Executive Summary It’s great that your estimators just landed a new project, but your competitive advantage can be lost without a synchronized...
Estimate Handoff – Estimators to Field Team
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Bid Unbalancing – How It’s Done To Increase Profit
Executive Summary Contractors unbalance unit prices in their bids to take advantage of anticipated quantity overruns and underruns. An intelligent...
Award Reversed Because of No Expert Testimony
Executive Summary: A Washington concrete contractor, Salinas Construction, Inc. (SCI), was awarded $404,000 of its requested $425,000 for a job at...
Concrete Formwork – Pressure not a Function of Wall Thickness
Just a quickie on formwork pressures. One of my foremen once asked me if we needed more form ties in a 24″ thick wall versus a 12″ thick wall. ...
Field Tip: If in a Confrontation, Don’t Hang Up on the Police
I just learned this one a couple months ago from a fantastic superintendent – Mike. One of his foremen called to him to say that he was having a...
Owner Involvement, Careful What You Wish For
Executive Summary: Owner involvement in the way of project management and furnishing material is done for one primary reason: to save money for...