Good Faith and Fair Dealing: The Essence of Construction Agreements
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 […]
The Challenge of Climate Change for the Construction Industry
The changes we are experiencing in our climate are affecting all of our lives. Every industry is being affected by what is happening, but is having an especially big impact on the construction sector. Governments across the world are waking up to the fact that extremes of weather are rapidly becoming the norm. In many […]
How Covid-19 Will Impact the Global Construction Industry?
There is hardly any industry around the globe that is not affected by the Coronavirus. In 2020, almost all commercial activities came to a halt for a while and badly affected the economy. The construction industry is no exception. Increased health risks that came along with COVID-19 worsened the productivity and efficiency in the construction […]
A Long Road to a Professional Engineering License
My boss at my first engineering job told me that a PE license and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee. stock-vector-vector-blueprint-cup-for-tea-or-coffee-icon-on-engineer-or-architect-background-316343297 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 […]
Public RFPs: What Do We Do With You?
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 comeRFP 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 […]
