With the first quarter of 2013 already behind us the construction industry finally appears to be on a path of recovery and growth now that the recession appears to have ended. The industry has continued to add jobs each month throughout the first quarter of the year and construction spending during the […]
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Written By: John Poole on July 24, 2016 One Comment
My boss at my first engineering job told me that a PE license and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee.
Now that’s one heck of a saying, and at 22 years old, I didn’t really get it. I eventually put two and two together and realized that since a cup of coffee […] -
Written By: John Poole on January 24, 2016 No Comment
While we may not often talk about them, we all remember the dark ages. These are the years where work in the architecture, engineering, and construction field fell to levels not seen for, at a minimum, decades. I was not one of the lucky who lived in a castle with a moat, so I was […]
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Written By: John Poole on December 28, 2014 3 Comments
Everybody loves to get hung up in contract language. On construction projects, contractors, owners, and subs will fire contract language back and forth like missiles in what gets to be an arms race of legalities that negatively affects projects by creating panic and anxiety. When lawyers get involved, the language starts to get twisted and manipulated […]
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Written By: John Poole on February 15, 2014 No Comment
I’ve spent the past four years starting a construction company through the public bidding process. While I have arguably been successful in doing this, it has not come without plenty of headache, heartache, and just plain unimaginable stress.
I’ve probably bid at least 100 public RFPs, but I’ve only been awarded less than 10. I’ve dealt […]
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Written By: John Poole on December 2, 2013 One Comment
I will often get asked, “What is Constructonomics?”.
Actually, that’s a lie. I very rarely, if ever, get asked that question. I’m not sure why I lied about that, but most likely because that’s how a post like this would typically start.
Nevertheless, I do think about the question a lot […]
Written By: John Poole on April 1, 2013
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Ahhh, the employee review. Everybody’s favorite time of the year. You get to sit down with your boss and your employees and have a little chat. It’s that time when your boss digs up information from the employee time tracker app to ascertain how much time you’ve dedicated to the company. It usually ends […]
Written By: John Poole on March 10, 2013
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Let’s take a little trip back in time. And the beauty of this is that we can do it without the use of black holes, a DeLorean, flux-capacitor, or even 1.21 Gigawatts of electricity.
*In the 1985 film Back To The Future, “Doc” Brown proclaimed that he could travel back in time if […]
Written By: John Poole on February 24, 2013
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Written By: Andy Gough on February 5, 2013
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Health and safety is of the utmost importance, whether it’s in the workplace, a school or at home. Sometimes health and safety means something as simple as cleaning up after yourself so as to prevent others from slipping on a spill or tripping over an carelessly abandoned object. However health and safety also extended to […]
Written By: Sarah Wenger on February 4, 2013
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Noelle Hirsch is a regular contributing researcher and writer for the online construction management site, http://www.constructionmanagement.net.
In today’s post, she delves into the timely topic of integrating efficient construction management and LEED certifications into building practices to lower operating costs and reduce energy use.
Despite the potential savings and reduced environmental footprint that Noelle lists, many […]
Written By: John Poole on January 29, 2013
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I am currently working on a US Military project in New Castle, DE of a similar nature. I would like to supplement a team capable of meeting the $250 million bonding requirement. I am familiar with government projects and their specific requirements. I will prepare the proposal and assist in all preconstruction activities in exchange […]
Written By: Audraya Ruse on January 28, 2013
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In our current economy, few jobs are expected to experience faster-than-average growth. But, as Software Advice–a software research company based out of Austin, Texas–recently reported, that’s just what the Bureau of Labor statistics is expecting to happen for the role of construction estimator. Between 2010 and 2020, employment for cost estimators is projected to grow […]
Written By: John Poole on January 24, 2013
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