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Under The Hood: Third in our Project Selection Process series
I spent much of my construction career working for the nation’s top sureties who were providing the payment and performance bonds to our industry. My firm, CMA Consulting Group, was the nation’s largest workout specialist, completing projects left incomplete by companies who failed in mid-project. This unusual “cat-bird seat” gave … Read the rest “Under The Hood: Third in our Project Selection Process series”
Why Vegas Always Wins
The Las Vegas odds makers are not trying to pick winners. They are trying to predict outcomes. When they are confident, they know the most likely outcome of a sporting event, they set the line to give all bettors a 50/50 chance of winning. This is called balancing the book. … Read the rest “Why Vegas Always Wins”
Beat The Bookie
Imagine setting your own line when you bet $100 that the Packers will beat the Saints on opening day. Imagine if you were in possession of a mathematical formula that handicaps risk more accurately than the Las Vegas odds makers. Imagine a formula that takes all the pertinent game day … Read the rest “Beat The Bookie”
Do-It-Yourself Project Selection Tool
Best in Class Construction Professionals Project Selection
“Risk is Measured by What You Choose to do more than How You Choose to do It”
In the growth markets we will be approaching, with a housing boom well underway and a $1 trillion infrastructure bill working its way through Congress, enthusiastic contractors are tempted to be aggressive when … Read the rest “Best in Class Construction Professionals Project Selection”
Imagine
When you think about it, in the modern industrial world it is absurd to be talking about customer service as if it’s a novel concept.
- Winning over new customers and converting them into repeat customers is the main focus of modern management theory.
- Service providers like retailers, hotels, and airlines
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