The People Problem: How I Resolve Conflict on Construction Projects
Handling difficult people Beaver Run Water Treatment Plant I pray for them. Not everyone that rubs me the wrong way. But every once in a while, I'll pray for them. I was involved in building a 25-million-dollar Water treatment plant outside Pittsburgh. We contracted with a Concrete Trade that sent a cantankerous malcontent superintendent named Paul to our job site. I was involved with him from time to time as we purchased separately the reinforcing steel for this project. We bought 25 thousand tons of rebar from a firm in Pittsburgh, and I coordinated the deliveries and oversaw the correct placement with his rodbusters. One day I was reviewing the rebar installation of a slab for the clarifier bay and noticed that the Rodbusters had installed the wrong stack of rebar. I notified the rodbusters foreman. He stated that Paul had told them to place this rebar. I would have...