When a general contractor submits a bid to build a building, the bid is based on a specific time frame. Normally, the GC proposes a specific start and completion date, and based on that time frame, the GC includes a specific amount of money in their bid for General Conditions.
Everyone who grinds it out day after day in the construction trenches, has at least one story of “stupidity unbecoming a human.” Some stories have tragic endings, while others generate belly laughs for years to come.
Sometimes it seems that employers try to force everyone into a certain role, into a way of thinking or they try making people something they are not. Good leaders recognize these differences in people and put their talents to their best use.
My journey through the inner sanctum of the USG Research & Technology Innovation center continued through one testing laboratory after another, each with its own specialty… With over 100 years of innovation and leadership in the walls and ceilings industry, there is no aspect of the business that has escaped the purview of the USG scientists.
FMI Corp., the well-known construction industry consulting and research firm, recently published a scholarly analysis titled: “Why Contractors Fail: A Causal Analysis of Large Contractor Bankruptcies.” It’s filled with examples of large general and specialty construction companies that went under. If you don’t want to invest the time I’ll briefly summarize its content as follows.
Dear Editor,I just can’t pass this one up. Michael Gardner is quite wrong. In his All Things Gypsum column, “Dealing with Shoulders and Ridging” (May 2007), he claims that drywall
The rust problem is not an EIFS problem per se, but is related to the textured coatings that are on the outside surface of EIFS-the EIFS “finish”-and to related wall components. This month’s column is about rust, in its various forms, and how to deal with it.
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