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A Kaas Wilson Architects team meeting.
learning process,” he says. “I recall many conversations in which the final design decision had to be brought back to the reality of financial feasibility. And this is where the challenge is – being flexible enough in your thinking and your design approach to still make the project financially feasible for all project/industry partners involved.” Megits adds that’s he’s been lucky to have some strong industry/business partners, mentors, and even family members (his father has a PhD. in international business/ economics). “All of these people have helped me to hone my business thinking and approach to decision making,” he shares. And he says that there have been many lessons learned along the way, but one that stands out in particular – learning how to slow down and listen. “Listen to a colleague, client, contractor, etc. and really find out where that person is coming from,” he says. “As an architect I was under the impression that everyone was just like me, and that they’d do exactly what I said. Wrong. There’s not a single completed project that doesn’t involve a team of people who offer different perspectives and come from different cultural and professional backgrounds. We all need to work together to achieve our goals. Now our clients say, ‘You really heard us.’”
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hopes that KWA will be able to introduce the U.S.’s approach to production-based housing through new building techniques and technologies. “There’s not a single completed project that doesn’t involve a team of people who offer different perspectives and come from different cultural and professional backgrounds. We all need to work together to achieve our goals.” “Not only am I a proud American citizen, but I was also born in Ukraine and have many family members who still live there,” he says. “Many have been directly impacted by the war and I want to help them to rebuild and to have the ability to provide cost-effective housing for the masses quickly.” Since being CEO, he says that one of his top challenges has been guiding incremental growth of the organization – building the organizational framework to allow for future growth while maintaining the company’s fundamental culture and core values. “Making the switch from design and theoretical approaches to a more practical business mindset has been a
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■ Adaptive reuse EXPERIENCE: KWA’s leadership team has more than 130 years of cumulative experience in the industry; this is a great source of pride for the KWA team.
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