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The Innovation of Others Can Be Your Gain

by VMS, Inc.|18 April 201918 April 2019|Editorials, Featured

Change can be scary. Change can be especially scary when you’re not the one who is instigating the change. Throughout history, there have been many instances when a new idea was broadcasted, and the creator subsequently vilified as a disruptor...

Three Questions to Ask to Avoid the Pitfalls of Institutional Lore

by VMS, Inc.|13 March 201913 March 2019|Editorials, Featured

I have a real issue with the very concept of conventional wisdom. Maybe it’s the fact that the very term “everyone knows” is begging the question “Does everyone know? Because I sure as heck don’t.” This gives rise to the...

5 Ways to Make Space For Change

by VMS, Inc.|16 January 201918 April 2019|Editorials, Featured

I don’t know if I’m alone in this thought, but I’m glad that 2018 is over. Last year not only flew by, but it did so with so many whips and curves that my neck has developed a permanent kink....

A Look Back at 2018

by VMS, Inc.|26 December 201813 June 2024|Company News, Featured

2018 was a busy year at VMS. We led over 100 Value Engineering studies, 26 Design Charrettes/FACDs, 17 Business Process Improvement studies, 13 Project Controls projects, 8 Risk workshops, 6 Trainings, and 2 Cost Estimating projects. And this was in...

Value, Defined

by VMS, Inc.|15 November 201813 June 2024|Editorials, Featured

At VMS we work to improve the value of all our client’s projects But what exactly is value? Our technical definition of value is the relationship between performance, cost, time, and risk in accomplishing a function or set of functions. ...