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Written By: John Poole on March 10, 2010 No Comment
Four Generations at Work: Can We All Get Along?

For some reason I was sent an article this week from the Winter/Spring 2005 issue of the Fairleigh Dickinson University magazine regarding generational differences in the workplace.  I suppose I was sent this because I’ve often made mention of the differences between older and younger folk at work.  Or perhaps someone was trying to [...]

Written By: John Poole on March 8, 2010 No Comment

I am looking to partner with contractors on the following publicly bid projects.  If anyone is interested in partnering on this work, I will provide pre-construction and bidding services and then aid in the project management.  This is a great way to get work without the costly expenditure of bidding time.  Since there are several [...]

Written By: John Poole on March 3, 2010 11 Comments
The Beauty of Public RFPs….And Of Course The Ugly

Over the past six months, I have had the wonderful privilege (ahem) of bidding about 15 public Requests for Proposals.  While I have complained constantly about the process, I probably wouldn’t have any work at all at the moment if they were not available.  As a brand new company there are very few private owners [...]

Written By: John Poole on February 15, 2010 2 Comments

I am assembling a team for the preparation of a Facilities Master Plan for the University of Maryland.  I am a civil engineer and LEED AP with extensive construction experience as well as AutoCAD skills.  I will need at least a landscape architect as well as a transportation expert.  Please view the excerpts below of [...]

Written By: John Poole on February 14, 2010 18 Comments
Fire Your Relatives. Scare Your Employees. And Stop Whining – So Says George Cloutier

Have you ever heard of George Cloutier?  Me neither, until  I ran across an article on the New York Times website today where an interview was published with the author of, “Profits Aren’t Everything, They’re the Only Thing” and the founder of American Management Services.  After reading the article, I wanted to ask Mr. [...]

Written By: John Poole on February 10, 2010 11 Comments
Does all this Snowfall Disprove Climate Change?

This has been one heckuva (helluva) weather year on the east coast.  I’m sitting here while a three and half foot drift of snow is piled against my front door while snow continues to fall on a town where yearly records have already been shattered (I think I read that somewhere).  We’ve had a very [...]

Written By: John Poole on February 8, 2010 5 Comments

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 [...]

Written By: Josh Groves on February 1, 2010 One Comment

As with everyone else over the last eight months, I was closely following the federal government’s attempts at bolstering the construction and real estate industries, and I have read many enlightening commentaries both for and against stimulus.

As can be expected, Realtor associations as well as construction industry associations were quite pleased with the affects [...]

Written By: John Poole on January 27, 2010 22 Comments

Below is a list of projects that are bidding between 2/3/10 and 3/10/10 on which I am looking to partner.  I will be providing free pre-construction services and administering as much of the bid as you would like in exchange for providing the required bonding capacity to do the job.  I will also work as [...]

Written By: John Poole on January 19, 2010 2 Comments
Are We On the Way Out?

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 [...]

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