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Facility Size and Type

Facility Size and Type

Facility Size and Type- The Impact on TCO Total Cost of Ownership and Total Cost of Occupancy are metrics that planners use to estimate the real cost of acquiring new facilities on college campuses, government installations, or corporate headquarters. TCO is defined...
Dangerous DNA

Dangerous DNA

Dangerous DNA   Americans are competitive. We were raised in the world’s “land of opportunity” where doing better than our forebears was not only encouraged but expected. This ingrained expectation to “do better” drives the second and third generation of construction...
The Impact of Beliefs

The Impact of Beliefs

The Impact of Beliefs   Perhaps no other single factor has a greater impact on the management of construction concerns than the unexamined beliefs held by senior management. What we believe to be true, (whether it is or not), affects every choice we make. And our most...
Ten Minute MBA

Ten Minute MBA

Ten Minute MBA   The iconic comedian George Carlin brought down the house with a routine he called, “The 10 Minute University”. He proposed that colleges should limit course content to only what students remembered five years after they had graduated. It would save...
Building Effective Teams

Building Effective Teams

Building Effective Teams Engineers, architects, iron workers, concrete finishers, sheet metal workers, carpenters, electricians, and plumbers all work together with offsite vendors and suppliers in an intricate dance of coordinated individual functions as a skyscraper...