This kind of simple-minded reporting casts otherwise good contracting models in a bad light and create negative impressions that persist well beyond the context of this project.
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Happy Thanksgiving – Goal Setting – How Bill Bartmann Sets Goals for Achieving Anything.
I began searching through the internet for a set of goal setting rules to help inspire and motivate me.
Industry Watch – Procurement Models – How a Biased Report is Casting a Negative Light on a Perfectly Viable Procurement Model that Ensures Only The Most Qualified Contractors Bid Work.
These characterizations and the terms used to describe them, show a fundamental ignorance about these procurement concepts and how they work.
Industry Watch – Social Procurement – How Political Do-Goodery Is Affecting Procurement And What Procurement Professionals Need to Do About It.
A City Administrator in Calgary is pushing forward a recommendation that the City adopt social concerns as part of their procurement system.
ProcureCon 2020 – I’m Speaking – Why This Year’s ProcureCon Facilities Conference Will be Great!
This year’s conference seems to be the most comprehensive event yet.
Industry Watch – Late Payments – How the Construction Industry is Working to Mitigate the Impact of Late Payments and What Owners Need to be Leery of.
The problem has been building for a long time and it all came to a head in January 2018 when the second largest construction company in the UK (Carillion) went bankrupt.
Best Practices – Project Management – Why You Can’t Estimate Project Management Like Other Costs and What You Can Do About That.
Even though this is more common, rate based pricing is still too subjective.
Book Review – The 4 hour Workweek – Sounds Good! But It’s Not for Me!
The book is ripe with principles to adopt. It’s pretty much a blueprint for changing your life.
Best Practices – Negotiations – How An Accusation Audit Can Help you Win a Negotiation and Why Cops Shouldn’t Use This Tactic on Little Old Ladies
It was obvious that the damage happened as a result of her hitting the curb. I then tried to ask her what happened and she just looked at me with bewilderment.
Best Practices – Retainage – How Contractors are Avoiding Retainage and How it Hurts Owners.
This had the net effect of holding back the Contractor’s entire fee as a guarantee that they would complete the work.
Best Practices – Contracts – Why You DON’T Want a Detailed Cost Break-down in Your Stipulated Sum Contract.
Be sure that when you move into contracting, you have a firm understanding of how your contract is structured.
Industry Watch – Construction Safety – It Is Not The “Other Guy’s” Responsibility!
Everyone from Laborers to Architects have a fundamentally principle duty to ensure everyone on a construction site is safe.