What would you do with an extra $241,307? The other side of this question is, how much does it cost to store and protect your drawings? There is no way around it, storage, curation and protection of physical, paper drawings costs money. This is analogous to the cost of a…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 279). Some documentaries can really impact your thinking. For me, Seaspiracy is one of them and I urge you to watch it. To quote Bill Blain, Seaspiracy is about greenwashing, it is about the "exposure of greenfoolery on a missive scale, waking…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 278). I am a huge fan of the phenomenon known as F.I.R.E or Financial Independence, Retire Early. Thanks to the excellent David McWilliams Podcast (Ep#118) I am now aware of another F.I.R.E. Finance Insurance Real Estate These are all activities that extract…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 277). We are in a period of change and the workplace is no exception. For example, it is now unusual for me to receive resumes. Instead, I get several messages per week asking me to review LinkedIn profiles for any open jobs.…
BlueRithm have released several updates recently. Here's what they have been up to: New charts Improved existing charts Work Matrix now available as a report section type for PDF exports Bulk follow subscription add/remove options Substantial builder performance improvements New Charts BlueRithm have added new charts and updated existing ones…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 276). If there are any of the following words in your fixed price, lump sum project management or commissioning contract you have a problem. Co-ordinate Manage Lead Ensure Discretion Why? Because they are unquantified verbs and unless you are billing on a…
How long does it take to find the correct drawing and information you need to respond? i.e. How long is your information commute? The Drawing Specialists can get your information commute down to as little as 15 seconds. There is insightful algebra embedded in facilities management (FM) : Effective event…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 275). Our guest this episode is Lan Chi Nguyen Weekes, the engineers, engineer and industry committee multitasker. If you enjoy this episode, share it with friends and give us a review, it helps more than you know. In this episode, we discuss:…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 274). What is your unfair advantage? Why should you or your firm win the project? How do you compete if you are a project management, architectural, engineering or commissioning firm? To win in business, you must be able to answer these three…
Quality, Consequences and the Construction Industrial Complex (part 273). I am so over the "green building" movement. The green building movement is a bit like WWE wrestling with all the theatrics, misdirection's and entertainment. Is it real? Or is it a way for us to outsource our thinking and worrying…