Reflections on the Government Shutdown

By Gordian / January 25, 2019

Thankfully, the Federal Government shutdown came to at least a temporary end this afternoon after more than 30 days. The longest Federal government shutdown in history left a lot of people in limbo. Some of those affected are Gordian clients, people the Federal Solutions team has worked with for years. Since the shutdown began, Lisa Cooley’s Federal Solutions team has been endeavoring to understand the impacts on the agencies we serve. Through all of the numbers and risk quantification, they never lost sight of the human element—our valued clients.

5 Construction Project Planning Tips for the Public Sector

By Gordian / January 15, 2019

Summer isn’t just beach season — it’s peak construction season. For local, city and state officials, the planning stage of summer construction projects is already underway. Here’s what public sector professionals can do now with construction project planning to set themselves up for success in the summer.

Top Resources of 2018: Building Insights

By Gordian / December 24, 2018

As we prepare for a new year, we want to countdown our top ten resources for 2018, to make sure you didn’t miss out on our most popular topics and insights. We put our hard hats on, counted on the data and asked a lot of questions to provide you with more answers than ever before.

9 Tips to Get the Right Data for Your Procurement Business Case

By Gordian / November 27, 2018

By providing context to your organization’s problems and focusing on solutions, the right data can fuel strategic procurement conversations. Make your business case and truly change the conversation around procurement within your organization.

In Brief: Next-Gen Job Order Contracting Federal

By Gordian / October 5, 2018

The path is paved for a transformation of unit price contracts into broader and more powerful tools. A recent article in The Military Engineer’s (TME) September- October issue takes a closer look at next-gen Job Order Contracting for Federal applications.

Going Lean: Trimming Waste and Strengthening Partnerships with JOC

By Gordian / July 18, 2018

There is a trend towards more collaborative processes throughout the construction industry to avoid the communication silos that crop up with traditional delivery methods. One of Gordian’s Enterprise Account Executives, David Rasberry, explains the connections between Job Order Contracting and Integrated Project Delivery and how to achieve Lean Construction with JOC.

Reshaping the Regulatory Environment to Improve Construction Productivity

By Gordian / June 28, 2018

If construction productivity is to experience the type of growth other industries, such as manufacturing, have experienced, government regulation needs to evolve. Our Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs explains five changes governments could make to add productivity to the construction industry.

Key Takeaways – Facilities Maintenance: Failure to Plan Is Planning to Fail

By Gordian / June 8, 2018

David Spooner, Manager of Facilities for Duluth Public Schools and Dwayne Pierre-Antoine, Gordian Regional Director, co-presented “Facilities Maintenance: Failure to Plan Is Planning to Fail,” a webinar hosted in partnership with Facility Executive. Read a few key takeaways from the webinar.

Safety Sucks… and Other Procurement Lessons Learned from the Cockpit

By Gordian / March 29, 2018

As Procurement Month winds down, our Enterprise Business General Manager, Scott Smith, who also serves as Vice Chair for The Institute of Public Procurement (NIGP) Business Council, applies his lessons learned as a naval aviator to best practices in public procurement.

In Brief: Innovative Technique Keeps Costs from “Going Through the Roof”

By Gordian / March 15, 2018

A recent newsletter from National Joint Alliance® (NJPA) featured a case study highlighting how Gordian’s ezIQC® solution saved the City of Concord hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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