b'I Get By With a Little Help from My Friends: UTILIZING PERSONALITY PROFILES TO ASSEMBLE HIGH-PERFORMING PROJECT TEAMS FOR CONSTRUCTIONBY DR. AWAD HANNA, CALOB LIMBERG, JACK MORRISON, ALEXA RADEMACHERF construction projects, life beginsfactor frequently cited as contributory to thatscheduling,costcontrol,changemanage-For many asaseriesofspecificationsanddrawingssuccessisthegreatteam.But,naturally,ment, etc.) have been thoroughly analyzed. solicited for bid or proposal. However, it isforward-minded contractors wondered if theBut, perhaps, not enough attention has been not until the project team coalesces and theeffect of a project team could be quantified,paid to the personnel side of the equation. project begins to pick up steam that a projectmeasured and forecast in such a way that itCertainly, some studies have examined team truly feels alive. The project teams memberscould be leveraged for improvement.dynamics, but those that have done so util-may encapsulate a cross-functional snapshotVolumes of research have been published onized surveys or case studies and lacked the ofanorganization,asalarge-scaleprojectthe declining trends in construction produc- quantitative modelling necessary to affirma-will involve stakeholders from nearly everytivity, and indeed nearly every aspect of thetively state the ability of personality traits to business unitand in successful projects, ameansandmethodsofconstruction(i.e.,impact project success. www.ecao.org22'