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Terracon can offer to its clients .

“ As the market heads towards bigger foundation designs and larger turbines , the older , more commonly used foundations become functionally redundant ,” he says . “ And that ’ s what we want to do . To make things functionally redundant and ask the question , how can it be done better ? How can we improve our efficiency ? Let ’ s change the game completely . That ’ s what Terracon is all about .”

As part of a five-firm collaborative , Loftis owes a lot of his success in power generation and transmission to the collective efforts of that team . Loftis notes of the sense of brotherhood across the partnership , ensuring that each partner ’ s interests are accounted for , considered and accommodated . “ We share in the risk and we share in the reward ,” says Loftis .

And it ’ s an approach that extends outward to the client relationships .

“ We focus on our client ’ s biggest challenges , those hurdles keeping them from getting to the next step . Our goal is to assist in maximizing the prudent allocation of project development capital while minimizing capital at risk .” However , Loftis is not completely averse to risk . “ Our clients must be willing to take a risk to reach the next level . We will partner with them in managing the risk , but if their risk tolerance is too low , then the prospects for reward are bound to be lacklustre . To practice industry disruption you must

– Blair Loftis , Vice President - National Director , Power Generation & Transmission at Terracon

44 November 2017