There are a few interesting additions to the projects up for bid list this week and some older projects that look fantastic. There are some great looking $1-$2 million jobs. Keep in mind that I am offering free pre-construction services in exchange for involvement in the management of the project. Hopefully we can partner up […]
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Written By: John Poole on February 7, 2010
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Since Emotional Intelligence has hit the mainstream sometime back in the mid-nineties, most of us have at least seen an Oprah episode about what Emotional Intelligence is how it can be applied to the workplace. I’ve found that some (mostly women) look at EI as a very crucial aspect of interpersonal relations that apply inside […]
Written By: John Poole on January 31, 2010
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I’ve always thought there were similarities between the film making process and the construction process. In movie making you have the script (plans), the set (jobsite) and of course the final product (building). Similar to construction, the more time spent on the script, the smoother and quicker the implementation of the script takes place. And […]
Written By: John Poole on January 28, 2010
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In the economic climate that we find ourselves at the moment, it seems that the only projects out there are public jobs where bids are solicited and any warm-blooded creature with a pulse and a remote ability to read plans can submit a price on the job. The municipalities are required by law to accept […]
Written By: John Poole on January 21, 2010
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I’ve always been rather suspicious of rankings that were put out by magazines like Fortune or the Princeton Review for companies or schools or whatever, however they always make for some interesting reading and in the very least some lively conversations. Fortune magazine came out with their 100 Best Companies to Work For today […]
Written By: John Poole on January 19, 2010
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While economic reports have been lackluster at best, I have a funny feeling that we may be on a rocket ship out of the recession that has made the lives of many tremendously difficult. Part of the reason for the sudden burst of optimism is that there just simply is no other way to go. Something […]
Written By: John Poole on January 6, 2010
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I was sent this email on Christmas Eve right after the Senate met for a vote on the health care bill. It was a mass email to several people in the construction industry.
I said yesterday’s Alert was probably the final version for 2009 – but I had to bring the attached to your attention. Senator […]
Written By: John Poole on January 3, 2010
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I have a new year’s resolution. I resolve to not rip on the authority of the business world and specifically construction organizations. And I will also lay-off the d-bag bankers and other greedy manipulators that have been spending the past decade hoarding money while screwing the….ok, ok, I’m done – seriously. It’s a new year, […]
Written By: John Poole on December 20, 2009
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I think about blogs kind of like that pain in the ass cousin that always wants to go out and throw the baseball, but while you’d rather sit inside and throw back a few stiff ones, you also don’t want to ignore the kid and look like a jerk. Blogs have gotten to the point where, […]
Written By: John Poole on December 17, 2009
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I went to the recovery.gov site today to get the latest news on the stimulus package and how much has been rolled out in an attempt to save the woefully unemployed from forming a long winding line outside every homeless shelter in the country. I had ambitious goals of giving a well organized description of how much money […]
