Leadership
Simple Steps Toward Better Relationships
I’ve been in business long enough that I can speak with confidence when I say the actual construction is just a part of the formula that gets a building constructed….
Community Service
Grassroots Education
Serving on the board of DesignAlabama for the last few years has been a great privilege. The organization is all about purposeful design, making wise choices and thus creating better…
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In the Woods
Whether we wanted it or not, the pandemic has accelerated so much change. Some of it was good, and a lot of it was not so good. We’re almost at…
Construction Trends
X-Ray Vision
Visually tracking job progress is always important. Back a few decades ago, our Project Superintendents would send in film and we had a service that would develop it so we…
Team Building
When Branding Gets Personal.
When I first started in this business, the idea of personal branding was in its infancy. Create a niche and a reputation for your company? Of course. But we didn’t…
Conservation
New Standards
We are in the preconstruction phase for a new adaptive reuse project which involves converting an existing steel fabrication operation, about 80 years old, into a mixed-use facility with office,…
Leadership
Moving Past COVID: Real Estate
As I mentioned last week, I recently had a phone call with a sharp group of professionals from our region. I shared takeaways related to the vaccine and business operations. I…
Beyond the Build
Moving Past COVID: Vaccine and the Business Climate
This week, I had an interesting phone call with a group of bankers, business leaders and healthcare professionals here in the Southeast. I left with a ton of takeaways. I’ll…
Leadership
Lost a Friend This Week
This has been a tough week among tough weeks for S/P and me personally. We lost a long-time project superintendent and a heck of a good guy. This virus plays…
Leadership
Cycles
I was meeting with a couple of our project superintendents today, which is an extra cold and soggy one. We were discussing some particularly tough challenges they are facing on…