2008 Fall Conference - Construction Industry Round Table
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2008 Fall Conference - Construction Industry Round Table
AA, 't^v Meeting ffimffiffiffi ConstructionIndu*ry RoundTable - [a7f6 Barbara,CA 2008 Fall Conference numberof meetingthatbroughttogethera record-setting Anothermotivatingand trulydistinctive withotherindustryleaders. memberswheretheylearnedand sharedwhilebuildingrelationships Executive forTurbulentTimes Coaching CanHelpPrepare are oftennot Manychallenges facethe design,/ Dr.Freascommented that shefindsthat executives industryat thistime inclinedto reflectdeeplyandthat theymayrdachthe top rankswithconstruction getsthemto slowdown, leadership theirlimitations."Coaching andsuperior andman- out addressing and noticethe effectsof theirwordsandactions. agementskillsare moreimportant gainawareness, than ever. AlyssaFreas,President Thatenablesthosebeingcoachedto makechoicesratherthansimply canemNet- reacttoevents,"explained Dr,Freas."Ultimately, coaching & CEOof Executive Coaching work,Inc.,openedthe FallConfer- powerthemto assumeresponsibility for theirimpacton the world." presentaencewithan outstanding "lt doesn'tendwithself-awareness. "Execu- Dr.Freasalsosaidthat coaching tion on ExecutiveCoaching is a formof activelearningthattransfersessentialcommunication tivecoachinghelpsbridgewhere shouldintegratepersonal skills.Strategic coaching youarewithwhereyouwantto go," and relationship organizational needs," she said.Thisapproachcan development and Alyssa Freas, President& CEO Dr.Freastold members.Shealso reduce behavhelp leaders adapt to new responsibilities, destructive ExecutiveCoachingNetwork, Inc saidthat effective coachinginvolves goals,facilitate andcollective alignindividual Executiveior,enhanceteamwork, a combination of Strategic I change. andsupportorganizationa TeamCoaching; whilefocusing succession, Coaching; andOne-on-One Coaching imoact. on outcomes that havebusiness byaffirming, In closing,Bobsharedsomeof hisownobservations "Weareall in thistogether,Whataffectsoneof us,affectsus Dr.Freashighlighted coaching a caseexampleof strategicexecutive all." Bobalsoencouraged CIRTmembersbysayingthat thisexecutive featuringCIRTmember,RobertE.Alger,President & CEOof The processcouldhelpthemgrowandconductthemselves in a coaching whyLaneembarkedon this LaneConstruction Corp.Bobdescribed processwhichbeganin the springof 2OO7."Wewantedto develop mannerthattheir peoplewouldtake capableof meetingthe demandsof leadersintothe boldleadership positive futureat Lane;to developa mission,vision,valuesandteamcode as "lt is our change. to of conductas wellas to developa planto takethis information responsibility to the field. Anothergoalwewantedto achievewasto developthe train, coach and witheachotherto enhanceperabilityto havefrankdiscussions mentorthe people formancecapabilities," Bobtoldattendees. whoreporttous.I Program involved a seriesof steps believethat in 20 Theroll-outfor Lane'sCoaching (Sl-A) witha Strategic Leadership Assessment whichre- yearsfromnow,we beginning for the company.Lanealsogainedclarity willlookbackat sultedin keyoutcomes regarding in strateS/,employee issues,executive team this processand it transitions of requisite willbe rememoperations and industryimageneeded,and definitions beredas the singlebiggestissuethat wetackledthat hasliterally strengths for futureleadersofthe organization. changedhowweworkat Lane,"Bobconcluded. Lanelaunchedexecutive coaching, Oncethe