Articles by Mark Fowler

Reports claim that 8 to 15 percent of the world’s population is left-handed.

As I grow older, and hopefully wiser, I have become almost numb to ever increasing regulations, rules and standards.

A series of events led to a perfect storm of leaky buildings. It may have been years in the making, left millions frustrated but it will likely shape our future for years to come.  

Change is hard and in construction it is almost impossible. Why?

When drywall appeared on the market, plasterers mounted a campaign to discredit its use. How did that fail?

A recent article from Engineering News Report has shed some new light on an age old issue, the drop of productivity in construction.

I am confused, which may not be new or unusual but I have had a plethora of invitations to seminars sent to me on “ Construction Project Management.”

I was at a pre-construction meeting for a large, mixed-use building a few years ago with several other people. The architect, developer, general contractor, subcontractors, third party consultants and manufacturers were all present and all had input on how the stucco, windows and other penetrations should be done.

As we now are into the fall, it is time to look forward. We may think of spring as the season that begins life for nature but many of us in the association world of the construction industry consider fall the beginning of the year.

Several months ago, I wrote a column entitled “Stupid Prices.” The theme of the column was the inevitable price dropping in recessionary times, sometimes to ridiculous levels.