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"Balancing
Bids and Budgets"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Michael Dell’Isola |
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With
the construction industry facing rapidly rising prices
it’s critical the both contractors and buyers
of construction services understand how to best protect
themselves from broken budgets. Listen to Michael Dell’Isola;
PE, CVS, FRICS; a Senior Vice President of Faithful+Gould,
offer valuable advice on how manage this critical process
for best performance. This is a program that every practitioner
should listen to.
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"Managing
Across Generations"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Christopher
Lee |
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Everyone
has been frustrated at times dealing with the different
generations whether at work or in just dealing with
his or her own children or parents. It’s not that
the other generations are crazy; it just that they are
just different. Therefore, to be an effective manager
it’s essential that you understand the other generations.
Listen to Christopher
Lee, President and CEO of the Los Angeles-based
CEL & Associates, Inc., one of the nation’s
leading consulting organizations specializing in strategic
planning, compensation, satisfaction and opinion surveys
and performance improvement; as he provides insights
into how each generation thinks and processes information.
He then provides strategies to tap into each generation’s
strengths.
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"Inside The Change
Order Profit Strategy"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Barry LePatner |
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In
the book Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets,
Barry
LePatner describes what he believes are the “major
causes of cost overruns, delays, and change orders that
plague many owners.” Listen to LePatner explain
how the construction industry must change. His book
is a stimulating debate on the issues facing the construction
industry and is a must read for everyone in the industry.
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"Trust:A
New Approach to More Profits"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Stephen M.R.
Covey |
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Stephen
M.R. Covey states, “That far from being a
soft, social virtue, trust is actually a hard-edged
economic driver, a learnable and measurable skill that
makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable
and relations more energizing.” Listen to Covey,
the co-founder and CEO of the CoveyLink Workwide, explain
how you can use trust to improve your performance and
your company’s bottom line.
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"Understanding What
Owners Want"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Jim Lutz |
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While
price is always a factor because everyone is in a competitive
marketplace, price consists of more than the number
presented in the bid. Listen to Jim
Lutz, senior vice president of development for Liberty
Property Trust, explain how Liberty Property evaluates
contractors and how contactors can improve their chances
of doing business with them or get themselves banned
from future projects.
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"Managing Construction
Risks"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Chris Brasco,
JD |
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The
construction industry is surrounded by potential and
too often the industry attempts to dump all that risk
on the contractor. However, if the industry truly wants
to minimize risk, it must allocate it the entity best
able to mitigate or minimize the particular risk. Listen
to Chris
Brasco, a partner at Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald,
L.L.P., provide valuable advice on how contractors can
minimize their risk on their projects. This is a program
that every practitioner should listen to.
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"THE
VALUE OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Judith Kunoff |
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Often
innovation is resisted in the construction industry
and that may be one of the reasons that Building Information
Modeling or BIM is not universally accepted. However,
Listen to Judith
Kunoff, AIA, Chief Architect at MTA of New York
City Transit, explain why those that of used have experienced
great success. She clarifies the mysteries of BIM and
why it should be the wave of the future.
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"THE NEED FOR LEADERSHIP"
Bruce
D'Agostino- interviewed by Ted Garrison |
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Effective
leadership is the key to high performing construction
projects, yet too often there is a lack of leadership.
Listen to Bruce D'Agostino, Executive Director of the
Construction
Management Association of America (CMAA), explain
why it’s the construction manager’s role to provide
project leadership in order to help coordinate the subcontractors
and assist the owner in better defining its requirements.
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"Delivering More
Value to Clients"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Randy Larson |
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Unfortunately,
many clients and contractors misunderstand the role
of the construction manager. Listen to Randy
Larson, Executive Vice President and National Director
of Development for PBS&J and certified construction
manager explain the role of the construction manager
and how the construction can deliver more value to the
client.
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"SELLING VALUE VERSUS
PRICE"
Ted Garrison
& Bruce D’Agostino with Mack Hanan |
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If
contractors want to prosper while delivering their clients
maximum value they need to master the concepts of consultative
selling. Listen to Mack
Hanan, the author of the best selling book, Consultative
Selling, explain how contractors can increase their
profits by selling value instead of price while at the
same time delivering greater value and improving client
satisfaction. This program is a must for any contractor
that wants to avoid competing solely on low price.
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