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Posts Tagged ‘Tucker Elliott’
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Our staff just successfully completed our annual company renewal. Each spring, we go off-site to review the past year, and set goals for the upcoming 12 months.
We really look forward to this process each year, because it’s a time of team building, reflection and analysis, where we set actionable goals for each other and the company.
On the last day of the renewal, we also take a ½ day to just “have fun” as a team. This year we enjoyed the delicious cuisine at The Greenhouse Tavern in Cleveland, followed by a quick walk through the Old Arcade and a 2 hour tour of the historic Cleveland Public Library.
Jim Bettinger, librarian from the Science and Technology Department, was our guide. We started our tour in Tech Central and Maker Space, where we were mesmerized by the 3-D printer, laser engraving and cutting machines, and vinyl cutter.
Our tour also highlighted the Maps Collection, Photograph Collection and the Special Collections sections of the library. The library staff was eager to answer any questions and show us many fascinating pieces of both Cleveland and the United States’ history. Their expertise and enthusiasm made our time in the library seem to fly by, and of course the architecture and art at the library is breathtaking! We are sure to go back soon to take in more of this beautiful Cleveland treasure!
Tags: Bob Vail, Cleveland Public Library, Comapny renewal, Diana Chalmers, Diana J. Chalmers, Richard Leach, Richard P. Leach, Sharon Scott, The Greenhouse Tavern, The Old Arcade, Tucker Elliott, VN Services
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Bob Vail and Tucker Elliott attended the Cleveland Engineering Society’s Leadership Breakfast, and listened to a presentation by Mr. Julius Ciaccia. Mr. Ciaccia is Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD). Mr. Ciaccia discussed how far the Cleveland area has come in cleaning up the local rivers and Lake Erie, the sheer size of the sewer system, as well as the challenges of working with a multitude of community governments. The current main tasks being undertaken are reduction of combined sewer overflows and improvements to storm water management.
Tucker Elliott makes the observation that sewer system management is a lot like project management – if it breaks down, something starts to smell bad really fast! So if you’re on a project and something doesn’t smell right about how it’s being managed, give us a call!
Tags: Bob Vail, Cleveland Engineering Society, NEORSD, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Project Management, Robert L. Vail, Robert Vail, Tucker Elliott, Vail Network, VN Service, VN Services
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
By: M. Tucker Elliott
19 May 2014 Part 1 of 3
There are all kinds of surprises in life, some of which people like and some of which people don’t like. Pleasant surprises have the effect of giving us a dose of adrenaline followed by a positive experience (a nice piece of birthday cake comes to mind). In the world of construction, even pleasant surprises represent events that were unplanned and unaccounted for in budgets or schedules and are, therefore something we want to avoid.
Unpleasant surprises, of course, can have some pretty negative outcomes. On construction projects, these outcomes can impact a range of project elements including the safety of workers, project budget, and schedule. A punchlist is one of the tools available to control the risk of surprises on construction projects. As a project or portion thereof is nearing completion, a punchlist isolates parts of the work thought to be complete and identifies items requiring action in order to bring them into compliance with the contract.
Tags: Construction Management Companies, Project Management, Punch Lists, Punchlist, punchlists, Tucker Elliott, VN Service, VN Services
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Monday, April 14th, 2014
Tags: Bob Vail, Claims Support, Construction Claims, Construction Management Companies, Middle East, Project Management, Project Management audit, Punch Lists, Qatar, Richard Leach, Richard P. Leach, Robert L. Vail, Robert Vail, Tucker Elliott, Vail Network, VN International, VN International LLC, VN Service, VN Services, VNI
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Friday, March 14th, 2014
We held our annual company renewal on February 27 and 28 at The Club at Hillbrook. Every year we travel off-site and review the previous year’s goals, accomplishments and LTOs. Then we use basic project management skills and CPM (Critical Path Method) scheduling to create measurable individual and company goals for the year forward. Because the schedule has proven to be a highly useful management tool, we revisit it regularly to ensure that we are on target to achieve our goals.
Of course, we also need some R&R, so we spend the second afternoon doing something that is fun and entertaining. We had a delicious lunch at The Harley Cafe at South East Harley-Davidson (no motorcycles were purchased at the time). We followed lunch with bowling at the Freeway Lanes, where we all let Richard and Bob win!
Tags: Bob Vail, CPM scheduling, Diana Chalmers, Freeway Lanes, Freeway Lanes in Solon, management tool, motorcycle, Project Management, Renewal, Richard Leach, scheduling, Sharon Scott, South East Harley-Davidson, The Club at Hillbrook, The Harley Cafe, Tucker Elliott, VN Service, VN Services
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