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Expertise Project Delivery – A Best Value Approach
Expertise Project Delivery
A Best Value Approach
A recent article in the Engineering News Record, exposed the growing pains that have developed as prequalification procurement tools are transitioning to digital formats.
“New third-party prequalification tools have brought fresh frustrations related to fairness and cost, say biddersâŠ
“With new electronic prequalification … Read the rest “Expertise Project Delivery – A Best Value Approach”
Peer Pressure – Leadership: Side by Side
Peer Pressure
Leadership: Side by Side
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It is a clichĂ© in parenting that âpeer pressureâ has more impact on a childâs conduct than all the teachers, parents, and authority figures combined. Letâs face it. Your buddies could convince you to try things. Your principal was just a nice old man … Read the rest “Peer Pressure – Leadership: Side by Side”
Managing Risk in the Current Boom
Managing Risk in the Current Boom
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For the past year, this blog has been dealing with the risks hidden in growth and the strategy and tactics required to deal effectively with a volatile construction market.
Letâs listen in to an enlightening discussion among specialty contractors published recently by Gary Tulacz … Read the rest “Managing Risk in the Current Boom”
Let’s Talk Business – Good News
One Size Does Not Fit All
One Size Does Not Fit All
Letâs Talk Businessis dedicated to profit. We are only interested in management technique in so far as it can help construction concerns be more profitable. We drill deep into the complex matrix of management process that governs construction and ferret out hidden … Read the rest “One Size Does Not Fit All”
Dangerous DNA
Dangerous DNA
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Americans are competitive. We were raised in the worldâs âland of opportunityâ where doing better than our forebears was not only encouraged but expected. This ingrained
expectation to âdo betterâ drives the second and third generation of construction company management to grow the business beyond the founderâs vision. … Read the rest “Dangerous DNA”
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