Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
Built to Fail - Why Construction Projects Take So Long Cost Too Much And How to Fix It - cover

Built to Fail - Why Construction Projects Take So Long Cost Too Much And How to Fix It

Todd Zabelle

Publisher: Forbes Books

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

The separation of planning from doing and the preoccupation with administration, contracts, and scheduling over designing and building has been disastrous for construction. Lawyers, planners, risk managers, schedulers, and other administrative roles impede the ability of architects, engineers, and craftspeople—the professionals who design and build the things society needs to function. It isn’t just a matter of getting things done on time—if you’re the owner of an asset, manage a construction company, or invest in a project, overcoming these limitations is critical to your ability to compete and profit.Todd Zabelle, a recognized expert, construction CEO, and one of the founders of the lean construction movement, looks critically at each aspect of the industry, from production to construction to design to deployment to what the future holds, deftly analyzing where we’ve gone wrong and offering concrete, clear-eyed solutions for how to fix it.Zabelle’s incisive wit and pulls-no-punches honesty are a refreshing antidote to the bland, overly polite, vacuous dialogue of board meetings and academic conferences. Speaking from the heart—and informed by over thirty years of experience in all facets of the industry—Zabelle delivers a much-needed wakeup call at a time when it’s needed most.
Available since: 01/16/2024.
Print length: 288 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • Rebuilding Trust in the Workplace - Seven Steps to Renew Confidence Commitment and Energy - cover

    Rebuilding Trust in the...

    Dennis Reina

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Are you feeling less engaged, less committed and more skeptical at work? Do you find yourself isolated? Or are you caught in the middle of co-workers’ interpersonal conflicts? If so, you may be experiencing the confidence-busting, commitment-breaking, energy-draining patterns consistent with broken trust. We’ve all been there, but few of us know how to rebuild that trust. 
 
Dennis and Michelle Reina have spent their careers researching and measuring workplace trust. In this sequel to their award-winning Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace, they offer everyone involved a proven process for healing: the person hurt, the person who hurt someone else, and the person wanting to help others. 
 
No matter your vantage point, this compassionate, practical audiobook will help you reframe the experience, take responsibility, let go, and move on. The result? You’ll feel more energized and once again give your organization your best thinking, highest intention, and greatest productivity.
    Show book
  • The Secret Art of Lobbying - The Essential Business Guide to Winning in the Political Jungle - cover

    The Secret Art of Lobbying - The...

    Darcy Nicolle

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Lobbying is vital to any business's success, yet politics can seem a dangerous world to navigate. How do you outmanoeuvre a professional negotiator on their home turf? How do you ensure you're in the right place at the right time? And, most importantly, how do you get politicians to do what you want?
Drawing on thirty years' successful lobbying in European and international arenas, Darcy Nicolle lifts the veil on this elusive art. Revealing the strategies he's used and the strings he's pulled, Nicolle covers everything from the practicalities of planning campaigns and how to make sure you are the most persuasive person in the room, all the way to dealing with political risks and crises.
Whether you need to lobby your local mayor or take on governments across Europe, The Secret Art of Lobbying will arm you with the tools you need to be the most influential player in the game.
    Show book
  • Summary of Scott Galloway's Post Corona - cover

    Summary of Scott Galloway's Post...

    Swift Reads

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Buy now to get the insights from Scott Galloway's Post Corona. 
Sample Insights: 
1) Time is not constant: it can fluctuate based on change. Even the slightest event or element could produce change that has not been witnessed before, including a microscopic virus. In March 2020, America entered a new stage with the arrival of the coronavirus. Life felt static despite time speeding up. 
2) The Covid-19 pandemic’s most lasting impact will be as an accelerant. It has accelerated trends that have been already witnessed in society. Many of these trends have been negative and thus compromise the possibility of optimism and opportunity within turmoil. They weaken society’s capacity to recover in a post-corona world.
    Show book
  • Risk Rules - How Local Politics Threaten the Global Economy - cover

    Risk Rules - How Local Politics...

    Sam Wilkin, Marvin Zonis, Dan...

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Four political analysts explore the importance of local issues to global business and politics in this fully updated edition of The Kimchi Matters. 
 
Today’s focus on globalization has obscured the fact that political stability and economic growth are determined at the local level. Investors and foreign policymakers set themselves up for failure when they don’t consider the unique local dynamics of a particular country or region. This is equally true for companies venturing abroad and for politicians facing geopolitical challenges. 
 
In their 2003 book The Kimchi Matters, the authors demonstrated how globalization made it more important than ever to understand the political economies of distant countries. Now they have returned to that acclaimed work with updated accounts of situations around the world—including in Russia, India, China, Argentina, and Brazil—and refine the principles they laid out in the first edition.
    Show book
  • The Multiplication Effect - Building a Leadership Pipeline that Solves Your Leadership Shortage - cover

    The Multiplication Effect -...

    Mac Lake

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Do you wish you had more qualified, committed, and mission-oriented leaders in your church to share the ministry workload? Do you have a passion for cultivating the God-given leadership gifts in others?  
Most pastors say that the need to identify and develop leaders is critical to the health and growth of their church, yet most churches do not have an intentional plan for doing this. In The Multiplication Effect, Mac Lake reveals his practical, biblical, and proven strategy for addressing this leadership shortage and equipping future leaders to fulfill their kingdom mission. 
In this audiobook, Mac Lake will help you:Identify potential leaders using unique training modulesEquip and disciple leaders at every level of their leadership journeyEmpower leaders to multiply themselves by developing other leaders 
Inspired by the greatest leadership example of all, Lake writes, “Jesus was a master of leadership development who saw something in people and then patiently walked with them to transform their spirit and their skills.” 
Learn how to lead like Jesus and create a culture of multiplying leaders to expand God’s work in your community and beyond.
    Show book
  • See Sooner Act Faster - How Vigilant Leaders Thrive in an Era of Digital Turbulence - cover

    See Sooner Act Faster - How...

    George S. Day, Paul J.H. Schoemaker

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    When turbulence is the new normal, an organization's survival depends on vigilant leadership that can anticipate threats, spot opportunities, and act quickly when the time is right. In See Sooner, Act Faster, strategy experts George Day and Paul Schoemaker offer tools for thriving when digital advances intensify turbulence.Vigilant firms have greater foresight than their rivals, while vulnerable firms often miss early signals of external threats and organizational challenges. Charles Schwab, for example, was early to see and act on the promise of "robo-advisors"; Honeywell, on the other hand, stumbled when Nest Labs came out first with a "smart" thermostat. Day and Schoemaker show leaders how to assess their vigilance capabilities and cultivate insight and foresight throughout their organizations. They draw on a range of cases, including Adobe and Intuit's move to the cloud, Shell's investment in clean energy, and MasterCard's early recognition of digital challenges.Day and Schoemaker describe how to allocate the scarce resource of attention, how to detect weak signals and separate them from background noise, and how to respond strategically before competitors do. The challenge is not just to act faster but to act wisely, and the authors suggest ways to create dynamic portfolios of options.
    Show book