Meng Nan — Project Manager, Testing Business Division, CTC Hainan Company

I entered the building testing industry right after graduation in 2008 and have worked in it for more than ten years. In 2023, I joined CTC Hainan Company and became the person in charge of an important testing project of the company. Over the past two years, I have safeguarded the frontline position of the important project with a high sense of reverence, moved forward firmly amid challenges, and interpreted the responsibility of CTC people through action.

Holding Reverence and Safeguarding the Project Frontline

The construction of important projects concerns a century-long plan. Whether we can ensure quality testing for important projects is an important window for examining Hainan Company's political stance, comprehensive strength, and sense of responsibility. From the moment the company appointed me as the person in charge of the important project, I devoted myself wholeheartedly with a sense of reverence, so as to meet the client's high standards and strict requirements and live up to the company's expectations. To this end, I followed the company's requirements, kept closely aligned with the project positioning from a political height, carefully analyzed the client's specific requirements, and, in light of the project's specific conditions, required all members of the project team to resolutely achieve the "four in place" (consensus in place, overall planning in place, coordination in place, and risk control in place) and the “three precisions” (precise management, precise service, and precise improvement). I disciplined myself strictly, and kept the red-line mindset and alarm bells ringing at all times. Because everyone in the company held a sense of reverence, after the project team was established, the preparatory work was clear in thinking and thorough in planning, and won the client's recognition.

Daring to Challenge Is the Only Way to Keep Breaking Through

In addition to reverence, as the person responsible for an important project of the company, I feel a heavy responsibility. The project site has harsh conditions, complex foundations, a long time span, many unpredictable factors, comprehensive testing scope, frequent high temperatures and rainstorms, and extremely strict testing requirements. Project management faces many challenges: laboratory management, business communication, coordination with all parties involved in the project, on-site testing management, technology, quality, safety, confidentiality, schedule, emergency plans, and other links all require all-round control. But I did not flinch. Relying on the team, I accepted the task with full enthusiasm.

In February 2024, the construction of the on-site laboratory for the important project began. Time was tight, standards were strict, and the workload was heavy. If the task could not be completed on schedule, it would constitute a breach of contract with very serious consequences. To race against time and strive for speed, I led the team to give up the Spring Festival holiday and stay at the site. From laboratory planning, design, and construction to functional layout, equipment configuration, client communication, and work coordination, we overcame one difficulty after another and finally completed the construction on time and passed strict acceptance. After the laboratory was completed, we immediately threw ourselves into intense testing tasks. The entire work rhythm continued to be based on the project schedule, and we continued to fight day and night on the frontline.

For more than a year, I have led the project team in safeguarding the frontline position of the important project, ensuring the healthy, effective, and stable operation of the project, and accumulating experience for the company in undertaking major projects and continuously improving major project management. In the construction of the project laboratory, overall management, early intervention in testing plans, timeliness and compliance inspection models, on-site testing coordination, quality, safety, and confidentiality supervision, sample circulation, and other links, we kept close to the actual project conditions, optimized procedures and efficiency, and raised management standards. At the same time, my personal project management capability has also been greatly improved. The client's evaluation of the overall project work exceeded expectations.

As a testing professional, being able to participate in the testing management of an important project is undoubtedly an experience I can be proud of. For more than two years, in the position of project manager, I have accumulated rich practical experience and achieved some results. All of this is inseparable from the trust of the company's leaders, the support of colleagues, and the broad stage provided by CTC. However, the testing of the important project has not yet been completed, and we still face many challenges. Technical difficulties in testing, time pressure, and heavy tasks all weigh on our shoulders like heavy burdens. But I am well aware that responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai, and the more critical the moment, the more we must maintain a clear mind and firm belief. I will hold myself to stricter standards, abide by professional ethics, uphold the original aspiration of testing, and with higher goals, contribute my strength to the company's successful completion of the important testing project and to interpreting the responsibility of CTC people.