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		<title>VN Services&#8217; Annual Company Renewal</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/general/vn-services-annual-company-renewal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/general/vn-services-annual-company-renewal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Chalmers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analyzing construction projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Vail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland's Historic West Side Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diana Chalmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diana J. Chalmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FirstEnergy Powerhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph W. Morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M. Tucker Elliott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Leach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard P. Leach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert L. Vail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Vail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Great Lakes Brew Pub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greater Cleveland Aquarium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The West Side Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucker Elliott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VN Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welshfield Inn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On April 5 &#38; 6 we held our annual two day renewal at Welshfield Inn in Burton, Ohio.  The renewal is an important tool in our internal management process, where we apply our expertise in analyzing construction projects to our own company, by reviewing the previous year&#8217;s successes and its bloopers.
Historically, we have learned that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Vail Recognized as Distinguished Alumnus</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/general/bob-vail-recognized-as-distinguished-alumnus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/general/bob-vail-recognized-as-distinguished-alumnus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Chalmers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Vail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campus planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Distinguished Alumnus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facilities planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gow School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Vail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert L. Vail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Vail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Gow School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vail Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VN Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[


Bob and Lynn Vail attended The Gow School’s Annual Alumni Dinner on October 15, 2011,where Bob was recognized as Gow’s 2011 Distinguished Alumnus winner.
Bob graduated from Gow, a college preparatory school for boys with dyslexia and similar language based learning disabilities, in 1968 and has served as a member of Gow’s Board of Trustees since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Back Joe Morris!</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/welcome-back-joe-morris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/welcome-back-joe-morris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Chalmers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesterland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPM scheduling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit DHOUP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHOUP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph W. Morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon DHOUP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Petroleum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon Petroleum Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project scheduling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VN Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We want to welcome back our colleague, Joe Morris, who has spent the past year doing the CPM scheduling for one of our clients at the Detroit Heavy Oil Upgrade Project (DHOUP) for the Marathon Petroleum Company.  He better be careful…. you never know what kind of varmints may have moved into his space while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucker Elliott attends 2011 Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) Annual Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/construction-claims/tucker-elliott-attends-2011-dispute-resolution-board-foundation-drbf-annual-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/construction-claims/tucker-elliott-attends-2011-dispute-resolution-board-foundation-drbf-annual-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Chalmers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction Claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dispute Resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arbitration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction dispute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction dispute resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DBRF]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dispute resolution boards provide significant reduction in cost and schedule overruns and in many cases helps a project come in under budget and ahead of schedule.]]></description>
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		<title>Tucker Elliott travels to Qatar &amp; Amman</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/tucker-elliott-travels-to-qatar-amman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/tucker-elliott-travels-to-qatar-amman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Chalmers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction Claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iftar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persian Gulf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ramadan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rotana Hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rotana Hotel Baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucker Elliott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vail Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VN Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VNI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


Tucker Elliott just got back from his trip to Amman, Jordan and Doha, Qatar. The Amman trip was a quarterly meeting for VNI’s Rotana Hotel Project in Baghdad, where we are the Owners’ Reps. He then went to Qatar to discuss possible work on upcoming projects, as there is a great deal of new construction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Rememberance of R. Charles (Chuck) VerMerris</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/general/in-rememberance-of-r-charles-chuck-vermerris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/general/in-rememberance-of-r-charles-chuck-vermerris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Chalmers</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles (Chuck) VerMerris]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vn-services.com/blog/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We at VN Services and VN International are saddened to announce the recent passing of Charles (Chuck) VerMerris.
Chuck has been an advisor to VN Services and VN International for more than 15 years.  His passing signifies the loss of a close friend, company adviser and very special fellow human traveler, in my life and in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Leach Becomes a Principal Owner</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/41/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/41/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Chalmers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global project management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mr. Leach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Leach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard P. Leach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VN International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VN International LLC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VN Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that Richard P. Leach has become a principal owner of VN Services, Inc. and VN International LLC.
Mr. Leach has been with VN since 1988, and is Vice President of Project Control &#38; Support.  Mr. Leach has played a significant role in helping VN emerge as a growing leader in global project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding Construction Claims 101</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/construction-claims/avoiding-construction-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/construction-claims/avoiding-construction-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Construction Claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons construction disputes develop during projects, and almost as many reasons why those disputes can elevate into a construction claim situation. Regardless of how the dispute initially developed, the inability to resolve it amicably and without litigation can almost always be traced back to poor communication by at least one of the parties, and often all of the parties, involved. Too often we either don’t communicate at all, or ineffectively at best. We think a matter is not important enough to take a moment and explain it or we assume the information conveyed is received and understood as intended. Often it is not.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Steps to Help Construction Management Companies Keep pace with a Changing World</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/5-steps-to-help-construction-management-companies-keep-pace-with-a-changing-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/5-steps-to-help-construction-management-companies-keep-pace-with-a-changing-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Construction Management Companies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We often hear construction management companies say they have a hard time instituting much needed changes. Why do organizations struggle to implement such changes, changes that would be beneficial? In most cases they are trying to change actions rather than behavior; treating the symptoms rather than curing the disease.

Change is difficult because it requires us to move from a realm of comfort to embracing the unknown. Human nature is to avoid change in favor of the status quo, even when the current situation is less than ideal.
]]></description>
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		<title>Using Punch Lists to close out a Construction Project</title>
		<link>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/how-global-services-can-benefit-your-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vn-services.com/blog/project-management/how-global-services-can-benefit-your-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punch Lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VN Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the construction industry a contractor has to deal with many stresses such as time and budget when trying to close out a construction project. Punch lists are great tools that can make the closing procedures of a project go smoother. A punch list is a record that is comprised of all of the minor activities that need to be completed when closing out a construction project.  Usually, these activities are minor, but it is very common for unresolved punch list items to cause huge problems. ]]></description>
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