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Innovative Thinking Since 1878

The Austin Company has pursued innovative site location, design, engineering and construction solutions for our clients for over 140 years. Learn what our thought leaders have to say in the articles and blogs below.

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  • In the Rear-view Mirror and on the Horizon – 2020 & 2021

    In this blog, Mike Pierce looks back at 2020 and shares his thoughts on how it can be a powerful reference point for reflection and growth as an organization, business, and society. Read More
  • Austin – Working to Brighten the Holidays for Some Veterans Across North Eastern Ohio

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  • Austin Consulting Poised for Continued Growth

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  • Is Listening a Lost Art?

    The importance of intentional listening is critical to successful business relationships Read More
  • Austin and Cockram Form Alliance to Support Bio/Pharma Capital Projects in North America

    The Austin Company and Cockram Construction are joining forces to provide pharmaceutical manufacturers more than 160 years of construction solutions to strengthen the North American supply chain. Read More
  • Celebrating Our Resilience

    What is resilience exactly? Resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; it is one's ability to show strength and confidence in the face of uncertainty. For organizations, resilience depends on its leadership's confidence and the ability to think, plan, and believe in a positive outcome. Read More
  • The Austin Company Is a 2020 NorthCoast 99 Award Winner

    We’re excited to announce that we’re a 2020 NorthCoast 99 Award Winner! We’re proud to be recognized by ERC for the first time as one of 99 great Northeast Ohio workplaces for top talent. Read More
  • The Powerful Influence of Organizational Story Makers

    Story makers create memories that teach organizational values. Read More
  • Finding Project Success in Mexico

    Designing and constructing projects in Mexico involves special requirements and unique considerations that are different from projects in the U.S. or other parts of the world. Read More
  • Engineering Goes Lean with Touchplan

    Austin engineers adapt Touchplan to review task lists and see the sequence of events required and where a communication can move the project ahead. Read More
  • Austin’s Critical Five when Building a Future Factory

    Jim Cathcart, Austin’s director of project planning for aviation, aerospace, and defense shares five crucial focus areas when constructing a manufacturing facility, often called a ā€œfuture factoryā€ for an aerospace industry client. Read More
  • Every Day Heroes in War Against COVID-19

    Every Day Heroes Are Front Line in the War Against COVID-19 People are quietly and humbly going about their work in the face of a global pandemic, accepting the risks, taking the necessary precautions, and making sacrifices to do their part. You are our quiet heroes. Read More
  • Tech Tools to Map Locations

    Location Consultant, Kyle Johnson, uses tech tools to map locations and arm clients with the data necessary to make important site selection decisions. Read More
  • COVID-19 Response

    A Letter from Mike Pierce, President Read More
  • Building Women

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  • DAVID WATSON, BAKING AND SNACK EXPERT, JOINS THE AUSTIN COMPANY

    The Austin Company welcomes David W. Watson as its baking and snack engineering SME. Read More
  • Trusted Partnerships

    At Austin, the ability to trust, have faith, and never be complacent about the value of long-term trusted partnerships compels us; these are the reasons we have been successful for more than 140 years. We are driven to find new opportunities to continue relationships with existing clients, and build new ones with those we’ve yet to serve. Read More
  • TEAM AT AUSTIN TURNS TALK INTO VISION

    PAINTING SHERWIN-WILLIAMS HQ INTO THE NEW CITYSCAPE OF CLE Since Sherwin Williams announced that they were officially on the hunt for a new location for their world headquarters, the topic has been a central point of discussion among Northeast Ohio’s community, civic and business leaders. One of these lunchtime discussions sparked a few team members at The Austin Company to action and bring their talks to life. Read More
  • Leave Your Heart on the Board Room Table

    Each of us has the opportunity every day to be energized and passionate about what we do and how we do it. It’s our responsibility to use it... Read More
  • Lessons on Site Selection from an Engineering and Construction Perspective

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  • Celebrating Women in Construction 2019

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  • Aviation, Aerospace & Defense Leader Expands Role at The Austin Company

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  • New Food Ingredients Plant to be Designed and Constructed by The Austin Company

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  • Living our Company Values: Generosity

    Living our Company Values: Generosity Read More
  • One System, One Process, One Team