SLAwascompleted, AlyssaFreascanbe contacted at 714-990-9300. company-wide. including the Leaderas CoachProgram, leanConstructlon Understandlng H.GlennBallard,Ph.D.,Co-Founder and Research In oneof the threebreakoutsessions, to the memberswhatLeanConInstitute(LCl),described Directorof the LeanConstruction industrythreeconnected structionis and howit works.Leanoffersthe design/ construction projectsas proprojectsas a collective enterprise; 2) organizing 1) embracing opportunities: Dr.Ballard to achievemuchbettercoordination. ductionsystems;and3) the opportunity and howkeyprojectplayersbenefitfromleanconstruction, casesillustrating alsopresented participates and everyone benefits tools."Everyone alsoillustrated the keyleanconstruction Dr.Ballard.Fora copyof concluded oftheseopportunities," as wetakegreateradvantage p/easecontactJaneBonvillainat [email protected]. Dr. Ballard'spresentation, Fall 2008MeetingReport PageTwo BIM/ |ntegrated ProjectDelivery Theinefficiencies inherentin the processof designand construction are necessitating a shiftto greater multidisciplinary collaboration andinformation sharing amongprojectteam members.Integrated Practice(lP)is a meaningful response to the ongoingmarketplace mandatefor buildings that arefasterto designandconstruct, at lowercost,as wellas moresustainable andof higherqualitythanthosebuiltin the past.BIMis enabling this information-sharing, integrated-practice cultureto emerge.CIRTmember,PatrickMacLeamy,CEOof HOKGroup,Inc.,whosecompanyhasadopteda firm-wide strates/to maximizeuseof lP,openedthe sessionand introduced StevenA.Jones,Sr.Directorof BusinessDevelopment, McGraw-Hill Construction. Stevetook membersthrougha veryinterjust howlPworks.Stevecanbe contacteddirectlyat estingpresentation that illustrated [email protected]. Owner LedP3Model StateDOTagencies arestruggling todayjust to maintainthe infrastructure theyhavein placelet aloneto p u t o u t t o b i d t h e i r l a r g e s t p r o j e" cTthse. m o s t o b v i o u s r e a s o n f o r t h i s i s t h e l a c k o f f u n d i n g , " G e o f f r e y S . Yarema,Partnerof Nossaman, LLPandChairof its Infrastructure Practice Group,told members. Geoff alsosaidthat beyondthe needfor morecapital,stateagencieshaveotherconcerns as well. "Theyare project," lesscomfortable withtheirabilityto managethe integration risksinherentin a multi-contract "Agencies Geofftoldthe CIRTattendees. are lookingaroundthe countryandworldto seehowandwhat otherprojectmodelsare beingusedandseeinghowsomehaveaddressed theirconcerns," saidGeoff. Geoffwenton to describean OwnerLedP3 modelwhichinsteadof awarding agreea singleconcession mentto deliverthat projectin onewholepackageto a concession company, the ideawouldbeto develop two procurements: concurrent, overlapping. on the NationalSurfaceTransportaGeoffalsocommented (onwhichhe serves) tionInfrastructure Finance Commission byindicating thattherewillbe a shiftaway fromthe gastaxto a vehicle-miles travel(VMT)tax. "Thisneedsto be put in placesoonerratherthan later,"hesaid.Geoffencouraged CIRTmembers to contacthimdirectly at2t3-Gt2-7842;or [email protected]. TxePeopls AcenoR: TopStrategic andOperational lssues Facing Engineering Industries theArchitectural, andGonstruction Management of humancapitalisthe numberonechallenge facingthe industry today,specifically thesourcing of talentandemployee turnover.Thosefindingsandothersarea resultofa surveyandone-one-one interviews fromover7Oleadingconstruction and oftop executives