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Owners Need to Stop Expecting Filet Mignon on a Hamburger Budget

Owners Need to Stop Expecting Filet Mignon on a Hamburger Budget

by Gaurav Mehrotra | Aug 22, 2017 | Cost Controls, Estimating, News, Publications, SJCC

Executive Summary: An August 19th, 2017 cover page headline in The Economist magazine reads Construction: the least efficient industry. Their general position on our industry’s efficiency I didn’t think was far off, but the blame was misplaced. Owners need to help...

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