A Construction Manager authorizes a Piping Work Pack to proceed.
The specified valves aren't on site.
To keep the crew productive, dummy spools are fabricated instead.
In the moment, it's the right decision.
Nobody stops to record it.
A year later, during close-out, the rework and material costs surface.
Nobody can explain who authorised the deviation.
Nobody remembers why it was necessary.
The people involved have long since demobilised.
Another write-down quietly erodes the project's margin.
Field decisions aren't the problem. Untraceable field decisions are.