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  • Cleveland State University Opens the Samuel Austin Woodshop

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  • Austin attends SelectUSA Investment Summit 2018

    Austin attends SelectUSA Investment Summit 2018 Read More
  • Pursuing a Renewed Sense of Corporate Purpose

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  • Getting Familiar with the New River Valley

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  • Avoiding All Hazards

    Austin's President, Mike Pierce, contributes to an article from Baking & Snack on water reduction. Read More
  • 2018 Plant Construction Survey: Rising Rate of Food & Beverage Plant Renovations/Expansions

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  • Whitepaper: New OSHA Silica Dust Standard

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  • Preconstruction Leaders Featured at Advancing Building Estimation Conference 2018

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  • It Doesn't Pay to be a Bluffer, and Other Philosophies on Success

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  • What to do When ASHRAE Turns the Lights Off on You?

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  • Precise Engineering, Quality Construction

    How World-Class Facilities Get Built An Interview with Matt Eddleman, Senior VP of Operations, for Generis Group's 2018 American Manufacturing Summit Read More
  • Celebrating Women in Construction 2018

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  • 5 Rules to Avoid Project Disaster - Part 2

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  • 5 Rules to Avoid Project Disaster Part 1

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  • The Brain's Game

    With all the data input into our brains every day, processing familiar tasks is more efficient than processing new ones. Often, learning something new, such as a new way to do something, requires unlearning old ways; reprogramming the brain to make a new process or habit easier to do. Essentially, this is unlearning an old habit to form a new one. Read More
  • How to Maximize Feedback and Engagement

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  • National Cyber Security Month

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  • The Core Concepts of Innovation

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  • The Benefits of Taking Ownership

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  • 7,000 Sq Ft to Support Continued Growth

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  • Supporting Youth and the Future of our Industry

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  • Thoughts & Takeaways from the SelectUSA Investment Summit: How proposed changes the U.S. economic policy could impact business decisions to invest in the U.S.

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  • Maintaining a 140-Year-Old Start-Up Culture

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  • Leadership for Mission and Team Success

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  • Continuing the Tradition of Outstanding Safety Practices

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  • Celebrating 100 Years of the Austin "Pretzel" Logo

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  • Northrop Grumman Integration Center of Excellence LEED Gold Certified

    The Austin Company announces the LEED® Gold CertificationĀ of Northrop Grumman’s Integration Center of Excellence in St. Augustine, Florida. Read More
  • Creating an Environment for Success

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  • Building Better Habits: Creating New Year's Resolutions with Focus

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  • Making Service Your Trademark

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  • Leading the Way with Agility

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  • The Austin Company Wins ENR Regional Best Projects Award

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  • Austin's Aerospace History Enters Its Second Century

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  • Fast-Track to Excellence

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  • Florida Bread Selects The Austin Company to Master Plan New Bakery Facility in Taiwan

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  • Pick Up the Phone or Take a Walk

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  • Pretzels, Inc. Selects The Austin Company to Locate, Design and Build New Facility

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  • Building Airbus an A320 Sweet Home Alabama

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  • Launching Into the 21st Century

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  • Boeing's Everett Expansion Building 777's Heaven

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  • Aviation and Aerospace - The Second 50 Years

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  • No Room for Complacency: Building Quality Culture

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  • How to Design and Build a Better Bakery

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  • Austin Receives Liberty Mutual Gold Safety Award

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  • Austin Recognized with Business Longevity Award

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  • State-of-the-Art-Solutions in Long Beach

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  • Classic Austin Approach to Designing and Constructing Classified Lockheed Martin Facilities

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  • Aviation and Aerospace - The First 50 Years

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  • Expanding into a New Generation of Jumbo Jets

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  • Doing the Right Thing: Corporate Social Responsibility

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  • Boeing's Everett Plant - Home of the 747 and a New Era of Air Travel

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  • 39th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Projects Peak as Consumer Demands Grow

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  • From Stockyards to the Sky

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  • Bakery Insights: Avoiding Increased Costs and Project Delays

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  • Location Incentives for Aerospace: New Ideas are Taking Off

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  • Austin Builds a Fortress for Boeing's Flying Fortress

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  • Pioneers in Aircraft Manufacturing Facility Design-Build

