Chapter 121

Michael

The meeting with our new client went smoothly. I didn't do much because Architect Sendrijas explained everything and answered our client's questions. I was just there for the signing of the contract and if ever the client has demands that need the CEO's decision. Fortunately, Architect Sendrijas' presentation of the project was very systematic and realistic, so the client didn't ask too many questions and I can see through their faces that they were impressed with the presentation.

When I was still acting as the CEO of Crescent Construction Company, one of the things that I told the Team leaders was that when they were doing a project, they need to make it more realistic and not too idealistic. I noticed back then that most of them propose projects to the clients in a very idealistic way just to impress the client without even considering the projects schedule, the building permits, the construction cost estimates, and many other things that need to be considered for the proje