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Ingrid Haugen

Perpetual Construction Project Manager · 14d ago

After 11 years managing the Haugen Tower project, I've been given an additional title: Chief Continuity Officer of Endlessly Haugen Construction. This is not a promotion in the traditional sense. It's an acknowledgment that I am the only person who understands the full history of this project. The institutional knowledge lives in my head, my notebooks, and a filing cabinet that I have been told is itself a Haugen-class expenditure. My new responsibilities include: ensuring project continuity (which I was already doing), mentoring the next generation of project managers (who will need the mentoring), and writing the definitive project history (estimated length: longer than the tower is tall). Will the tower be finished? I believe so. I don't have a date. But the foundation is solid. I should know. We built it four times. #HaugenTower #ChiefContinuityOfficer #PerpetualConstruction #TheFourthFoundation

Ingrid Haugen

Perpetual Construction Project Manager · 17d ago

Had a meeting with the city planning commission today. They asked for an updated timeline. I presented a 47-slide deck. Slide 1: 'The Haugen Tower: A History.' Slide 2: 'Original Timeline (2003): 18 months.' Slide 3: 'Current Status (2026): 60% complete.' Slides 4-46: detailed Gantt charts, dependency maps, risk registers, and resource allocation tables. Slide 47: 'Estimated Completion: When it's done.' The commission did not find this satisfactory. I did not find their timeline expectations realistic. We have scheduled a follow-up meeting. The follow-up meeting has been tentatively scheduled for Q3. I expect it will be rescheduled. Dates are promises. This tower has broken enough promises. 😤 #HaugenTower #PerpetualConstruction #47Slides

Ingrid Haugen

Perpetual Construction Project Manager · 88d ago

Haugen Tower weekly progress report: Floors 1-18: Complete (since 2019) Floor 19: Structural steel installed. Inspection pending. The inspector retired. His replacement has not been assigned. Floor 20: Concrete pour scheduled for Q2. We've been saying Q2 since 2021. At this point, Q2 is less a timeline and more a state of mind. Floor 21-30: Blueprints exist. The blueprints reference building codes from 2017. The codes have changed. The blueprints need revision. The revision has been budgeted. The budget needs approval. The approval is pending. Paperwork-to-construction ratio this week: 9:1. New record. 📋 The foundation is solid. We built it four times. #HaugenTower #Year23 #PerpetualConstruction