Lean Construction Strategy
Maybe the most misunderstood concept concerning Lean Construction is that it is not about doing things cheaper. It is about adding value for the client by doing things better through the elimination of waste. Waste increases project durations and costs and often results in quality issues. This is an important difference. Some are opposed to…
Mashburn Construction Celebrates Milestone
Mashburn Construction celebrated a significant milestone today as the company turned 40 years old. In 1962, Harry Mashburn sat in class at NC State University and sketched out the logo that would represent the company for its first 40 years in business. To celebrate the anniversary, Mashburn updated the logo in January of this year—the…
FMI Releases the 2016 Executive Compensation Survey
FMI Corporation, the leading provider of management consulting and investment banking services to engineering and construction, infrastructure and the built environment, is pleased to announce the publication of its 2016 Executive Compensation Survey. The survey includes data from 71 companies representing over 3,400 executive and business unit employees across 64 positions within U.S. engineering and…
FMI Releases the 2016 Construction Professional Compensation Survey
FMI Corporation, the leading provider of management consulting, investment banking and people development services to the engineering and construction industry, is pleased to announce the publication of its 2016 Construction Professional Compensation Survey. The survey includes data from 97 companies representing over 48,000 employees across 57 positions within U.S. engineering and construction firms. Survey Highlights: Survey…
The Wooten Company Opens New Winston-Salem Regional Office
The Wooten Company, an engineering consulting firm celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, announced on Monday that it has opened a new Regional Office in the Old Salem Historic District of downtown Winston-Salem, NC. Overseen by Regional Manager John Grey, PE, the office was previously located in Asheboro, NC, from where it served the towns,…
Integrated Delivery – Why Is It?
Integrated delivery is a delivery method that embraced 360 degree collaboration between all the stakeholders on a project; including designers, consultants, general contractor, subcontractor, vendors, and yes the owner. Design-build (DB) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) are two examples of integrated delivery. There are numerous differences between the various contract forms of both DB and…
Should You Get Out of the Contracting Business?
That may seem like a strange resolution for a contractor. However, it might be the best advice you ever receive. How many people do you think wake up in the morning and say to themselves, “I can’t wait to hire a contractor today?” If you do service work, it’s even worse. No one wakes up…
Improving Leadership Effectiveness
In a previous issue of The Garrison Report, I discussed effective leadership. Using the following techniques will improve your leadership effectiveness and allow you to deliver a lot more value to your organization. 1. Have a list of people to whom you can delegate certain issues. We all have challenges, opportunities, problems or important tasks that need to be…
Does Your Construction Company Need to Change to Increase Profitability?
The current recession has placed tremendous pressure on the profitability of the construction industry, causing some contractors to even take work at below cost. This situation is easy to blame on the recession, but the underlying problems existed in the construction industry long before the recession. The hypercompetitive nature of the construction industry has existed…