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HEADQUARTERS: Dallas, TX NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 112
YEAR FOUNDED: 1984 OFFICE LOCATIONS: 5 MARKETS:
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JQ Engineering staff in Houston participated in the firm’s annual Day of Service initiative, which creates opportunities for employees to help local non-profits while bringing the firm’s teams together within their respective communities.
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“I had to wear my ‘lawyer’ hat and successfully challenged how we provided documentation over the course of the project and handled our responsibilities to address each of the items they claimed,” Ramakrishnan says. “At project closeout, it was determined that we were not responsible for any of the claims. It was stressful at the time, but I was relieved the project turned out a success, and we didn’t get branded with a scarlet letter at completion.” Moving forward, Ramakrishnan is focused on developing more collaborative, contractor and owner-aligned projects, so that there are fewer bureaucratic pitfalls and less contention regarding where responsibility lies. CULTURAL TENETS. Overall, the culture at JQ, now IMEG aligns with their mission statement: “Achieving excellence in pursuit of a better community.” Its cultural tenets are:
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, from page 9
Distribution and manufacturing Evaluation and forensics
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members in group settings and one-on-one, as well as how to maintain balanced expectations among staff to increase their reliability on each other. Each of us has built-in strengths and weaknesses, so it took a while for me to acknowledge my own limitations in order to change how I interacted with team members,” he says. As a result of lessons learned, he’s heavily dedicated to mentoring upcoming people managers to reset their philosophy from “follow how I do things” to instead leaning toward accommodating independent thinkers and developing trust on how a differing approach can still be beneficial. “This is a passion of mine because my focus in the workplace has always been toward enjoying the company you keep and not considering the people around you as cogs to increase company profitability or a manager’s own self-promotion,” he says. “As everyone knows, you don’t have much of a culture if you’re surrounded by a group of ‘mini-me’s.’” To date, one of his greatest project challenges had to do with a higher education client. JQ, now IMEG, was tasked with supplying early structural packages for a large building that had several various complexities to accommodate building isolation joints, large volume spaces, and sequencing for maintaining project schedule. Despite going through some coordination challenges, the construction manager at-risk claimed that JQ, now IMEG, was responsible for close to $1 million in change orders and/or increased requirements.
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Hospitality
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K-12
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Living
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The challenge should be fun.
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Our work is our reward.
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Progress is our passion.
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■ All are welcome and all contribute. Ramakrishnan is happy to be part of a culture and company that places high priority on supporting social causes and its employees. Whether it’s working against the clock to meet a deadline, giving back, or kicking back, making time to lead meaningful lives is at the core of everything it does.
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THE ZWEIG LETTER APRIL 15, 2024, ISSUE 1533
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