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Best Practices – Managing Payments for Off-Site Construction
Managing payments in construction can be challenging, especially when dealing with off-site construction techniques like modular construction. Recently, I came across an insightful article on Lexology suggesting that developers or owners might need to…
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Industry Watch – How New Zealand is modifying it’s laws to protect subcontractors
In an article published by Mirage.news we learn of an Amendment to New Zealand’s Construction Contracts Acts of 2002. The Act which was initially enacted to prohibit conditional payment terms in construction contracts, has…
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Review – This Year’s AIA Conference was amazing. Here are highlights from A’23
It’s no longer enough to have one Architect a hand full of Engineers. Modern projects include dozens of new technologies and just as many design specialists. BIM technology, Biophilic design, lighting concepts, passive heating…
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Commentary – What will be the Construction trends in 2023
Our end of year newsletter covered a lot of ground. First we looked at the market conditions for end-of-year for 2022. Then we considered which of those conditions were expected to have the greatest…
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Commentary – What is likely to impact Construction in 2023 and What you can do to mitigate the impact
While we expect all of those factors to influence construction, there are two constraints that will be more impactful than the rest.
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Industry Watch – How the end of 2022 looked – The good, the bad, the ugly.
As we “slam-the-lid” on another year and bid a “not-so-fond” good riddance to 2022, the outlook for construction in 2023 seems bleak, but with some high spots.
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Commentary – How to find “Meaning” in your work and why some never do
I don’t really know what this young man’s experience has been, but I know mine, and finding “meaning” in my work has been easy. I love the construction industry and think it is a…
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Effective supplier relationship management
Owner’s who demand the highest standards of care and want to attract the best Suppliers are best served by more balanced contracts
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Higher price & cost volatility; mitigating the cost effects of the current inflationary environment.
Material volatility coupled with ever increasing labor costs, have made navigating the current market extremely difficult.
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