Writing Samples
The typical fight on a construction site takes an $11,000 bite
According to a study titled The Cost of Interpersonal Conflict in Construction published Dec., 2012 by the Center for Construction Research and Training, the average dispute on a construction jobsite costs nearly $11,000.
The study examined 41 disputes and noted how much it cost in lost time to deal with each dispute. Author Julie L. Brockman, PhD. concluded...
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How I know that a squall can cause profits to fall
Here’s an example of how interpersonal relationship problems drive up Construction costs. It comes from my personal experience as Rock Prep Foreman on the Belle, WV. Locks and Dam upgrade project from 2005 to 2007.
On a lock and dam job, water enters and exits the lock chamber through concrete-lined trenches cut into the bedrock. Each night, our crew trimmed the 15-foot deep trenches for line and grade...read more (450 words)A story about teamwork:
A construction boss ordered two laborers, Romeo and Ace, to lay some planks across a deep trench. After the boss left, Romeo and Ace disagreed on who would carry one end of each plank up the rocky path on the left side of the trench...read more (350 words)
A how-to: Turning a Film Into a Musical Play
Adapting a film to a Broadway-style musical may be more difficult than adapting a musical to film; certainly, there have been fewer film-to-musical adaptations. This paper will offer suggestions for adapting a typical commercial film to the musical stage. Three prior discussions will lead to these suggestions. First, some characteristics common to all drama will be...read more (4000 words)