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How Business Has Changed!
One keeps hearing how operating in the construction industry has changed over the years. People will talk about how hand shake deals could be done and now there are formal contracts. People will talk...
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Where Will An Upswing Leave You?
A few of our contractor clients have seen an upswing in their markets. Yes, they are in specialty areas. However even specialty areas were, or are, depressed as much as the overall construction...
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Podcasts
I listen to a lot of podcasts. I listen to them on my commute, bike rides, and while I travel. The best one that I have found about construction is at www.e-builder.net/podcasts. It is not a polished...
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The Competitive Advantage Nobody Needs – Round III
Perhaps the title on this one should be the Competitive Advantage Everyone Needs. In the previous blogs on this subject the responders mentioned innovation and better ideas by the contractors. If...
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Pass The Knowledge Please!
There is always a great need in the construction industry to share knowledge, but this need is even greater now! With the first nuclear reactor being approved in 30 years, the old-timer estimators need...
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Retaining Invaluable Information
Even though times have changed dramatically does not mean that old information is useless. I have collected quite the selection of reference books; some I think are older than me. While prices have...
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Professional Trade Organizations
I was recently updating contact information for construction trade organizations and by the time I finished, I realized just how many different groups there are out there. A majority of these groups I...
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Next Generation Of Estimators
I was the moderator at a recent estimator’s forum. The topic of the next generation of estimators and where they are going to come from was raised and the responses were very interesting. A contractor...
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Mentors
As often happens at the start of a new year, my thoughts turned to those in my life today and those who made their mark, but moved on. To get to where you are today there have been many people who have...
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Keep It Simple
Getting overwhelmed by projects is really easy to do. Anyone in construction estimating knows this all too well! I was told a while ago by my mentor “When you have a big project to do, don’t get...
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It’s not what you know, but who you know.
You have heard that old adage, right? To me it sounds like networking. So what do you do if you want to meet more people in your industry? It is so easy for me to advise you to join a group. But which...
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Vacuum of Knowledge
I recently read an article about learning software on your own. One of the items touched upon was the fact that because of the economic turmoil that the construction industry has gone through, many of...
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Social Networking & Estimators
Almost every year I attend the American Society of Professional Estimators convention. I find that this is a great opportunity for me to talk shop with people from all over the country. There is an...
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Six Years of Sharing Stories
As we conclude our 6th anniversary week of looking back, I would like to point out another purpose for this blog and why after six years we are still going strong. Bringing people together. We...
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