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The Author
Hans Ottosson has extensive experi-
ence in project management. It began
in 1972 with a post as assistant project
manager for a new brewery in Sweden.
In the spring of 1998 he was per-
suaded to become project manager for
the railway contract above and below
the Öresund, between Denmark and
Sweden. e project was 7 months
behind schedule, but was successfully
completed by July 1, 2000.
Hans, who holds an MSc, started his
professional career in 1969 as a structural engineer and a teacher of bridge
design at Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has
worked as project manager for projects in the United ...