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Written By: John Poole on May 5, 2010 38 Comments

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:

An ad announcing the bidding process for Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary is
being published in the Delaware State News on Friday, April 23.  The text
of the ad is as follows:

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary of Sussex County, Inc
Tax parcel number 1-35-11.00-6.03 on Shingle Point Road, off Route 9
between Georgetown and Milton in Sussex […]

Written By: John Poole on April 12, 2010 41 Comments
What to Do If Your Employer Knows You’re Looking for Another Job

Looking for a job while you are working is hard.  Trust me, I’ve done it a lot.  Just finding the time to talk to someone on the phone is difficult let alone spending half a day going to an interview.  I was in the midst of a cross country job search a couple of years […]

Written By: John Poole on April 5, 2010 19 Comments

Written By: John Poole on March 28, 2010 17 Comments
Constructonomics Gets the Shaft Again

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 […]

Written By: John Poole on March 23, 2010 571 Comments
How Will the Healthcare Bill Affect the Construction Industry?

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 […]

Written By: John Poole on March 14, 2010 320 Comments
What Ever Happened With Those Crane Accidents in 2008?

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 […]

Written By: John Poole on March 10, 2010 13 Comments
Four Generations at Work: Can We All Get Along?

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 […]

Written By: John Poole on March 8, 2010 116 Comments

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 […]

Written By: John Poole on February 21, 2010 87 Comments
What Was the Cost of Construction of the 2010 Olympics

I must say that I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the likes of Lindsay Von, Bodie Miller, and Apolo Anoton Ohno rake in medals at the Olympics in Vancouver this year.  I couldn’t help but wonder how many of these fantastic facilities were new and how much money was thrown into these games for the construction […]

Written By: John Poole on February 15, 2010 28 Comments

I am assembling a team for the preparation of a Facilities Master Plan for the University of Maryland.  I am a civil engineer and LEED AP with extensive construction experience as well as AutoCAD skills.  I will need at least a landscape architect as well as a transportation expert.  Please view the excerpts below of […]

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