WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:01.930 So, my name is Lisa Movin, 2 00:00:01.930 --> 00:00:03.610 and I work for Turner Construction. 3 00:00:03.610 --> 00:00:05.812 I'm a project manager and we do 4 00:00:05.812 --> 00:00:08.050 construction management generally, 5 00:00:08.050 --> 00:00:10.550 line:15% which is commercial real estate, and that involves 6 00:00:10.550 --> 00:00:13.710 line:15% commercial buildings, higher education buildings, 7 00:00:13.710 --> 00:00:16.180 line:15% medical facilities, and the gambit. 8 00:00:16.180 --> 00:00:20.600 line:15% We typically do everything outside of residential buildings, 9 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:24.540 and when I say residential, I mean mainly houses or condos. 10 00:00:24.540 --> 00:00:27.062 We will do rental properties. 11 00:00:27.062 --> 00:00:30.020 line:15% For my role, my role isn't specific on this one, 12 00:00:30.020 --> 00:00:33.410 line:15% but essentially, I think a project manager is responsible 13 00:00:33.410 --> 00:00:35.790 line:15% to making sure that the team has the resources 14 00:00:35.790 --> 00:00:37.960 line:15% that they need to do their work successfully. 15 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:40.780 line:15% You have different engineers and project superintendents 16 00:00:40.780 --> 00:00:45.580 that can run the day to day work of the job and the project 17 00:00:45.580 --> 00:00:47.360 to make sure it runs efficiently, 18 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:49.860 and we're like the glue that can make sure 19 00:00:49.860 --> 00:00:52.360 that everyone has the little feedback 20 00:00:52.360 --> 00:00:55.320 line:15% or the items that they need to all pull it all together. 21 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:58.807 line:15% We're kind of coordination and overall management of it. 22 00:00:58.807 --> 00:01:00.970 line:15% Well, I go in with a plan everyday 23 00:01:00.970 --> 00:01:04.183 line:15% and I go in and make my plan, and usually, if I'm lucky, 24 00:01:04.183 --> 00:01:07.790 line:15% I get two items done out of my full list of things. 25 00:01:07.790 --> 00:01:11.310 line:15% So things that come up especially as 26 00:01:11.310 --> 00:01:13.983 when I'm doing my role as project manager of engineering, 27 00:01:13.983 --> 00:01:16.260 in construction, the two aspects is 28 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:18.676 the physical aspect of actually building the job 29 00:01:18.676 --> 00:01:22.980 on the project site and there's the engineering side, 30 00:01:22.980 --> 00:01:24.720 that's building the project on paper. 31 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:26.560 So I'm responsible for the engineers 32 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:28.500 that are building the job on paper. 33 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:31.500 One of the things that come up is, "I haven't gotten paid 34 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:33.400 line:15% in a couple of months, what's going on?" 35 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:35.280 line:15% This is a self contractor calling me, 36 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:38.070 line:15% so now I have to make sure to cover all the bases 37 00:01:38.070 --> 00:01:40.400 line:15% and check into why that person hasn't been paid 38 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:43.828 line:15% and make sure the obstacles that are in his way, 39 00:01:43.828 --> 00:01:46.550 preventing him from getting paid are cleared away. 40 00:01:46.550 --> 00:01:50.300 There's the other things about, "What's next in my career, 41 00:01:50.300 --> 00:01:52.200 how can you help me get there?" 42 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:54.400 So I have to make sure that my staff 43 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:56.280 also is getting the right feedback 44 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:58.290 and the right information that they can 45 00:01:58.290 --> 00:02:00.240 continue to grow and advance in their careers. 46 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:02.580 line:15% So those are some of the things that I deal with daily, 47 00:02:02.580 --> 00:02:06.610 line:15% or somebody's angry and they need someone to talk to 48 00:02:06.610 --> 00:02:09.587 line:15% to reassure them that everything's going okay. 49 00:02:09.587 --> 00:02:11.480 line:15% "What can you do, what should I do?" 50 00:02:11.480 --> 00:02:14.063 I need to get them on site, here's what you should do. 51 00:02:14.063 --> 00:02:15.463 It just, it varies everyday.