by Gaurav Mehrotra | Apr 15, 2020 | Change Orders, Owners, SJCC
Executive summary. Extra work on a construction project must be delivered at fair and reasonable prices. Owners should know they have this right in their Contract, and Contractors should know the owners have this right too. Here comes the extra work. A new scope of...
by Gaurav Mehrotra | Apr 10, 2020 | Communication, News, Podcast
Executive summary. Most contractors use letters to communicate significant events in a project. Use letters to tell. Use RFIs to ask. Letters for when and for what. Generally speaking, during a construction project, letters are used by contractors to owners at...
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...