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  • The Austin Company Takes Flight - Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company

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  • The Austin Company Creates Northrop Grumman Center of Excellence

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  • Understanding the Aerospace Industry Workforce

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  • Craftsmanship - Taking Pride in Your Work

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  • The Austin Company Celebrates 100 Years of Serving the Aviation, Aerospace and Defense Industry

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  • The Meaning of 100 Years

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  • Finding Success with the Perfect Partner

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  • Evoking the Passion for What Drives You

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  • Globe Targeting February '17 Go-Live in Taunton

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  • Setting Your Sites on Solid Ground

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  • Building Relationship Equity through Continuous Feedback

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  • What Indirect or Hidden Costs are Lurking in Your Location Project?

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  • Thoughts on Starting the New Year ... with Emotional Intelligence

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  • Lessons in Effective Communication

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  • Steel Supports Aviation Manufacturing Facility

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  • Evaluating Facilities: Is an Existing Building Compatible for a Food Processing Operation?

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  • Three Key Supply Chain Trends for Manufacturers

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  • Thanksgiving ... Giving Light and Hope to Others

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  • The Austin Company, Kiewit Join Forces for Tennessee Valley Authority Design-Build Project

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  • Sales and Emotional Intelligence - The "Wow!" Factor

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  • Making Money Talk

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  • Designing for Adaptability

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  • Northrop Grumman Manned Aircraft Design Center of Excellence Awarded LEED Silver Certification

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  • Understanding and Fulfilling Client Needs vs. Wants

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  • The Corporate Moral Compass: Upholding Core Values

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  • Brownsfields: A "Great Deal" or a "Great Deal of Concern"? Part 2

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  • Trends in Contact Terms and Conditions

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  • Brownfields: A "Great Deal" or a "Great Deal of Concern"? Part 1

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  • Building Belief in Sustainable Design

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  • A Home for the Navy's Hawkeye

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  • Reflections on Independence Day

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  • Leadership: Finding Your North Star

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  • Supplying the Aerospace Industry ... Supply Chain and Location Considerations

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  • Transportation Trends in Manufacturing

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  • A Little Respect and Common Courtesy

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  • Building Trust and Keeping Clients

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  • Integrated Project Teams: 5 Steps to Improve Project Performance

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  • Schedule-Driven Design

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  • Supply Chain Trends, Part 1

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  • Leading with Industry Loyalty

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  • Bimbo Bakeries USA Lehigh Orograin Bakery LEED Gold-Certified with Design and Construction by The Austin Company

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  • Emotional Intelligence on an Aircraft Carrier

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  • Creating Expectations: Building a Foundation for Success

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  • Scrutinizing Incentives: Perception vs. Reality

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  • Channeling our Inner Ernie Banks: The Power of Positivity

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  • Austin's Healthcare Division Expands with Significant Growth in New Hires and Projects

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  • Managing Daily Performance

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  • Trending Upward: Location Considerations for Aerospace Manufacturing

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  • Benefits of Conducting an Early Favorable Area Study

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  • Perspectives on Leadership

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  • Balancing New Year's Resolutions with Continuous Improvement

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  • Water Reliability and Potential Impacts

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  • Perceptions and Positivity: Balancing the Good with the Bad

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  • The Annual Marathon that We Run

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  • Checklist for EDOs to Secure Greater Site Inventory

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  • How to Handle Tighter Shipping Capacity

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  • Manufacturing in the U.S.: Taking Advantage of a Bright Future

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  • The Austin Company Wins Second Regional Project Award

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  • The Austin Company Wins DBIA Design-Build Award

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  • Smart Design Treads Lightly

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  • Organizational Time Management: Improving Performance with more Efficient Communications

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  • Weighing the Pros and Cons of Spec Building

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  • Built to thrive: What makes a long-surviving organization successful?

