“True Professionals pursuing Total Project Success for all

Stakeholders.” Personal philosophies of Mac Byers

� “TOTAL PROJECT SUCCESS” A systematic approach to understanding the goals and objectives of all

stakeholders and successfully pursuing and achieving those goals.

� “HOPE” is not a strategy! Hope only after you’ve done everything you can to control a situation. Until

then strategize everything.

� “FAIRNESS” prevails sooner or later. So, let’s get to it sooner than later! We will not pay an attorney a

dime.

� “THE BEST SOLUTION PROVIDER MAY NOT BE THE PROBLEM HOLDER” Your problem is everyone’s

problem. Everyone has the potential to be holding the best possible solution to any given problem. It

does take a team to get a project built successfully.

� “REPUTATION” is more valuable than gold! Unlike gold, once lost, you may not have the opportunity to

regain it again.

� “PICK UP THE PHONE” We are dealing with people not computers.

� “LET’S MEET” Face to face is better than phone to phone which is better than e-mail to e-mail.

� “SAFETY FIRST” Because everybody is working for something or someone other than “the job”. Every

worker deserves to go home in the same condition he arrived, except for being tired.

� “NO EXCUSES” The process of eliminating excuses! I want to hear them so we can work on getting rid

of them.

� “PROJECT CLOSEOUT STARTS WITH PROJECT AWARD” Construction is the process of closing out the

design and development of a construction concept. When it is done, we are done!

� “SEEK TO UNDERSTAND, THEN SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD” Understanding the other persons position

and reasoning is the first step of progress in resolving any issue.

� “FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION, EVEN IS YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO BLAME” Total success is the objective,

in spite of the failures of others, we overcome all obstacles.