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teamwork, with all striving to deliver on the
owner’s goals through their group aware-
ness of their respective roles, the available
resources and requirements necessary to ful-
fill the objective. “It’s important to select a
proper team,” says Ruether. “They have to be
able to listen and communicate with each
other...and leave their egos at the door.”
Ruether says the project owner gains
everything by being able to step away from
the liability and harness the power of a team
which “circles the wagons” around comple-
tion of the goals, a process that is much more
effective than simply hiring autonomous ar-
chitects, builders and subcontractors who
might otherwise function with different
agendas or ideas about what needs to be
done, and how to do it? “The training that
led us to grasping the concepts of design/
build has been critical to growing our com-
pany, and it has helped us earn respect from
numerous contractors, engineering and ar-
chitectural firms,” says Ruether.
The Bell Company’s efficiencies in De-
