I think there's a movie in that title..... 'The Construction Games' - where we all compete to get projects built in a mildly violent manner.

Im not that far off..... for the first time in my career ive never seen this side of the construction industry - its a little ugly to be honest and ive found myself caught in the thick of it.

It was a cocktail of many ingredients - building grants schemes, labour shortages, material / supplier issues, COVID (actually) hitting Perth, contractural obligations and all round personal burn out trying to keep up - shake with some ice and pour into a tall glass.

Multiply that over every project and you get a little woozy....  unfortunately its not that type of party.

After a big night on the cocktails - i think we're all waking up to a slight hangover. Those inflation and interest rates on the increase will assist in a few months but not right now.

There are a few things we can all do on projects to assist the pain......

- be flexible: we're all in same boat, many things are out of our control

- be compassionate: we've all got a lot going on, yelling louder wont help.

- be kind: the way you talk and email people makes a huge difference to the way they respond to you.

- build relationships: when all this is over, we've still got to work with and rely on each other.

If it all turns to shit, then its time to park it, take some time out, shift careers and do something else.