Tracking a $20M Project: Integration Company Sold
By Mark Sipe
It's been a war of attrition among nearly all the electronics contractors on the job, who have been slowed by the client.

It's been four months since my last update, and the project has slowed down over the past few months putting pressure on those left standing.

Meanwhile, the integrator - CineMagic - was sold, but that has not interrupted its work on the job.

Client Hires Own Labor
The client has tried to hire anyone he can in-house to keep labor costs down. That includes bringing in his own labor to assist in the electronics. I have kept the actual integrator out of this mix, but the pre-wire team did use people hired by the client to pull wire and test. Some were local and some he brought over from Las Vegas. None are left now and the integrator, CineMagic, stops in for the occasional jobsite meeting to see the progress.



No one person runs the project other than the client, making everyone expendable. It isn’t just about having the "right" guy in charge, it’s as much about the owner giving enough control to that person to be effective.

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