Committee to prioritize proposed project managers, references and past work in interviews

Jun 30, 2026

Members agreed that interviews should focus on the proposed project manager and key personnel, not just senior principals, and that committee members will contact client references and review prior project examples before recommending a finalist.

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Committee members emphasized that interviews should provide the opportunity to evaluate the proposed project manager and the key staff who would run the day-to-day work. Mr. Mathew Candland and Mr. Carl Espy warned that firms sometimes send senior principals to interviews but later assign other staff to manage projects; the committee agreed to require the proposed project manager and key personnel to attend interviews when invited.

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