By Heidi Schwartz, on May 30, 2006, at 7:08 am Turner Construction Company today announced the formation of Quality Planning Solutions, LLC. This new subsidiary will become one of the nation’s largest critical path method (CPM) scheduling groups.
Designed to meet the increasing demands placed on construction professionals to deliver complex projects in a timely manner, this Turner subsidiary will provide professional scheduling services to meet contract requirements and deliver dynamic, powerful management solutions.
“QPS offers the advanced schedule development, change management expertise, schedule recovery planning and change recovery analysis that is required on many of today’s complex projects at very cost effective rates,” said William M. Brennan, executive
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By Anne Vazquez, on May 26, 2006, at 6:51 am With the list of tasks facility managers tackle each day, most are accustomed to the feeling of dealing with “moving targets.” But, imagine if your building itself was the moving target. That’s what the facilities staff at the Dinosaur National Monument in Vernal, UT are dealing with each and every day.
Run by the National Park Service, the Quarry Visitor Center there is facing substantial structural issues. The building, which houses a rock wall containing 1,500 fossil bones, a paleontology lab, exhibits, and a bookstore, is shifting on a daily basis. Facets of the building’s construction are contributing to
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By Heidi Schwartz, on May 26, 2006, at 6:33 am Finally, an online reality series for the cube dweller.
Life in middle management has its benefits. Working in a cubicle is not one of them. Flimsy walls, harsh lights and cheap furniture conspire to create a Post-It Note nightmare.
In the online reality show Cube Fabulous Jeff and Megan, the Cube Fabricators, surprise an unsuspecting cube dweller by remodeling his veal pen into a penthouse.
Each episode will feature a different design theme to downsize office monotony: beach party, Vegas casino, 60′s swank and more. For more on this concept, see the FacilityBlog “Friday Funny” from
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By Heidi Schwartz, on May 25, 2006, at 9:43 am Skilling and Lay convicted in Enron case. See the full report on CNN.com.
If you can imagine it, here’s an amusing sidebar to the story…In the wake of Ken Lay receiving over 100 years of prison time, the world wonders how an “Enron” could have ever happened. Addressing this question is former Arthur Anderson CPA Chris Sernel who got fed up with auditing companies like Enron and quit to become a rock star!
Said Sernel, “It’s no surprise that something like Enron could happen when 75% of all audit work of big firms is done by 24 and 25-year-olds
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By Heidi Schwartz, on May 25, 2006, at 7:21 am At approximately 8 a.m., a major power outage hit the train system that links New York City and Washington, DC. In addition to the thousands of commuters from New Jersey who depend on NJ Transit, Amtrak travelers and commuters from the Queens borough of New York were also stranded en route. SEPTA lines in Philadelphia and MARC lines in Maryland were also hit by the outtage.
This report comes from Wayne Parry of the Associated Press,
Five trains are stuck inside tunnels, and many passengers have been forced to get out and walk to the nearest station. Three NJ
Continue reading Commuter hell in the Northeast Corridor: "I’ll be a few days late…"
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