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Northampton Community College
Student Services & Food Court Renovations 
Fast-track schedule on a competive bid project
Today in "Consider This"
Solving The Building Owner's Construction Challenge:
Integrated Project Delivery - The Next Evolution
in Better Design and Construction for Owners.
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Mike OndraWelcome to our third monthly e-newsletter.
 
We hope you have found these newsletters informative and useful as we attempt to cull relevant construction industry issues and trends for you.
 
We also appreciate the opportunity to show you something about who we are, what we are doing, and how we serve our clients.
 
With this 3rd edition I would like to test our readers to see if this effort is valued and effective at promoting Ondra-Huyett. Please click on the OHA Survey link either here or at the end of the newsletter and complete a brief set of questions about our newsletter.  We would really appreciate your feedback.
 
With this 3rd edition, I would very much value knowing your impression of this effort.  Your answers to 6 questions will help guide us in making this newsletter even more useful to our business friends. Please click here to answer 6 questions. Ondra-Huyett Nov 2009 Survey  

Please don't hesitate to phone me directly if I can help you or your associates with any construction needs.
 
Thank you. 

Mike
Mike Ondra, President
610 366-1709 x 228   
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When Ondra-Huyett learned in late 2008 that Penn State might be moving its Lehigh Valley Campus from Fogelsville to the Center Valley building, we knew we had to be a part of the construction process.  With so many PSU grads at Ondra-Huyett, this was a project to win, perform well and have our good name a part of the new campus. 

 "We don't do a lot of public bid work, but our Penn State staff including Director of Project Management Robin Hoover, PSU '82, Sr. Project Manager Jim Eck, PSU '95 and Project Manager Mark Yatcilla, PSU '97  said we had to do the construction.  I guess its a Nittney Pride thing," said Mike Ondra.

Penn State awarded three separate construction projects for the new campus.  Ondra-Huyett competed against many of the most eager construction firms in Eastern Pa to win the largest of the three contracts -- the chemistry and biology labs and classrooms.
 
Speaking at one of the recent public opening events, Chancellor Ann Williams Ed.D. commended Ondra-Huyett and all the construction people who delivered the project saying, "Ondra-Huyett did an outstanding job building these facilities.  It's amazing what these folks can do on a very tight schedule." 

 
ConsiderThisConsider This
Solving The Building Owner's Construction Challenge:
 
Integrated Project Delivery - The Next Evolution in Design and Construction for Owners.
 

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a project delivery approach that integrates people, systems, business structures and practices into a process that collaboratively harnesses the talents and insights of all participants to reduce waste and optimize efficiency through all phases of design, fabrication and construction. (Working definition from AIA California Council)

Throughout 2009, Ondra Huyett met with a number of local architecture firms to present and discuss the concepts of Integrated Project Delivery.  Those discussions have lead to a better understanding from industrial professionals as to how architects, engineers, constructors and trade contractors can work together to deliver better construction projects for owners.

A summary of our comments can be viewed by clicking Integrated Project Delivery. 

 
    • IndustryNewsIndustry News
    Expert Decries Shortcomings of Conventional Construction Delivery
     
    Attorney Barry Lepatner's 2007 book, Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to fix America's Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry provides his insights from 25 years of representing owners and developers.
     
    Broken BuildingsHe decries the shortcomings of conventional construction delivery and offers his prescriptions for improving the industry. His key expectations are that budgets and schedules will be met, no surprises, and that information be truly shared among all team members to ensure fully informed decisions.
     
    Lepatner envisions intermediaries, firms that reduce the amount of asymmetric information between owners and constructors, and drive the process to achieve budget and schedule goals. He feels that, "construction managers working collaboratively with architects could become the industry's most important intermediary." It is that intermediary role that Ondra-Huyett Associates aspires to.
          
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    The Hammer Guy...
     
    Of all the infomation we provided in our last newsletter,
    we got a lot of great feedback about this video.
     
    We call him "The Hammer Guy." 
     Now maybe we're just construction nerds. 
    Or, maybe we're a little jealous.   
    Or, maybe we've been on the job too long. 
    Anyway, we find this 53 second video...
    well, somewhat amusing.
     
     
    TodayatOHAToday At Ondra-Huyett
    We're Honored!
    Our peers in the architecture, engineering and construction industry have selected Ondra-Huyett to receive two ABC Excellence in Construction Awards for projects built in 2009.
     
    Award Winning Projects
       
    CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
     
    Green Building Conference Flyer 5 1 09      Green Building Conference Flyer 5 1 09
    Northampton Community College
    Food Court & Student Services Renovations
    Institutional Construction Under $2 Million     
     
    GENERAL CONTRACTING
     
    Green Building Conference Flyer 5 1 09      Green Building Conference Flyer 5 1 09
     The Hartford, Allentown
    Call Center Renovations
    Commercial Construction Under $2 Million
    ABC Eagle 
    Congratulations to All the 2009 Excellence in Construction Winners
    Special thanks to all the Subcontractors, Vendors and, Design Professionals who worked with Ondra-Huyett to build these Award Winning Facilities
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    Among the premier construction firms in the Lehigh Valley & Eastern PA, Ondra-Huyett has achieved an extraordinary reputation for satisfying clients' goals in construction quality, project schedule & project cost. For more information or to give us feedback on this e-newsletter, contact us by email, phone or mail.
     
    We would appreciate your taking the time to complete our survey about the newsletter by clicking on the following link - Ondra-Huyett Nov 2009 Survey. 
     
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    Allentown, PA  18106
     
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