Ten Warning Signs A Project Is In Trouble and What To Do About It
Construction Industry has been extremely active stretching the resources of the contractor and designer’s staffs. One common cause of project disputes is that the industry attempts to put a “B” team...
View ArticleSuccess Doesn’t Just Happen…it requires a plan.
I have worked with some great developers creating iconic destinations, gaming resorts, plus massive complicated structures, such as airports, biocontainment labs, and hospitals just to name a few....
View ArticleCOVID-19 Where Do I Get Help?
One of our core principles continues to be “The answer is always in the solution, never in the problem” What we find is that people will continuously talk about the Problem and seldom focus on the...
View ArticleWHAT THE NEW NORMAL MAY MEAN FOR HOTEL DESIGN
In the past few months, the hospitality industry has witnessed an unparalleled impact on occupancy and operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As we turn the corner and parts of the country begin to...
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Built to Last – Secrets for Building a Lasting Consulting Business
The Windy City isn’t among the easiest places to manage a major construction project, what with its oftentimes confusing politics and—more recently—the perfect storm of COVID-19 and mass protests that...
View ArticleBuilding During a Pandemic
The construction estimator’s role is to quantify the project work and assess the cost. Often this task includes a projection of the future anticipated cost. To accurately project future costs, I have...
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There is Always a Way
As I reflect over one of the most unusual years that we have ever had, I am reminded of one fact – ‘there is always a way’. One of our most powerful Core Values at DRB is – “Focus on the Solution, not...
View ArticleINFLATION PRESSURES
In Georgia, many things are returning to normal. For example, weekend traffic on the roads is back and close to the congested experience prior to the pandemic. Comments about workday traffic include...
View ArticleInflation
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the second quarter inflation was at a forty-year high of 5.4%. The core consumer price increase was 8.3% (excluding food and energy). To the...
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Inflation Drivers and How They Affect Your Project
My estimating background has trained me to look for indicators that will predict the future cost for the design and construction of a construction project. Over the 50 plus years in the construction...
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