[Nikolas]

I would like to add here that ‘good projects’ help the industry build a reputation and become more acceptable to the public. In small rural communities, news of a project that went wrong travel fast. It is important for everyone involved in the project to focus on solving real needs of the farmer / owner and the community itself (manure management, contamination of waterways from runoff, lagoon smells etc), which will help build support that ‘these projects do good’, rather than focusing on projects that will make good money. We need to remember, people in these communities have to live with seeing those structures every day, dealing with the additional traffic from trucks, experiencing disturbances while the project is under construction and fearing potential unknown problems a project might bring.

Discussing with the public in advance will not only secure a project, it will help make any future issues more easily resolved.