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Proceedings of Government/Industry Forum The Owner's Role in Project Management and Preproject Planning (2002) / Chapter Skim
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2. DOE's Role as Project Owner
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... Where should project management tools be applied and where should they not? I am looking at an array of management initiatives at DOE, starting with safety, that mostly hinge on one thing: What is the role of DOE in its interface with the contractor?
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... It is very cheap to say, "I want to build a vitrification plant." It is very expensive to actually build one. Almost every DOE site had a vitrification plant planned for it, and it was a very painful process extricating DOE from that way of thinking.
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... Card served as group executive, Environmental Companies, responsible for the energy and environmental business, which was the firm's largest business practice. This business served a variety of customers, including the federal government, electric utilities, oil and gas companies, and other industries.
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