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ON THE MOVE GLOBAL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE FIRM GHAFARI ASSOCIATES NAMES JAMES E. JOBES VICE PRESIDENT Award-winning engineering, architecture, process design, and construction services firm, Ghafari Associates is excited to announce the promotion of James Jobes, AIA to vice president. He will also lead the firm’s new office in Fort Worth, Texas. “Jim is a key contributor to the firm’s development and has the proven ability to extend our presence geographically,” says CEO and President Kouhaila Hammer. “We’ve worked on projects in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for many years, and are excited to make a more permanent home here.” With the opening of the firm’s newest office in Fort Worth, Jobes will expand Ghafari’s footprint in the southwestern region. The new office puts Ghafari at the heart of the area’s growth and will serve as the regional hub for existing and future clients with a presence in the area. Jobes holds a master of architecture degree
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from the University of Oregon and a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Indiana University. He has led several of the firm’s most complex domestic and international projects, and is a longstanding member of the American Institute of Architects. Jobes’ more than 25 years of experience includes a diverse project portfolio, including aviation, industrial/manufacturing, and commercial projects. “I welcome this new challenge and look forward to working in such a dynamic economy,” says Jobes. “By extending Ghafari’s presence in Texas, we have a unique opportunity to better serve our existing aviation and manufacturing clients locally, as well as expand our commercial, healthcare, and education expertise to the area.” Ghafari is a global full-service engineering, architecture, process design, consulting, and construction services firm. With 14 offices around the globe, the firm supports clients in sectors such as aviation, corporate/commercial, education, government and institutional, healthcare and industrial/manufacturing.
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over there never returns my calls” (or “is super slow to return my calls”). ❚ ❚ “ABC Company’s top people are good at selling us but when it comes time to do the job we rarely, if ever, see them. Instead, we get all their neophytes that we end up training.” ❚ ❚ “ABC’s quality is not what it used to be. There are so many problems with their plans.” ❚ ❚ “When there is a problem with something, ABC never accepts responsibility. They rarely do anything to make things right without forcing it out of them.” ❚ ❚ “The people at ABC haven’t the faintest idea of what things actually cost to build. Their people are just too far removed from actual construction.” ❚ ❚ “The right hand at ABC doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. Poor internal communica- tions.” Then, when you talk with firms’ employees – in this incredibly competitive job market – you get another list of complaints: ❚ ❚ “No one tells me how I am doing/the firm is doing.” ❚ ❚ “I don’t know what it takes to get ahead here.” ❚ ❚ “There’s no one telling me what to do on this project.” ❚ ❚ “All they care about is utilization.” ❚ ❚ “I want more training.” ❚ ❚ “I hate my cubicle.” ❚ ❚ “As a parent, they need to give us more flexibility to come and go during the day.” ❚ ❚ “The owners here don’t even say ‘Hi’ to you in the halls.” Again, there are many more. It wouldn’t be hard for you to come up with an expanded list just from talking to your people. My point is this: Work on dealing with these and all the other oh-so-common problems, taking real action and creating steps and systems to avoid them. When you do, you’ll be differentiating yourself over the dozens of firms you compete with. And then and only then will your long-term success – and your eventual ability to cash in on the value you’ve created – be assured. MARK ZWEIG is Zweig Group’s chairman and founder. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup.com.
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