I think about blogs kind of like that pain in the ass cousin that always wants to go out and throw the baseball, but while you’d rather sit inside and throw back a few stiff ones, you also don’t want to ignore the kid and look like a jerk.  Blogs have gotten to the point where, […]

I went to the recovery.gov site today to get the latest news on the stimulus package and how much has been rolled out in an attempt to save the woefully unemployed from forming a long winding line outside every homeless shelter in the country.  I had ambitious goals of giving  a well organized description of how much money […]

Please submit nominations for what you think is the best construction project of the decade. The criteria as far as completion is concerned is that the superstructure of the building must be in place by the end of December. So if the steel or concrete is topped off, it’s good to go. […]

The Turner Construction Cost Index was released today for the fourth quarter of 2009.  And to nobody’s surprise construction costs are down again.  However, they are only down 2.07% this quarter versus 5.77% in the first quarter of 2009.  This caps a horrifically dismal year and brings the total of construction cost decline to 12.62%. 

Karl […]

I am a new company and I am trying to get work as a construction manager, owner’s representative, design/builder, or owner’s representative.  I am looking to bring someone on that has experience in sales, marketing, and estimating in the construction and development industry.  It would also be very beneficial if you have existing contacts in […]

There are probably few out there that haven’t heard the term “Climategate” over the last couple of weeks, but what I’m not sure people are aware of is what it is and what information these infamous emails contain.  So….what the heck is Climategate?

Well, Climategate is another name for the Climatic Research Unit e-mail hacking incident and it […]

I attended a mandatory pre-bid meeting for a new elementary school in the Kennett Square School District.  The project is broken down into 10 subcontracts.  I am looking to partner on the general contract portion which will likely be about $5 million.  I do not have the bonding capacity to perform this work, but I […]

The “Great Recession” has been a godsend for some companies that were looking for a reason to get rid of people they just didn’t like, but didn’t have a good enough reason to fire.  They could just lay them off due to lack of work and blame it on the economy.  It’s like a get […]