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  • Building and Maintaining Company Reputation: Integrity, Honor, Values

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  • The Austin Company and Northrop Grumman Featured in Modern Steel Construction

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  • Roadmap of the Future - for Baking and Snack

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  • Client Communications: Building Presence of Mind

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  • A True Austinite: In Memorium of Floyd "Brownie" Higgs

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  • How Early, Clear Communication of Strategy Streamlines Projects

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  • Three Common Delays During the Site Certification Process

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  • Continuous Improvement: What Can We Learn From Project Personalities

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  • Key Considerations for Revamping Your Supply Chain

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  • The Benefits of Unplugging

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  • A Lean Approach: How Planning and Understanding Provide Customer Value

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  • Shovel Ready Sites and the Site Certification Process: Importance of Environmental Considerations

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  • One-Time Impact Fees: The Multiplier Effect, Part 2

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  • There's No Place Like Home: Creating a Desirable Business Culture

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  • Mitsubishi Power Systems America New Manufacturing and Testing Facility

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  • How Upfront Project Planning and a Design-Build Approach Benefits the Customer

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  • It's All About the Fundamentals

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  • Reading for Continuous Improvement and Business Growth

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  • Importance of Quality Municipal Water and Wastewater Availability in Attracting Food Processors to a Community

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  • Site Certification: Preserving Future Industrial Sites

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  • Project Communications: Writing with Empathy

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  • One-Time Impact Fees: The Multiplier Effect, Part 1

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  • Project Team Communication: How to Optimize Project Success

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  • Learning from Heroes: Memorial Day Reflections

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  • Importance of Transportation Information - Part 2

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  • Purposeful Leadership: Reputation and Principles

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  • Kajima | Alberici Wins Global Best Project Award

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  • 5 Lessons for Managing People, Projects and Organizations

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  • How to Manage Organizational Disputes and Embrace All Perspectives

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  • An Empathetic Ear: How Listening Impacts Project and Customer Success

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  • Importance of Transportation Information for Successful Site Selection

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  • Austin Receives Second Gold Safety Award from Liberty Mutual

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  • Change Management: How to Influence the Future

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  • Designing and Building Hospitals of the Future

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  • Company Values: Recognizing Austin's All Stars

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  • Design and Construction Industry Outlook - Optimism Abounds

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  • Construction Practices: Contamination Risk Reduction within Ongoing Operations

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  • 5 Common Pitfalls of Conducting Site Selection In-House

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  • The Importance of Not Just Meeting, but Exceeding Expectations

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  • Continuous Improvement Strategies that Defy Corporate Aging

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  • How Enabling Employees Leads to Sustainable Growth

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  • How We Plan for the Future

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  • What to Watch for in Due Diligence - The Devil's in the Details

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  • Honoring Our Industry Heroes

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  • How Management is Like a Team Sport

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  • Pragmatic Healthcare Design from the Inside, Out

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  • What Thanksgiving and the Super Bowl Can Teach Us About Employee and Company Celebrations

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  • Continuous Improvement and the 212 - The Extra Degree

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  • Minimizing Risks in the Site Selection Process

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  • Construction Industry Confidence and 2014 Forecast

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  • 2013 ALA Design Awards

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  • All in the Family: Recognition of Employee Service

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  • Level Headed: A Must-Read for the Engineering and Construction Industry

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  • Making the Most of Your Year-end Activities

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  • How the 4 Stages of Competence Build Awareness and Project Success

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  • How Perception Impacts Project Communications

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  • The 'Laws of Organizational Physics" - Part 2: Momentum

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  • Plastics: Emerging Economies Signal Opportunity for Growth and Exportation

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  • The "Laws of Organizational Physics" - Part 1: Energy

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  • Some Thoughts on Thankfulness

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  • Leaders in Building Better Bakeries

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  • How to Get That "Ah Ha!" Moment - Broadening Perceptions through Collaboration

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  • What is the "New Normal"?

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  • A New Strategy: Embrace Change and Simplify

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  • Business Facilities Magazine Features Select Tennessee Certified Sites Program

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  • Always Selling. Always Competing.

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  • Be Prepared to Sell: Are you ready to listen?

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  • Corporate Culture - Cult or Cultivation?

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  • Job Trends in Architecture, Engineering and Construction

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  • Keeping Safe at Home - Fire Prevention Week

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  • National Fire Prevention Week: October 6-12, 2013 - Kitchen Fire Safety

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  • Common Sense Contracts

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  • Continuous Improvement

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  • Construction Industry Confidence Index

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  • Results, not Excuses!

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  • Frank Spano authors article in Expansion Solutions Magazine

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