At 4 p.m. on the dot, the last participant of the meeting rushes into the room, out of
breath and with mobile phone jammed between shoulder and ear. This is how they always start, the Caretta+Weidmann coordination meetings: while some participants are already standing around with a cup of coffee in their hand, other participants still have one or two jobs to complete before they rush away in order to preempt any taunts that one of them is trailing behind. In the words of Bruno Caretta, with a benign smile: «Success is all about awakening and going, but at the right time». And awakening is also the subject of today‘s meeting, as he continues. Caretta+Weidmann have long made a name for themselves as construction managers and overall coordinators. What we now need to do is to get the company known as an total service provider as well. Extensive cost and deadline guarantees within the framework of precise building specifications have long been submitted to customers. Also bonus/malus agreements have long been a part of the regular agenda. But it is not well enough known that Caretta+Weidmann also assume responsibility for all planning and building work on the basis of a binding contract price. Excited discussion is still underway in the nearby beer garden to which the meeting participants adjourned in the early evening.