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Who was Christopher Wren? |
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- One of hte greatest builders in history.
- He is known for designing 54 churches including St. Paul's Cathedral, as wel las many secular buildings of note in London after the Great Fire.
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- One of the greatest builders in history.
- The french engineer is best known for the Eiffel Tower, which he built in Paris in 1889.
- He was also help design the metallic skeleton of the Statue of Liberty.
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Who was Frank Lloyd Wright? |
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- The greatest American architect of all time (AIA, 1991).
- He designed more than 1,000 structures, half of which were completed.
- Frank believed in organic architecture - designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment.
- Best work was Fallingwater in Pennsylvania (1935).
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Who was Leonardo da Vinci? |
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- One of the greatest builders in history.
- The italian genious was mostly known for his inventions, painting, and architecture.
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What is Absher's core purpose? |
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To create and build community with vision and compassion. |
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What is Absher's core values? |
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- We Care About People
- Servant Leadership
- Doing Things Right
- Doing Right Things
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What is Absher's Mission Statement? |
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Absher creates a better future by building significant community projects and developing leaders with vision and compassion. |
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What is Servant Leadership? |
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The servant-leader isservant first.
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It begins with natural feeling that one wants to serve.
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Then conscious choice brings one to aspire tolead.
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What does "We Care About People" mean? |
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What does "Doing Things Right" mean? |
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- If you're going to do a job, do it right.
- Top quality construction, built safely with respect for the environment and community.
- When conducting business act with humility, honesty, integrity and class.
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What does "Doing Right Things" mean? |
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- Do what is ethical, appropirate and just
- Be charitable in the community
- Value the individual and the family
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ENVISIONED FUTURE: Why do we believe that our employees, our clients and our subcontractors will view us as the best company in the construction industry? |
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- We are the employee of choice
- Our team members demonstrate servant leadership
- We strive for excellenece through innovation
- We invest actively in the communities where we live and work
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Who are the three project executives? |
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What is our 2017 Objective? |
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- To achieve sustainable volume of $350M of profitable work.
- 20% Bid-Build (hard bid, design-build-bid)
- 40% Public Alternative (design/build, GC/CM, Best Value
- 40% Negotiated
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What are the benefits of a strong safety program? |
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- Employees who work safely are mroe productive and have less turnover
- Enables our jobs to be more profitable today
- Allows us to be mroe competitive when looking to secure future work
- Selection criteria can include safety for GC's and in turn subcontractors
- What we do today can affect our ability to compete on future work (EMR)
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What are the three most important parts of a project in the beginning? |
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- Procurement
- Contract Methods
- Pre-Construction Services
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What are the selection criteria for a project? |
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- Size
- Location
- Owner
- Architect
- Type of Construction
- New/Remodel
- Work Load
- Personnel Availabilty
- Strategic Objective
- Competition
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What is the steps of a hard bid? |
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- Project Set-up
- Sub Solicitations
- General Estimate
- General Conditions
- Pre-Bid Meeting
- Addenda
- Alternates
- Sub Communications
- Receipt of Sub Bids
- Bid Turn-In Process
- The Bid Opening
- Teamwork
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What is the typical process for GC/CM (Negotiated) procurement? |
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Request for Qualitification (Written)
- Company History
- Similar Project Experience
- Project Personnel Qualifications
Interview
Pricing
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Fee
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Preconstruction
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General Conditions
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What are some Pre-Construction Services that Absher provides? |
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- Budgeting/Estimating
- Scheduling
- Value Engineering
- Systems Analysis
- Life Cycle Analysis
- LEED Analysis
- Building Information Modeling (BIM)
- Constructability Review
- Bidding / Bid Packaging
- Subcontractor Selection
- Cost Modeling
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