Executive Summary: Whether you use a functional cost coding system to track the cost of your original scope or not, it is imperative that you accurately account for costs outside of your base scope. Learn why, and how, to account for these extra costs outside of your...
Incentive Clauses: Do they Work?
Executive Summary: Engineers have wondered if incentive clauses are a benefit to Owners in producing a timely, or accelerated, contract completion. My experience has been that it is of great benefit to the Owner because of the aggressive nature of project completion...
Safety: Communication, Communication, Communication
Executive Summary: To be successful in heavy/civil construction, it is imperative to have a rudimentary understanding of engineering concepts. However, more often than not the primary reason for a project failure is the human factor versus gross misunderstanding...
No good deed goes unpunished
Proverb #1: No good deed goes unpunished. I’ve got a couple of these proverbs up my sleeve when it comes to construction. This one I normally share with the newbies to the biz, but I find that those that have been around awhile benefit from it too. Where’s this...
Giving Workers a Voice Makes Jobsites Safer
Executive Summary As a project site safety manager, if all you had to do was “safety” all day, your job would be easy. But as a safety professional, much of your time is spent convincing project managers, superintendents and executive management of the value is...
Podcast
Previous Episodes & Issue Archive (Check List) E248 - Your Last Choice: The Total Cost Claim Approach E247 - What Is Extended Performance? E246 - Mindset Differences – Major Leaguers V. Minor Leaguers E245 - An Offering Of A Contractor’s Standard Of Care...