Episode 10- IPD Delivery

Workforce Development Episode 2- A Conversation with Rob Luce (SME Educational Foundation)

In the latest episode of the New Horizons Foundation series on workforce development, Clark Ellis is joined by Rob Luce, Vice President of the SME Educational Foundation. Clark and Rob talk about SME's mission and outline SME's efforts to develop the best talent for their industry.

Workforce Development Episode 1- (Samantha Groark and Guy Gast)

For the first episode in the New Horizons Foundation Podcast series on Recruitment and Retention, Clark Ellis is joined by Guy Gast of the Waldinger Corporation and Samantha Groark, Executive Director of the Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades Council. The panel talks about workforce development in Central Iowa and how some of the best practices and lessons learned can potentially be applied elsewhere.

Episode 10- IPD Delivery

In the latest episode of the New Horizons Foundation Podcast, host Eric Anderton is joined by Mike Kissane of Granger Construction and Matt Cramer of Dee Cramer. Mike and Matt talk about how Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) maximized their work on a hospital project and how other contractors can learn more about this open-book approach to project management.

Episode 9- Large Project Collaboration

In this episode of the New Horizons Foundation Podcast, Eric Anderton talks with Chris Schumacher from Gray, and Joseph Lansdell of Poynter Sheet Metal. The panel talks about how to collaborate on large, sophisticated projects in a manner that delivers projects on time and on budget and some of the management techniques being employed to deliver work to the standards their customers are used to.

Episode 8 - Partnerships

In the latest episode of The New Horizons Foundation Podcast, Eric Anderton is joined by Ted Wassmer of Artisan Display, Inc. and Ernie P. Menold of Ernest D. Menhold, Inc. Eric, Ted, and Ernie discuss how Artisan and Ernest D. Menold have built this successful partnership through strategic alignment and the value of working together with other firms within the greater industry and review the postive benefits to their bottom line.