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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!: Don't Blame the Worker</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[A recent article from an engineering journal has shed some new light on an age old issue-the drop of productivity in construction. The article is titled &#8220;Don&#8217;t Blame the Worker.&#8221;]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!  </title>
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        <![CDATA[<em>Walls &amp; Ceilings</em> magazine has published a few stories about the &#8220;Underground Economy&#8221; and &#8220;Misclassification&#8221; in recently.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[Bill Rogers wrote a story on customer service that struck me as &#8220;what-a-coincidence.&#8221; I recently had some work done on my home. We needed a stairway remodel and I may be a plasterer, but truly awful at finish woodworking. My wife and I got two bids, and like Bill experienced, they wanted money up front.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:56:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO: A city takes a pay cut</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[Redlands is a city in California, and like all cities, they are suffering through a budget crisis. Unlike other cities though, there are no lay-offs. The reason is all city employees agreed to take a 10 percent pay-cut to meet the budget shortfall.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:12:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO: Levels of Finish</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[This is an ongoing debate with the drywall industry. What is a true level 5, skim coat joint compound, drywall primer that equalizes porosity or a proprietary product?]]>
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      <guid>http://www.wconline.com/blogs/14/post/85709</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO: Chinese Drywall</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[The news about Chinese drywall omiting a
sulphur gas and corroding wiring in homes and making people ill is not what our
industry needs. It appears the problem is confined to South Florida. My question
is: Is this for real?      ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:04:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO: Bail Outs</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[My question is, where is our bailout? I, like everyone I
talk to, has mixed feelings about the bailout money. For the car
companies,&nbsp;it would certainly hurt for them to go under. But what was
management and labor thinking? The gravy train would last forever?  ]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:39:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO: What's in a Name?</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[It is odd how a name sticks. Sometimes really sticks. For example, casing bead for stucco is still called &#8220;Milcore&#8221; in many areas of California.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:23:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO: New Hope?</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[I was walking along Venice Beach in California recently. I noticed a lot of Obama shirts for sale by vendors, among the rows of tattoo parlors, head shops and other alternative services.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:50:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO: Magnificent Seven</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[There has been some controversy over the article I wrote titled "Magnificent Seven."]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO: Snowball Express</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[I recently flew back to Orange County on Southwest Airlines. I boarded very late and to my surprise the plane was filled young children. I sat next to a young mother and her daughter Mika who were with group called &#8220; Snowball Express&#8221; a group that provides a Christmas vacation to families who have lost a parent in the Iraq conflict.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:38:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On Your Mark, Get Set, GO!: Don't forget Your customers</title>
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        <![CDATA[A poor service or small hiccup can be an opportunity or catastrophe for a company. So while you focus on new customers, do not forget the ones you have had for years.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:08:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>On your Mark, Get Set, GO: The Future for EIMA</title>
      <author>Mark@markfowler.org (Mark Fowler)</author>
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        <![CDATA[Steve Klamke, director of EIMA, has announced he is leaving the organization and no one is sure where or what will happen to EIMA. This group has been instrumental in securing a future for EIFS and leadership is needed for continued success.]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
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