Managing Commercial Construction has never been more difficult. The projects are more complex, there are a lot more players contractually involved in each project (trade contractors instead of old school GC’s), and the industry is as litigious as it has ever ...
When you deal with some of the most complex projects in the world, things will come up and mistakes will happen. What drives people crazy isn’t the initial mistake, but rather the cascade of poor decision making that takes a relatively simple delay and makes it ...
Whether you believe it or not, the project schedule is probably the most important document in all of construction. Not only is it important to plan and manage the job, but it also facilitates better decisions through data analytics of the information contained. ...
Most people involved in the construction industry, whether it is the owner or contractor, have accepted the reality that projects go over budget and get delayed. That’s why there is a contingency budget. Accepting that reality is a big reason why the industry is ...
Many contractors cringe at the thought of sharing the construction schedule with owners. I am not talking about the .pdf file that is shared monthly in the progress reports —the one that is so carefully formatted, often times hiding the total float column and ...