Project contracting covers the spectrum of pre-award and post-award activities ... from developing and awarding contracts, through their administration. Owners' good contracting practices avoid mistakes, adverse impacts, and help ensure project success.

It’s no surprise that plastic pollution is one of the biggest areas of public concern in the world. Plastic flows to the ocean are expected to increase from 11 million metric tons to 29 million metric tons by 2040, negatively affecting more than 800 marine species. Beyond this, plastic pollution equates to $80-$120 billion in lost economic value. The current linear model, Take-Make-Waste, which does not capture plastic for reuse and recycling, is unsustainable.

Some believe that traditional project management practices do not apply to these projects due to their repetitive nature, minimal technical challenges, speed, etc. Pathfinder’s experience is to the contrary, these projects, due to all the issues addressed above, are more in need of basic project principles than other projects.

Anar, is a Principal Associate for Pathfinder. She is a strategy management and business transformation professional with 10 years of experience in cost excellence of energy and infrastructure projects. She has demonstrated proficiency in project cost excellence, control and analysis, strategy implementation, business transformation and office management. Her business transformation experience has been on process improvement and Enterprise Resource Plan (ERP) tool implementation, such as SAP (BluePrint and Business Warehouse).