Joe ‘Gets It’

Part 2 of 2.

If Joe clearly sees the value of construction management systems, one or more of these statements is true:

• Joe used a system before, perhaps at another company or in a different role in his company.
• Joe is a visionary – he never used a system like this, but he’s read or heard about it and he can see (i.e., visualize) how a system like this can improve his capital projects.
• Joe got burned recently – he paid a large claim, or had a project delayed and he recognizes clearly that a system would have prevented or minimized this problem.

In these scenarios, the risk of doing nothing or sticking with the old system is greater than any risk of implementing a system.

One great example of a visionary is Tim Woodley, Director of Operations at the West Linn-Wilsonville School District. Tim recently confided that the processes that he put in place with his CM, and helped by his construction management software, enabled him to issue a $376,000 deductive change order. Tim had a clear vision, and he was able to make this vision a reality. If you would like to hear Tim's story directly from the source, check out this webinar http://www.e-builder.net/webinars/wlwv.html.