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Author Message Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Senior Member Username: rliebing Post Number: 1370 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2013 - 01:08 pm:    130205 PARTNERS IN…….. SUCCESS by Ralph Liebing, RA, CSI, CDT Cincinnati, OH In many situations, there is really a need for more than one person. Of course, there are thousands of tasks for s single person, but with two or more people there is an easier path to completion and success. Indeed, in many instances, thousands of people are involved-- like architectural, engineering and construction projects. There is so much information to be collected and “puzzled” together and coordinated, and then set for execution. From that information to construct the full size project, is all an integral part of a project. This process has sort of lost its way, and something else has become SOP-- but at the same time the process is too often forgotten in favor of our personal or partial efforts somewhat removed from the collective project effort. This quote really tells the story, correctly, and succinctly-- true, direct and current; The construction team “is the loosely knit, diverse group of individuals and organizations that performs the many functions necessary to bring buildings into being. Often thought of as only consisting of those who design buildings, and those who construct them, the building [construction] team is actually much more complex………all elements, including owners, are essential in transforming a need for a building from an idea to a completed structure.” - William Dudley Hunt, FAIA, Architect, Editor/Publisher Author, Editor Encyclopedia of American Architecture: 1980 Take the recent football games, the World Series, the dog teams in the Iditarod, or the Budweiser team, the coordinated effort between several people is necessary and quite evident. Yes, often sports teams, etc. fail to win, but there may well be the necessary coordination but some other flaw inhibits winning. Beyond the people directly involved in a project, there are many, many other who contribute in a more remote or unseen manner-- the true “team” for a project is a wide-spread and broadly based cast of workers whose contributions are numerous. Perhaps they are not seen with in the project work, directly, but their work in the background of the project, but still contributes to overall project success. We are more in number and task than the confines of the site work. Execution on-site is, of course, essential, but the support and contributions of many others are essential. Think in the broad scope, the number of people who “could” be involved-- from manufacturers’ workforce, to truck drivers, to local representative who distribute the product information, etc.; then getting through design and bidding [both for design professionals and contractors]. The number of people seems endless! We may see only the on-site workers, etc., but we need not lose sight of the “real” project workers whose attitude [collectively] must be right-minded and dedicated to their individual work and place in the project. There is place for true discussion, etc., but to be successful WE ALL! need to add not only our skill and expertise, but our approach and work motivated by a good attitude. To be consistently successful, we must be fully aware of our place, and those of all of the others who impact the project work, knowingly or not. Success is a mosaic of many pieces!