The best advice I was given when I joined Ames as a young project manager 27 years ago came from a superintendent who had been in the business for 30-plus years.
He told me, “The success of a project relies on the relationship and communication between you and the client, and little a** kissing can’t hurt either!”
With each new project and client comes new personalities and new challenges as we navigate their preferred systems of communication. We must learn to speak their language, learn their culture, and take time to understand their ideas. This will ensure that both parties can be proud of the work put into a project.
What makes Ames projects successful is our focus on building long-lasting relationships with our clients.
What makes Ames projects successful is our focus on building long-lasting relationships with our clients. We work with them not only to understand their vision and goals for the project, but to completely grasp the vision they have for their business/agency and embrace it as our own. We are very good problem solvers for our clients because we communicate. This goes for everyone on each of our project teams. We pride ourselves on completing projects on time, on budget, with the clients’ goals in mind.
The best advice I can give to those running a construction project is to really get know your project’s client/owner and communicate with them at a high level.
