To be a Construction Manager
To be a construction manager, one must be professional, courteous, diplomatic, caring, shrewd, persuasive, assertive, creative, understanding, responsible, slow to anger, adaptable, a Sherlock Holmes, a motivator, up-to-date, pleasant to look at, have a good memory, acute business judgment, emotional stability and the embodiment of virtue; (but with a good working knowledge of sin and evil in all it’s forms).
A construction manager must understand insurance, chemistry, selling, contracting, claims, law, medicine, travel, warranties, freeway closures and construction delays, Mother Nature and human nature.
In order to be a construction manager, you must be a coordinator, role model expert, resource, an educator, supportive of all workers, subcontractors, an advocate for the employer, the employee’s advocate and intermediary.
The construction manager must be a mind reader, able to predict the future, an optimist, a realist, have physical stamina, have a large bladder, must be an expert with machinery of all types, construction processes of every kind. He must know each new product, its application costs including labor and material, and it’s alternative; as well as the next generation of products with their release dates.
A construction manager must know the current and future costs of everything from a nail to a floor tile, an asphalt driveway to an articulated shower head, and be able to communicate this information with accuracy and efficiency, as well as know what the low bidder’s profit margin is. He needs to know the groundwater depth everywhere and how to anticipate or regulate the weather.
A construction manager must know all, see all, and tell nothing without the proper inspection sign off. They must know each inspector; their family history, their idiosyncrasies, their knowledge level, and their donuts preference.
To those of us who are Construction Managers- is this true or what?
The Mountain Haven Viewpoint
Dream Home
Mountain Haven works hard at delivering to each customer the home that they dreamed of. This requires being a good listener and communicating well with you; the customer. This important construction communication results in a home that is beautiful, well-designed and affordable. This is how you end up with your ‘Dream home’ instead of your ‘Nightmare’.
Attention To Detail
Paying attention to detail creates a project with fewer mistakes. It also creates a project of more opportunity, where improvements can be made before it’s too late. Organization, as well as orderly and timely phases of construction will make your construction project run smooth. We take the necessary time to consider your best alternatives. Mtn Haven sets a high standard of quality for itself. We have to meet that standard in order to be satisfied that you receive the value that is yours. We build as if it was our own.
Craftsmanship
We enjoy excellent workmanship and knowing that things are well built. To us a house is a form of art, not merely an implement of profit. A construction crew can be carefree brutes or craftsmen. At Mtn Haven we have craftsmen; people who are artists in their own field. Not only does Mtn Haven maintain a workforce of talented craftsmen, we also want them to be pleasant and trustworthy. Caring about how things are done means no hidden secrets behind your drywall and no expensive repairs years later.