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Closer to 1.30, not 1.50
Executive Summary A common mistake in estimating is the cost of an overtime manhour. Overtime is...
Fire! Run to It, Not From It!
Executive Summary Construction often times does not go per plan. These unexpected variances in the...
Contract Mapping: A Valuable Tool in Your Toolbox
Executive Summary Contract interpretation can be difficult for a construction professional....
Bid Day: You Better Honor Your Bid, Mr. Subcontractor
Executive Summary As a general contractor you can rely on your subcontractor’s bid on bid day as a...
An Hour’s not an Hour, and it’s Certainly not a Day
Executive Summary There are differences in an hour: a manhour, a crewhour, a 50-minute hour. And...
Anatomy of a Change
Executive Summary Construction changes are generally handled in a similar way in most contracts....
Shhh, You’re being Recorded – and Two Other Tips
Executive Summary Just three random important things for contractors that didn’t make up an...
Quantifying the Loss in Labor Productivity: the MCAA Factors
Executive Summary There are very few “court-accepted” ways a contractor can quantify his or her...
Cash v. Accrual Accounting – Whatchu Talkin’ About Willis?
Executive Summary There are basic differences between cash and accrual accounting. Here’s a quick...
How to do a Job Cost Projection: Cutting through the Fog – Part 2
You can find Part 1 here. Let’s run through an example. Let’s do an example so you see some of the...
How to do a Job Cost Projection: Cutting through the Fog – Part 1
Executive summary. An accurate job cost projection is vital to Company survival. And it’s not too...
Mistaken Taboo: Project Overhead
Executive summary. Field overhead carries different names with different contractors and owners....