We know for a fact that insurance has been around since 1347, or 660 years, and we also know the insurance industry has blossomed into an industry touching every aspect of our personal and professional lives.
I would imagine the reason for building a $2 million replica home and installing $3 million worth of landscaping before adding water are illogical efforts to maximize quality or to achieve perfection?
Accounting, banking, insurance and real estate are highly regulated industries that are forced to follow strict guidelines. For the most part, we rarely see these industries fail or mislead the public. Generally, these four industries have had record profits for nearly a decade and overall the public places a high degree of trust in them.
It’s just been a great year of seeing my co-workers achieve so many of their personal and professional goals. What could be better? However, the year did have its ups and downs. The most significant “downer” is a job we are just now finishing. Have you ever had a job where you just can’t seem to figure out what went wrong? Material quantities and production rates were right but the job still didn’t go well? I think I figured out why.
Can any one person be an expert at team building, communication and
positive thinking? Must you have all three of these abilities or does
one make you an expert of the other two? I’ve read many books on each
subject and have attended intensive training seminars on all three and
I’ve come to a clear conclusion.
When we prepare a proposal, it must be based on something specific. For example, we prepared a proposal for a three-story college building project. The wall type schedule specifically called out 31⁄2-inch 20-gauge metal studs 16 inches o.c., for walls extending to 17 feet, 6 inches. However, the engineer required deflection criteria of L/240.
In June 1965, the Rolling Stones released, "I Can't Get No Satisfaction." Careless subcontractors may get no compensation if an owner does not pay the contractor or delays the project.
Some states allow hunters and fishermen to lure their prey using bait or scent that can't be resisted. Some owners will bait a GC into building projects for an owner who can't afford it or who is highly leveraged.
"No matter how close a friend you are, you must kill that person. When it is over, you can shake hands and be a friend again," said Kutilda Woods, mother of golf maverick Tiger. No doubt in my mind that Tiger's competitive spirit came from his mother. All of us who heard her say these words on "60 Minutes" knew she did not mean to "kill" literally. She is a play-to-win kind of woman and she instilled this attitude in Tiger.