firmsincluding manyof the CIRTmembers Partners, Ltd. Oneof engineering conducted byWilliam J. Ferguson, Chairman & CEOof Ferguson findings, thequestions thesurvey askedis howareorganizations winning thewarfor talent?In addition to Bill'spresentation of thesurvey Chairman & the sessionincludeda first-ratepanelcomprised of fourCIRTmembers- PatrickMacLeamy, CEOof HOKGroup;TomGilbane, - whoaddressed CEOof Gilbane Building Co.;RonSkaggs, Chairman of HKS,Inc.;andDougPruitt,Chairman & CEOof SundtConstruction Planning; four keytopics:Strategic Trends;Attracting/Retaining Talent;Management DevelopmenVSuccession and Productivity. that uncertainty is the orderof Withregardsto Strategic Trendsandthe outlookfor the nearandlongterm,PatrickMacleamycommented withthosewho for the longerterm,Patricksaid"l thinkwe needto havestrong,clear,realpartnerships the dayin the nearterm. However, K ), w r er e vo t i tcHe O (lP . e b u i l d t h i n g s , t h e c o n t r a c tP oa r st .r "i c k a l s o s a i d t h a t h e f e e l s t h e a l u t i o n t h a t i s j u s t s t a r t i n g i s i n t e g r a t e d p r a c" A callit smartbuilding," he said. workin theareaof Attracting, HiringandRetaining Talent."Weactively recruitfroma handful of TomGilbane talkedaboutGilbane's Tomalsosaid hireshaveservedinternships withus between oneandsixyears,"hetoldCIRTmembers. schools.A majority of ourcollege withthe ACEMentorProgram of America."Wethinkit's a greatway that Gilbanerequireseveryoneof theirofficesto havepeopleinvolved to buildkids'interest in ourindustry," Tomcommented. HKS'approach Inthe areaof Management Development Planning, RonSkaggstoldthe membersthat historically to manage& Succession withinHKS Ronsaid,"aswe'vegrownoverthe past70 yearsourguidingprinciple mentdevelopment was"onthejobtraining"."However," eleventenets."HKSalsohasrecentlyinstituteda 360 degreereviewprogram." is that everyemployee needsto adhereto the company's hesaid. Leadership is tiedto ourbottomlineandvitalto ourcompetitiveness," anddevelopment industryis the only Lastbut not leastwasthe topicof Productivity. DougPruittopenedhis remarksbysayingthatthe design/construction i n d u s t r y t h a t h a s h a d 0 % g r o w t h i n p r o d u c t i v i t y d u r i n g t h e l a s" tS4o0,ywehaar tsd. o w e d o ? " a s k e d D oHuegt.h e n w e n t o n t o d e s c r i b e t h e (youeitherdo it or youdon't);technolo$/investment and thingsyoucancontrolrelativeto productivity suchas traininganddevelopment it cancertainly influence. control, butas an industry methods.Dougalsosaidtherearethingsthatthe industry doesn'tnecessarily delivery "Wecaninfluence in thiscountry." whicharebothmajorproblems the illegalimmigration situation a failingK12systemas wellas influence Formore whichaddscostsand reducesproductivity. Dougalsosaidthatthe industrycaninfluence a highlyregulated business environment pleasecontact 77;[email protected]. JaneBonvillain al202-466-67 detailson thissession, PageThree Fall 2008MeetingReport PhotoHighlights SpeakerBIllFerguson(Ferguson Partners,Ltd.)discussesthe "peopleagenda"suNeyfindings. CIRTChairmanJ.J.Suarez(CSAGroup) openedthe floorto CIRTmembersgiving theman oppoftunityto talk about whateverwason their mind. CIRTMembersparticipatingon this flrst-ratepanelincludedfrom leftto right: PatrlckMacLeamy(HOKGroup,Inc.);Tom Gllbane(GilbaneBuildin!,Co.); RonSkaggs(HKS,lnc.);and Doug,Prultt(SundtConstruction, lnc.) JeffLevy(RailWorks Corp)listenedas PeterVigue (TheCianbroCos.)tooka few momentsto