5 Things a Contractor and Homeowner Should Know About  Building a Construction Schedule

The construction schedule is an important and too often overlooked tool. A lot of time isput into preparing the construction schedule, sometimes for “show”, other times to meetcontractual obligations. But, if not contractual, why is it required? Too often the clientsdo not understand it, the superintendent ignores it and it rarely gets reviewed orupdated. There…

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Anticipation is Project Management

Management in general and specifically in project management is a focus on anticipating problems and then solving them before they happen. This will not prevent the occurrence but will serve to manage the incident in a sane manner. Depending on your management role your anticipation view will vary, the higher in management, the longer your…

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Cost-Driven Pricing

Customers do not see it as their job to ensure that manufacturers make a profit. Most American and European companies set their prices by adding up costs and then putting a profit margin on top. And then, as soon as they have introduced the product or service, they have to start cutting the price, have…

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