I received an email a few weeks ago from Brent Darnell telling me and a number of his other LinkedIn contacts that ENR magazine published a review of his book, “The People Profit Connection.” Due to time constraints, workload, prior obligations (ok fine, it was procrastination), I just got around to reading it […]
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I would have loved to explain to Andy Rooney in 1978, when he started doing his bit for 60 Minutes, the whole blog phenomenon. I’d have to start with explaining the internet, email, laptops, and worst of all, the extinction of the typewriter. There would be no better sight than to see those eyebrows […]
I just purchased the plans for the Cecil County Health Center in Conawingo, MD. The total project cost will come in around $2 million, however at this time, I do not have the bonding capacity for this job. I’d like to partner with another general contractor or subcontractor that could make up the difference in bonding […]
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Moving heavy loads around a work environment demands careful attention to safety. Accidents can take a hefty toll in life, limb, and […]
Believe it or not a contractor has been indicted for fraud for stealing over $30 million from clients over ten years. And guess where it happened – that’s right, New York City.
The company was Lehr Construction Corp. and they had a nifty little scheme set up with about six subcontractors with whom they were “in bed”. […]
Facebook, Twitter, podcasts, friends, followers, this thing, that thing, does it ever stop? Honestly, this is just getting way out of hand. There’s movies about it, talk shows, lawsuits, privacy concerns, what next? I shudder at the thought.
*Before we go any further I feel like I need to clear the air and just make clear that […]
Mark Buckshon who writes the Construction Marketing Ideas blog and is a founder of the Design and Construction Report is running another competition this year to determine the best construction blog. Go ahead and cast your vote for whoever you think put together the most thought provoking, articulate, and entertaining construction blog (wink, wink).
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My theme song for 2011 is gonna be that ’70’s disco song by the Bee-Gee’s. You know, the song from the 1977 hit “Saturday Night Fever”. It goes something like, “Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk……Ah ah ah ah, stayin’ alive, stayin’ […]
