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25 Jun Tariffs Effect On The Construction Industry

Posted at 23:29h in Budgeting, Communication, Construction, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, Economy, Estimating, Labor, News, Project Management, Tariffs, Uncategorized

In March, the US Government announced their intention to level new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Tariffs on steel were to be 25% and aluminum was to be 10%. The United States Department of Commerce indicates that the U.S. is the world’s largest importer...

17 Jan A look at the New Tax Bill’s effect on the Construction Industry

Posted at 16:35h in Construction, DRB, DRB Consulting, Economy, New Tax Bill, News

The new tax bill will have both positive and negative effects on the Construction industry. The obvious is the reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. The AIA claims to have influenced the negotiations around the bill to have Architects and Engineers...

15 May Boyken Awarded “Top 50 at Fifty” By Auburn University Montgomery

Posted at 15:30h in DRB, Executive Coaching, Leadership, News

Click Here to Print Press Release Montgomery, Alabama (May 5, 2017) – In celebration of 50 years as a University, Auburn University Montgomery (“AUM”) selected 50 of its most outstanding alumni to honor at AUM’s 2017 Commencement Services. Among the honorees, Atlanta-based DRB Consulting, LLC.’s (“DRB”)...

21 Nov 5 Big Hotel Trends Affecting The Industry Today – Bisnow

Posted at 13:42h in DRB, Economy, News

Click Here to Print Article From the customer experience and how to balance dual brands to whose driving hotel supply and the fate of the front desk, here are five (5) hotel trends in the industry we learned at Bisnow's Atlanta Hotel Development Forum this week. 1....

03 Feb Spruill Center for the Arts to House Residence Inn, North of Atlanta

Posted at 13:23h in Construction, DRB, News, Project Management

ATLANTA – One of the last undeveloped quadrants along the Perimeter business district’s primary commercial corridor is under construction. Owned and developed by Hotel Development Partners, the 4.8-acre site that surrounds the existing Spruill Center for the Arts is soon to be home to the...

29 May Overcoming Cultural Differences in International Hotel Development – Featured by Hotel Executive

Posted at 13:38h in DRB, Economy, Global Construction Projects, HotelExecutive.com, International Business, News, Project Management

Mr. Boyken was asked by Hotel Executive to be a guest writer for their online news edition. Because of Mr. Boyken's extensive knowledge of the construction economy, Hotel Executive asked him to write about his responsibilities as CEO and how he grew his program management firm to one...

24 Feb Mount Everest of Business

Posted at 20:13h in DRB, News

Mountain climbing and running a business are very similar. A climber focuses on their next hand hold or step and will often lose track of how far they have climbed. Climbing the mountain face, a climber will gauge their distance traveled by looking down. As...

09 Jul Estimators Must Project the Future

Posted at 02:20h in Budgeting, News, Project Management

Estimators Must Project the Future: Each time an estimator prepares an estimate he is asked to predict the future. They take a set of drawings and specifications, define work to be done, then offer, often in detail, a cost of what the project might cost...

15 Jun Hotel Development-Are You Ready for the Next Boom? Featured by Hotel Executive

Posted at 17:14h in DRB, Economy, Global Construction Projects, HotelExecutive.com, International Business, News, Project Management

Mr. Boyken was asked by Hotel Executive to be a guest writer for their June 2011 edition. Because of Mr. Boyken's extensive knowledge of the construction economy, Hotel Executive asked him to write about his responsibilities as CEO and how he grew his program management firm to one...