A Puzzle; a good meal; and a Successful Construction Project…By Ron Unterreiner, PEOPLE of Construction
I have often compared a major commercial construction project to a giant 5000-piece puzzle. Any one piece of the puzzle is highly dependent on the other 4,999 pieces. Often the pieces must be placed in a certain sequence for a variety of reasons. A delay in finding a lost piece can be a significant jolt to a schedule or to client relationships. And, like any giant puzzle where multiple participants are involved, eventually all participants must coordinate their moves with…