When Are Things Going to Turn Around?
Interview with Mark CassoHost: Ted Garrison

“To some extent the construction and the design end of the spending has lost its high ground; unfortunately, it has been tarred and feathered with some of the bridges to nowhere, and begun to be looked at as boondoggle spending rather than real return on investment,” declares Mark Casso, president of CIRT. However, it’s not all bad news; listen to Casso as he explains where he thinks the industry is headed.

3 Steps to Working on Your Business
Interview with Michael GerberHost: Ted Garrison

“Forget about what they say about construction and that it’s not growing and it’s not working, ‘cause I can point you to companies in your market place who are growing even today,” declares the guru of small business Michael Gerber. To learn how to jump start your business, listen to this informative interview with Gerber.

How to Work with Clients for Better Project Success
Interview with Jennifer GarlandHost: Ted Garrison

Jennifer Garland, Project Manager on a 100,000 SF medical office building for the Middle Tennessee Medical Center, says the key to avoiding the problem of stopping to perform value engineering to get a project back on track, is for the contractor and owner to remain totally engaged. Learn more about this process, and other ideas to improve how contractors can better work with owners to improve project performance, listen to this interesting interview.

Reducing the Chaos and Improving Profitability
Interview with Ed AndersonHost: Ted Garrison

Improving profitability starts with the need to focus on the whole project, reports Ed Anderson of Lean Implementation Services of Florida. He adds that this means focusing on the needs of the client. To learn more, listen to Anderson explain how to improve your profitability by focusing on the whole project.

Four Creative Steps to Recovering in This Economy
Interview with Brad HollettHost: Ted Garrison

In the middle of construction recession, thing got tough for Accelerated Construction as the primary source of business, the retail industry, dried up. However, it’s CEO, Brad Hollett, didn’t sit back and wait for the good old times to return he took action and created a dynamic new business model that has generated his best year. Listen to this great story which can duplicate.