I can safely say that bidding public RFPs is no easy task.  First, you need to provide rock bottom pricing to come in as the low bid against five to fifteen other bidders and then, you have to be “accepted” by the municipality to perform the work.  I recently found out that it is not […]

After spending fifteen excruciating minutes scouring the web in search of details on the recently passed Heathcare Bill, I’ve realized that it is very difficult to nail down exactly what the changes are and how they will affect the working World and specifically the construction industry.  From what I gather, the main objective was for […]

2008 was a very bad year for heavy haul  cranes in this country.  It was an especially bad year for the owner of New York Crane and Equipment Company Jimmy Lomma.  Lomma’s company was associated with the collapse of two cranes in 2oo8.  One crane collapsed into an apartment building on March 15, 20o8 […]

For some reason I was sent an article this week from the Winter/Spring 2005 issue of the Fairleigh Dickinson University magazine regarding generational differences in the workplace.  I suppose I was sent this because I’ve often made mention of the differences between older and younger folk at work.  Or perhaps someone was trying to […]

I am looking to partner with contractors on the following publicly bid projects.  If anyone is interested in partnering on this work, I will provide pre-construction and bidding services and then aid in the project management.  This is a great way to get work without the costly expenditure of bidding time.  Since there are several […]

Over the past six months, I have had the wonderful privilege (ahem) of bidding about 15 public Requests for Proposals.  While I have complained constantly about the process, I probably wouldn’t have any work at all at the moment if they were not available.  As a brand new company there are very few private owners […]