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Come Meet Guy @ CodeNEXT

Tomorrow afternoon and evening at the Palmer Events Center the draft of the New Land Development Code is being unveiled.  Guy is on the CodeNEXT Advisory Group and will be there. He would love to meet up with you so please email him.  

Why We Should Fail to Get Better

Why We Should Fail to Get Better

Failure is not typically a positive word, but I think it’s absolutely necessary for successful business. We never learn from our successes, but we always learn from our failures.  If we’re not failing, then it often means we are not pushing hard enough, challenging ourselves enough, and we may just be wasting our time.

The Shower Door

The Shower Door

Being on top of things is really important to us at Stone Development. There are many things we can’t control, but this is something we all CAN control. The only downside? You may have to clean your shower door a little more often!

The Importance of Process

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The Importance of Process

That’s one of the best things about the process. You put something together, start working at it, everybody works the same way and you find out ways together to do things better and smarter.

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Learn from What You Can't Control

Learn from What You Can't Control

There are so many different things going on with project management, such as budgeting and scheduling. The only thing that’s really constant is that we can’t completely control any of it.

The 3 Legged Stool

The 3 Legged Stool

We always talk about the three-legged stool: cost, quality and time but is that really all that matters.

The Owner's Point of View

The Owner's Point of View

Owners must look at every aspect of the project differently, especially when it comes to operational costs vs. capital costs.

Don't Rush the Review

Don't Rush the Review

Rushing the preconstruction phase never positively helped anyone on the team. It is much better to flesh out design ideas up front than to wait until construction has started.