apprise the membersaboutthe Employee FreeChoiceAct, alsocalled"cardcheck",whichwouldstripaway the rightof 140 millionU.S.workers to a federally private-ballot supervised whendeciding election whetheror notto unionize. Peteurgedall members to payattention to thisbillwhichwillbe a top prior ityfor the newCongress.Formoreinformation about"cardcheck",pleasecontact JaneBonvillain. NewMembers & Guests providea placewherememberscandealexclusively CIRTConferences withotherchiefexecutives in a settingthat is conducive to the exchange whilebeingrelaxedenoughto buildstrongconof pertinentinformation tacts. Wewereverypleasedto havethe following first-timeattendees and guestsat the 2008 FallConference: Above,JackScott(Parsons Corp.), JoeCibor(Fugro (Pankow Builders); Consultants) andRikKunnath anc below,newmember, RandyLarson (PBS&J) and Joe Adams(MWH Constructors) enjoy the eveningaftera longdayof meetings. MikeCarroll,President, U.S.Infrastructure, ARCADIS TimBarnard. CEO.BarnardConstruction Al Barkouli,President, DavidEvansandAssociates, lnc. (succeedsDavidEvansas the CIRTmember) President, JimMcKenna, HunterRobertsConstruction Group (succeedsBobFeeas the CIRTmembe) BillSiegel,CEO-Elect, Kleinfelder, Inc. (succeedsGerrySalontaias the CIRTmember) Managing Partner, NBBJ JimJonassen, RichardSchrader, ViceChairman & CFO,ParsonsBrinckerhoff RandyLarson,President, PBS&J Constructors (succeedsJohnZumwaltas the CIRTmember) MikeRe,President, Inc. Swinerton, Landscaping TomDonnelly, President & COO, Valleycrest Development 4nr ConstructionIndustry SAVETHEDMESI RoundTable for whatis alwaysan Please notetheseimportant datesandmakeplansto joinotherCIRTmembers in the industry. timefor building andmaintaining a network of top leaders unequaled 2009 Dates r TheFairmont for theACEMentorProgram of America, April27,2OO9:3rdAnnualNational Design Competition Judging Hotel,Washington, DC r DC TheFairmont Hotel,Washington, April28 &29,2009: CIRT SpringConference Sessions & Meetings, r (ClECl) FoInitiative willhosttheirsecondBestPractices April29,2OO9:TheConstruction Industry Ethics& Compliance DC. rumafterCIRT's fromNoon-5:0Opm, TheFairmont Hotel,Washington, conference o TheCharleston PlaceHotel,Charleston, SC November 9 -t1,2009: CIRTFallConference, 2OLODates o TheFairmont Hotel,Washington, DC April26-28,2010: CIRT SpringConference, r October23-27,2010: CIRTSpringConference,LaPosadaSantaFeResort&Spa,SantaFe,NewMexico il _-.d 2009 DesignCompetition AwardsProgram rtt-- ltt r! lVll L b t- Mentor ProEram withtheACEMentor RoundTablehaspursued an activepartnership TheConstruction Industry (ACE), itsverylimitedfinancialresources to a multiincluding committing Program of America program yearjointawardsprogram.Thisverysuccessful itsthirdyearto is entering competition andstudents.So,while levelof excitement andparticipation amongACEaffiliates a growing youcanstillparticipate youmaynotbe an activeACEfinancial throughCIRT. supporter, AwardsProgram DesignCompetition the prizesfortheAnnualCIRT-ACE lf youwouldliketo pledgeyearlysupportto augment pleasefaxthisformto CIRTat 703-992-8393 byMarcht,2OO9. Manythanks! AwardsProgramin the followingamount: YES! | pledgemy yearlysupportto the CIRT-ACEDesignCompetition I$s,ooo nss,ooo n$r,ooo !other: Ail, '6v Name Company ConstructionIndustry RoundTable MarkA.Casso,Esq./ President Email Programs JaneBonvillain / Directorof Association Drive, Suite210 8115OldDominion McLean,VA22702 202.466.6777/ fax 703.992.8393 [email protected]/ www.cirt.org