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2.3. WHAT DOES IT MEAN IN PRACTICE? (PROJECT PROCEDURE) The project success does not only depend on selecting the right material. Guidance for the ‘big picture’ (= products, concrete, logistics and on-site services) from an expert (Consultant) can help to enable target oriented processes and assure to meet the demanded result. Consultancy from the very beginning produces a comprehensive solution for the entire production cycle of the dam structure. Professional coordination (Project Management) in all involved processes and along the entire project is the foundation of having an influence on the concrete result. In other words, each individual process needs to be optimized, custom tailored and monitored in order to meet the project specific requirements. Just the sum of all involved processes and the learning of the monitoring is creating and assuring the final concrete result. To sum up, the ‘big picture’, considering the influences from the concrete and concrete temperature & strength development in combination with an effective and efficient formwork solution, is providing the possibility to optimize the construction method resulting in increased concrete quality in dam constructions. Figure 11: Hydro power plant Lehen, Austria 771