Your contractor plans it, builds it, and signs off on it.

See the problem? On big projects, one company does everything — designs it, builds it, and certifies it's correct. Convenient, and completely one-sided. Every report you get is written by the people you're paying to deliver good news, and every "on track" is their word on their own work. Nobody is reading it for you.

That's the job of an owner's representative: checking the design against what was actually agreed, testing every change order before you pay it, and owning the gaps between contractors where things quietly fall through. And the part people forget — being the neutral voice in the room. Most disputes aren't technical; they're two sides sure they agree, until they don't.

It works the same for a converter station worth hundreds of millions and a villa you bought 9,000 km away. You need eyes on site that answer to you, not to the builder.

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