| Ted Garrison's Column from
Southeast Construction Magazine |
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| High Performance is the
Path for Successful Contractors |
| September-2005 |
| The author discusses
what defines a "high-performing" contractor. |
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| How Design-Builders and
CMs Can Use the Best Value Approach to Create
a Competitive Advantage |
| July-2005 |
| Ted discusses the
merits of Dr. Dean Kashiwagi's "Best Value Procurement"
process. |
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| Partnering
With the Owner |
| May-2005 |
| Last month Ted explored
why collaboration in construction is essential.
This month he focuses on the ultimate form of
collaboration - partnering with the owner. |
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| The Synergy of Collaboration |
| April-2005 |
| Last month Ted examined
the benefits of partnering. Here, he distinguishes
between "partnering" and "collaboration." |
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| One Needed Change is
Partnering |
| March-2005 |
| Here, Ted examines
the benefits of partnering. |
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| Time to Change |
| February-2005 |
| Ted suggests some
radical changes in the way contractors work. |
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| Innovation: The Path
to Greater Profits - Part 7 |
| January-2005 |
| In the first six parts
of this article, Ted explained the importance
of innovation and discussed the first 10 of 12
critical traits of an innovative company. Here,
he explores the last two traits and provides a
brief overview that allows readers to evaluate
their own company's performance. |
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| Innovation: The Path
to Greater Profits - Part 6 |
| December-2004 |
| In the first five
parts of this article in Southeast Construction,
the author explored the first eight of 12 critical
traits of a successful innovative company. Here,
he points out the need to create and maintain
realistic expectations, and also the importance
of measuring progress against specific targets.
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| Innovation: The Path
to Greater Profits - Part 5 |
| November-2004 |
| In the first four
parts of this article, Ted explained why innovation
is so important to a company's success and the
first six of the 12 critical traits were explored.
This part will explore the seventh and eight traits
of the successful innovative company. |
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| Innovation: The Path
to Greater Profits - Part 4 |
| October-2004 |
| Here, Ted discusses
the need to provide employees with autonomy, and
the value of charging them with anticipated change. |
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| Innovation: The Path
to Greater Profits - Part 3 |
| September-2004 |
| The first two parts
of this series in Southeast Construction explained
why innovation is so important to a company's
success, and also the first two of the 12 critical
traits of a successful innovative company. Here,
Ted identifies the third and fourth traits of
a successful innovative company. |
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| Innovation: The Path
to Greater Profits - Part 2 |
| August-2004 |
| In Part 1 of this
article in the July issue of Southeast Construction
it was explained why innovation is critical to
a company's success. During this and the next
five issues, Ted will explore 12 critical traits
of the successful innovative company. These traits
will allow readers to benchmark their company's
innovative activities against what is needed. |
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| Innovation: The Path
to Greater Profits - Part 1 |
| July-2004 |
| Ted presents the first
of a series of articles addressing the topic of
innovation and its impact on greater profits. |
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| How to Reduce Project
Costs |
| March 2003 |
| Reducing costs is
a necessary goal, but the trick is to do it without
destroying the project’s quality, bankrupting
anyone or brutalizing the workers. Unfortunately,
awarding contracts based on low price does exactly
that. Even worse, it usually increases the project
cost—the perfect lose-lose scenario! |
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| Throw Away Your Contracts! |
| November-2002 |
| Everyone recognizes
that we need contracts, because they serve several
important purposes. The problem is too often contracts
attempt to accomplish the wrong things, which
is why I’m suggesting that you “Throwing
Away Your ‘Existing’ Contracts!”
Or at least remove the offending language. |
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