I mentioned in a previous blog a book that I found “Time and Motion Study and Formulas for Wage Incentives” by Lowry, Maynard, and Stegemerten. Before I found that book I had wondered how the production rates were first formed. It wasn’t something that kept me up at night – I was just curious. I assumed [...]
I was consolidating my book shelves this past week and it is amazing what I came across. There were lots of old books from the 1930’s and 1940’s. One that caught my eye was “Time and Motion Study and Formulas for Wage Incentives” by Lowry, Maynard, and Stegemerten. This book has a copyright of 1940. [...]
The construction industry is full of risks at the job site that can affect your company. After reading an article by Kirk Johnson and Jeff Barrett on the risk of renting a car, I realized another risk a manager or estimator can have before ever even arriving at the jobsite. The summation of the article [...]
I have seen a slight increase in our business. This is a slight increase and it is limited in scope. My company provides estimating and scheduling services to contractors and owners. It is not just in one market segment and it is through out the Untied States. I am treating this increase as a blip [...]
The proposed Cap and Trade legislation is costing jobs in the United States even before it gets approved. Yes, just the potential of it being enacted! Why, because projects slated to start over a year ago to a few weeks ago have been postponed and shelved due to the proposed Cap and Trade on carbon [...]
Architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, construction managers, vendors, owners, and even construction consultants are facing big problems in estimating. The problem is there is a shortage of skilled, knowledgeable estimators. These are estimators that know more than just how to do a take off. These are general contractor estimators that can price out and/or evaluate virtually [...]
