A Chat with Tiffany Boston, Assistant Superintendent at Skanska

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Team building, applying military practices on the civilian jobsite By Chris Maday Schmidt With a background in construction, contract management and safety and risk management, Tiffany Boston, assistant superintendent at Skanska, first became interested in the construction industry while she attended West Point and took engineering classes. Boston shares a snapshot of her life as a superintendent in the Army in Bagram, Afghanistan, and her techniques for team building and fostering safety on the jobsite. (Q) Your background includes several military safety certificates—how have you applied your safety expertise in your position with Skanska? That training and experience gave me … Read more

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A Chat with Greg Hellem, Superintendent at Forté Specialty Contractors

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By Chris Schmidt A more than 30-year construction industry veteran, Greg Hellem recently joined Forté Specialty Contractors as superintendent. In this position, Hellem is responsible for providing leadership and supervision to the onsite staff. His first project with Forté has been working on Wynn’s newest nightclub, Intrigue, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is accountable for assisting the project scheduling managers in developing and refining the project schedule—as well as the planning and review of the construction program—including quality control procedures and safety and security practices. Hellem discusses his transition from teacher in a school to teacher on the jobsite and his … Read more

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