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Second third of job curve: maintaining profits.

Publication: Contractor
Publication Date: 01-SEP-03
Format: Online - approximately 801 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
EACH JOB HAS a lifecycle of its very own. I've always taught that the beginning of a job is the most important and the end is second in importance to ensure bottom-line profitability. If you fail to devote sufficient time and energy to the middle phase of the job, however, then a shark from below can rise up from seemingly calm waters and bite you and your job clean in two.

The one job progress meeting you fail to attend will almost invariably be the one where the architect or owner drops a bomb on your firm, such as letting everyone present know that OSHA is coming to conduct a surprise inspection of the job first thing tomorrow morning....

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