Tips for Successful Contracting of NDE Services

摘要

We all have a responsibility to perform the best job we can for our employers /customers. That is why I am sharing my thoughts with you, my clients, the Inspectioneering Journal readers. In 12 years of being on the owner/user side of the fence, as a chief chemist for NL (National Lead) Industries and a senior member of the materials engineering and corrosion staff for Monsanto Chemical Company, combined with another 9 years in the role of marketing, consulting and sales of NDE and engineering services to the process sectors, I have seen where we often become our own worst enemy. Yes, I mean either as the service provider or the client. Contractual arrangements like fixed bid or lump sum, time and materials (T&M), partnering agreements or strategic alliances, are in themselves neither good nor bad. They are merely different tools at our disposal for establishing an understanding between client and service company via a legal document. The client and contractor make them what they are.