Project Management in the Oil and Gas Industry

Figure 5.7 
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Resource Hiring 161
Figures 5.8 and 5.9 represent the distribution of the resources in two 
cases and the harmony of resources distribution is visible if we use the 
latest start activity as discussed before.
It is worth mentioning here that, in the case of large projects, a meeting 
must be held between a representative of the owner, the consultant, and 
the contractor.
In this meeting, the contractor should define the personnel and equip-
ment that will be found at the site in accordance with the scheduled plan. 
In this meeting, all the representative engineers should agree on the 
resources.
Noting that, each party will distribute resources according to its own 
benefits. As an example, the contractor in the negotiation will have had 
more than one reason for the distribution of resources, advertising and 
most other causes are undeclared as he may need some personnel for 
another project at a particular time or need to transport heavy equipment, 
such as cranes, to another site or other important resources. At the same 
time, he wants to delay some of the items to be cost assembled in another 
project and this will be studied in the chapter on costs.
From the owner point of view, it is important to complete all the items 
as soon as possible. The owner often does not want to consume all the