Construction Trends
Where We Stand With Historic Tax Credits
This morning, I was in a meeting with a customer where we discussed the adaptive reuse of a 100-year-old machine shop into 40,000 sf of Class-A offices. It’s in the right…
Leadership
World Scout Jamboree: Building Better Leaders
Today marked the conclusion of the 24th World Scout Jamboree, where 45,000 Scouts from 167 countries came together at the Summit Bechtel Reserve. For 2 weeks, the Scouts participated in…
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What Teamwork Really Means
It seems like the word “team,” as in, “our team,” or any other way it might be used can be the corporate soup du jour. Sometime ago, I took a…
Customer Relationships
Actions vs Mindset
Maybe one of the secrets to being a successful company isn’t all about what you do. Maybe it’s more in how you think. For us, it’s been important to focus…
Construction Trends
Constructing Adaptive Reuse
We are nearing the homestretch on one of our more unique projects. The Sidewalk Film Center and Cinema is taking shape in a space that was once the basement of…
Management
Balancing “The Know”
Like many organizations, we meet once a week to get a status report on our current projects, discuss any management changes needed and, most importantly, find out how we might…
Leadership
Look Down Field
I was on a flight recently with the owner of a relatively young California software company. He shared that in the beginning, he pursued every prospect that walked in the…
Leadership
Success.
Recently, I was with the CEO of one of our longtime customer relationships, talking over lunch. As I was listening to him, I was reminded how success taints our vision…
Leadership
Lightning vs Lightning Bug
I recently heard a Mark Twain quote that resonated with me: “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning…
Construction Trends
Contact Sport
I was in Las Vegas this week for the International Council of Shopping Center’s RECon event, what some may say is “The Super Bowl of Retail.” While the attendance was…