Leadership
Lost a Friend This Week
This has been a tough week among tough weeks for S/P and me personally. We lost a long-time project superintendent and a heck of a good guy. This virus plays…
Beyond the Build
Moving Past COVID: Vaccine and the Business Climate
This week, I had an interesting phone call with a group of bankers, business leaders and healthcare professionals here in the southeast. I left with a ton of takeaways. I’ll…
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Cycles
I was meeting with a couple of our project superintendents today, which is an extra cold and soggy one. We were discussing some particularly tough challenges they are facing on…
Leadership
Ode to 2020
I’m not sure anything could have truly prepared us for last year. In a strange sort of way, it feels like anyone who went through the financial crisis of the…
Construction Trends
Pervious Paving
We’ve talked before about pervious concrete and how it can be a solid option in regards to storm water management. There are also times when, even thought it’s more expensive, pervious…
Project Estimates
The Highs and Lows
Recently, one of our project managers priced a rather small, straight forward project. We negotiate a lot of our work, but on this particular project, the prospect had asked another…
Leadership
Smaller Markets Making a Comeback
As I recently posted, I spent 10 days at home with the virus. After that experience, I’m not sure how anyone thinks working at home is sustainable. Many on our team…
Management
Better Together
This week has was not as I planned. Like many others around the country, I was diagnosed with the virus and have been quarantined at home. When I received the…
Management
Bandwidth
In this age of being ever-accessible, the time management skills we hear about so often can be in conflict with our capacity to “do it all.’ The latter is often…
Leadership
Virtual’s Limitations
I have been in the construction business for many years. In that time, I’ve gotten to know a wide range of interesting people in the real estate and construction industry….