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cine Center, for example, Ran-
dy says all those stakeholders
enjoyed a “very cohesive at-
mosphere.”
“Everyone had the same goal
in mind, which was to make
this a very good project for
everybody,” he says. “It was a
true collaboration. There was
no bickering, there was no ‘I
have to get mine done, you
wait your turn.’ It was all about
what was better for the proj-
ect. Everyone was on board
with that from the very begin-
ning.”
“You could go to anybody’s
office and sit down and have
a productive conversation,”
he adds. “It was never ‘me vs.
you,’ it was always ‘what can
we both do to help.’”
In many cases, the relation-
ships on that project were
brand new, which makes that
quick cohesion particularly im-
pressive.
“From day one, everyone did
what they said they were go-
ing to do,” Randy says. “Every-
one was a man of their word,
or lady of their word. We could
trust each other. And the rela-
tionships we built were lasting
– I haven’t been on the project
in several months, but I still
talk with many of the people I
met on that job.”
So how did TDIndustries build
that trust in such a short
amount of time? Randy cred-
its it to the transparency and
honesty that everyone exhibit-
ed from the first meeting. He
says building trust, especially
in a construction environment,
is “all about open and honest
communication.”
John adds that it’s especial-
ly important to maintain that
honesty in the face of chal-
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