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Industry Watch – Payment Protection – Why the US and Other Leading Nations Need Payment Protection Legislation and What Procurement Can Do in the Meantime.
Throughout the world legislative actions are transforming the way the construction industry behaves. These legislations are not only protecting trade contractors from unfair practices, they are protecting Owners too. Surprisingly, some of the world’s…
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Best Practice – Design Drawings – Why You Should Never Accept Drawings unless they are labelled, “Issued for Construction”.
Why an Architect might consider releasing drawings that are not complete to be a “good practice”?
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Best Practices – Construction Documents – What You Should Look For Before Releasing Drawings for Bid.
Most simply take it for granted that the drawings are as they should be or they simply don’t know where to start.
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Happy New Year 2020 – Self-Improvement – Books, Books, and More Books. Which Ones Will You Read in 2020?
If you have any books on your list that you think would be a good addition to mine, let me know.
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Christmas 2019 – Inspiration – How getting Fit, Becoming a Good Leader, and Falling in Love All Require the Same Skill.
Merry Christmas everyone! I cannot believe 2019 is behind us! By the time this publishes, I assume you will have already received your Christmas presents and hopefully you are enjoying quality time with your…
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Industry Watch – Uncertainty – What Are the Main Causes of Uncertainty in Construction?
The top 7 things that cause uncertainty in construction and recommendations for how to mitigate their impact.
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Industry Watch – Design Errors – Why You Should Expect Them and How Owners Can Manage Imperfect Design.
80% of Owners surveyed expect future projects to have change orders resulting from design mistakes
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Industry Watch – Contracting Models – How Ignorance and Bias Breeds Misinformation and Cast Good Contracting Models in a Bad Light.
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.
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