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| ABOUT YOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES
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Ted Garrison graduated from Rutgers University in 1970 with a
BS in civil engineering and a BA in liberal arts. After spending two years
as a lieutenant platoon leader in the U.S. Army, he worked for a large general
contractor, the Beck Group. While working for this general contractor, he
learned the construction trade from the contractor's perspective. During this
tenure, he constructed two major projects—one the 3.5-million-square-foot
USAA office building in San Antonio, Texas, the other the 1,200-room Hilton
Convention hotel in New Orleans. He ended the hotel project as the project
manager. During these projects, he learned the value of working with the owner
to deliver the best possible results, which is supported by the fact he was
hired by the developer of the Hilton project to manage their construction
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He became
the executive vice president of construction for the Coleman Development Company
in New Orleans. In this position, he was responsible for all design and construction
of their projects and for the design and construction of more than 2 million
square feet of office buildings, hotels, parking garages, and office parks.
The marquee project was the New Orleans Windsor Court Hotel, which is recognized
as one of the top hotels in the world. He then became the director of construction
for the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, where he was responsible
for the design and construction of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. At
the time this project was the largest nonroad public works project in the
history of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth. This project included the construction
of a new million-square-foot convention center facility, the renovation and
restoration of the national historic one-hundred-year-old Reading Train Terminal,
and renovation and restoration of the three-hundred-year-old Reading Terminal
Market.
In the eight years since leaving his active construction career, Ted, as president
of
Garrison Associates, has focused on helping owners and contractors to
work together to create better value for all parties. He has augmented his
field experience with extensive research to bring fresh perspectives to many
of the challenges facing the construction industry. He is the co-author of
five books on marketing, sales, customer service, and leadership. He has also
written numerous magazine articles on how contractors and owners can work
better together. He has recently finished a new book, Strategic
Planning for Contractors. As a consultant, he assisted the owner
of the Washington, D.C., convention center to get the program manager and
design team to work better together in order to add value to the owner and
the others on the project. As a speaker he has given hundreds of seminars
and speeches on related topics. Ted's experience as a contractor, representative
of owners, and student of the subject from a neutral position gives him a
unique perspective to the issues facing the construction industry.
Ted is also an industry research representative and International Advisor
for the Performance Based Studies Research Group (PBSRG) developed by Dr.
Dean Kashiwagi at the Del W. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State
University that focuses on high performance by contractors. |
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