Glenn Barin, PE, PMP, CCM, DBIA, Director – Water Program | QISG

Glenn Barin, PE, PMP, CCM, DBIA, is a collaborative project delivery practitioner whose perspective on design-build, EPC, and CMAR has evolved in over 35 years of infrastructure improvements, rising through the ranks in construction and engineering, and delivering a variety of water and energy works across the US and abroad. His fire-tested approach to safety, productivity, quality, and risk builds project delivery teams into champions that overcome challenges and moves projects forward.

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Clarify to Specify

by Glenn Barin, PE, PMP, CCM, DBIA, Director – Water Program | QISG | Aug 30, 2021 | Contracts, Collaborative Delivery, WCDA Blog

Words are important — an obvious truism and pertinent to a collaborative project delivery effort. The action item is to ‘mobilize the language’ for maximum effect in our contract documents for water/wastewater projects. First, a quick anecdote: A lawyer friend (not mutually exclusive) shared a simple and keen observation when I first worked with him on a contract review. He asked, “Know the difference between an engineer and a lawyer?” After searching my library of lawyer jokes, I had to admit ignorance of the difference. He said, “Lawyers know they’re not engineers.”