商的可及性。
“Because something will happen, just like when your cutting machine breaks down. How fast can you get a replacement part and how fast can you get a service guy in? You don’t want a downtime(机械故障导致的停工期) crash to kill you for a week.”
“因为总有一些事情会发生，比如你的切割机坏掉了。你要多快才能得到可替换零配件? 有多快售后服务人员(after-sales service personnel)能赶到你这里来呢？你不希望这样的机器故障(停机事故)耽误你一个星期的工作吧。”
Consider limiting risk with co-packing 考虑合作分包业务来限制风险
普遍通用工程计划英语听说教育资料(下)原文及其翻译
