Effort and Specification Gaps in Large-Scale Projects and Resulting Additional Costs

「However, in addition to the current shortage of project managers capable of handling large-scale projects across the market, variances from the initial estimates, including gaps in perceptions regarding labor requirements and specifications between the company and its customers, additional costs arising from those variances, unforeseen problems, and changes in delivery schedules due to various factors including specification changes have occurred. These have had a significantly greater impact on revenue and profit for the period than in small- and medium-sized projects, while also causing substantial opportunity losses through the addition of personnel and other measures, and as a result may affect the financial position and operating results of the Group.」