When negotiating a project in the private world (not municipal) it seems very self evident that design build with an amendment price is the best for all parties. The customer can designate a fixed cost and its up to the design build agent to hit the target or the project will never be constructed. The risk is shared. Honor and trust is required by both, a true partnership. It is amazing that any sound minded professional would believe a hard bid will result in the best possib

Other than the fiscal season coming to a close, the beginning of a new year is truly important. If your anything like me, you measure everything. This is an opportunity to take stock on what happened the last 12 months in a effort to celebrate what went right and what we can do to improve next year. I think most importantly it is an opportunity to reflect and hope for a better future. Remember, hope alone will not make a better future. Proven strategies are the path to a brig

Charles Darwin Had Shitty Handwriting too.

When we discuss efficiency what we really mean is being organized and doing more with less. Efficient people get more accomplished in less time. When they say a MLB pitcher is being efficient they mean he is using the least amount of pitches to get the most batters out. When a car is more efficient it goes further on less fuel and overall cost. Why not work on being more efficient with everything we do? Don't just work hard, work hard on being efficient. I hate when people as

If you believe that these 3 factors can coexist in a construction project then you truly do not have a firm grasp of reality. You can attain the most competitive price and demand speed but it will be at the sacrifice of quality of the end product. Humans are not able to provide these 3 factors within the confines of a single project or product. Apply this concept to any of your projects and you will start to see its accuracy. Run this by any vendor or sub contractor and you w

If you don't believe details matter, then why is it that the most sought after people within any given industry are typically the most focused on the fine details of their craft. For some reason human behavior prefers to pass the responsibility of handling the minutia of any project to the next person in line. Maybe its boring or just cumbersome to do so. It's true not all leaders have the time or resources to handle the details of every facet of everything or else they would