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BUSINESS NEWS ROY ANDERSON CORP AWARDED $80.7 MILLION NEW RESIDENCE HALL AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Tutor Perini Corporation, a leading civil, building and specialty construction company, announced its subsidiary, Roy Anderson Corp, has been awarded a project valued at approximately $80.7 million for the New Residence Hall at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi. The project scope of work entails construction of a 155,000 square-foot, five-story residence hall on the Mississippi State University campus, which will include 400 beds, a dining hall, day spaces, offices and a storm shelter.
Work is expected to begin in February 2024 with substantial completion anticipated in the spring of 2025. The contract value will be included in the Company’s backlog beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023. Tutor Perini Corporation is a leading civil, building and specialty construction company offering diversified general contracting and design-build services to private clients and public agencies throughout the world. We have provided construction services since 1894 and have established a strong reputation within our markets by executing large, complex projects on time and within budget while adhering to strict quality control measures.
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– becomes the target, it can produce behavior that stands in the way of leaders understanding what is going on in their firms. ■ Timesheet hijinks. Light week? I’ll just pile some hours into this project that I know has some fee to work with. ■ Slow rolling work. Light week? I’ll just make something that should take two hours take four hours. ■ Holding on to work. Light week? One of my coworkers is the right person for this, but my hours are down so I’ll do it myself. I don’t think the answer is to stop measuring utilization on a firm or individual basis. The metric is too important not too. But I do think the answer is two-fold: 1. On an individual level, be clear about what should be happening, and then provide direction on what to do if that is not what is happening. For example: “When everything is working well here, you should be spending 32 hours of a 40-hour week on client project work. If it looks like you’re going to honestly come up short, tell me and we’ll try to direct something your way. If we can’t, we’ll figure out together how to best fill your extra time.” 2. On an organization level, take responsibility as a manager and leader for the measurement and do the work to address structural and/or procedural and process problems in your firm. This year, resolve to measure a lot of things – including utilization – but be judicious about what you choose as targets for your people to hit. For help with this, or with any other business matter that might be vexing you, please give me a call. Our agents are standing by to assist you. Tom Godin is director of strategic planning at Zweig Group. Contact him at tgodin@ zweiggroup.com.
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