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2020 November

Renovation Nation

… when you’re old enough to repay but young enough to sell.—Neil Young from “Tell Me Why” Is it an adaption to the dreaded COVID-19? Is it government stimulus? Is it a reluctance...

2020 October

Communication Breakdown

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiving. “Stairway to Heaven"—(Page and Plant) At the risk of coming off as somewhat conceited, I wish to start this piece by stating that I take great...

2020 September

Do-overs

“It’s like déjà vu all over again!”—from Yogi Berra I seem to be doing a lot of re-bids lately, and it makes me wonder what the reason might be. I’d like to think...

2020 August

The Exclusion Illusion

Competition remains keen. It takes years of positive activity to build a national construction environment that is favorable to its participants. Even in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, the building market is still going...

2020 July

Breaking Out

“We gotta get out of this place, if it’s the last thing we ever do …” — Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil Circumstances dictated by this current pandemic have certainly taken a toll on...

2020 June

Oversight

We seem to be living in an era in which most of the nation seems polarized over this issue or that concern. And in spite of the apparent comradery that’s inherent to our profession, estimators...

2020 May

Men of Steel

“Breaking up is hard to do…”—Neil Sedaka I often think we subcontractors are a bunch of chumps regarding our relationships with our general contractor clients. For decades, our favored GC friends have encouraged...

2020 April

The Final Word

Check the spec. It’s what all astute bidmeisters should do as a preliminary to starting any estimate, if only because the spec enjoys the distinction of being the final authority in the hierarchy of construction...

2020 March

All a Matter of Choice

You just finished submitting a laborious proposal that took longer than your projected window. Anxious to catch up on the bid load, you hastily selected what looked like a promising opportunity from the bid...