Hand It Over
| By Vince Bailey Take a load off, Annie, and you put the load right on me!
—Robbie Robertson
"Time is of the essence.” If you’ve ever read completely through any construction contract, you’ve no doubt stumbled across these words and probably blinked... | [more]
» June 2010
Collective Differences
| By Don Procter As if the economic slowdown hasn’t been hard enough on drywall contractors in Toronto’s residential sector, times could take a turn for the worse. That is because the unions representing tapers and installers were in a position to strike when this... | [more]
What Can Innovation Do for You?
| By Vince Bailey I began working in the drywall business nearly 40 years ago and, like many of us, I started at the bottom—stocking board, scraping floors and masking ahead of the spray texture man. Ray was his name and I really enjoyed working with him. He was... | [more]
» May 2010
Do You Need a Lift?
| By Vince Bailey Opportunity knocks all the time … you just have to have the equipment to take advantage of it.
—Louis L’Amour
It was a moment of grave decision at the end of my bid review with Jerry last week. You remember Jerry? He’s our... | [more]
» March 2010
AGREEMENT
| By Vince Bailey A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment.—Proverbs
We’ve spent a good deal of time discussing where and how to increase the likelihood of procuring work in these lean times through various methods such as generating new... | [more]
» February 2010
Project Leads, Part 2:
| By Vince Bailey Won’t you try some? Then, won’t you buy some?—George Harrison
In my previous installment, I pointed out the various sources for project leads. In the process, I touted the advantages and possible pitfalls involved with utilizing... | [more]
» January 2010
Project Leads, Part 1: New Sources
| By Vince Bailey Begin at the beginning.
—Lewis Carroll
In my last offering, I dealt with pre-bid activity and the importance of preliminary communication as part of the whole estimating process. Now, at the risk of setting up a reverse... | [more]
