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24 Jan

Posted at 19:06h in Budgeting, Business, Construction, COVID-19, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economic Injury, Economy, Estimating, Expert Witness, Global Construction Projects, inflation, International Business, Labor, Leadership, material pricing, News, Project Management, Project Management Services, Staffing, Uncategorized, Warning Signs, work force

My estimating background has trained me to look for indicators that will predict the future cost for the design and construction of a construction project. Over the 50 plus years in the construction business, I have researched those trends and have developed leading indicators that...

16 Jul

Posted at 15:14h in Budgeting, Business, Communication, Construction, COVID-19, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Estimating, inflation, Labor, Leadership, material pricing, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Staffing, Warning Signs, work force

Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that the second quarter inflation was at a forty-year high of 5.4%.  The core consumer price increase was 8.3% (excluding food and energy). To the Construction industry, Inflation is a four-letter word.  Until recently, this word had slipped out...

30 Mar

Posted at 19:29h in Arbitration, Budgeting, Business, Construction, Design, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Expert Witness, Labor, Leadership, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Tariffs, Uncategorized, Warning Signs

In Georgia, many things are returning to normal.  For example, weekend traffic on the roads is back and close to the congested experience prior to the pandemic.  Comments about workday traffic include similar observations.  The expected impact will be an increase in the truck traffic...

07 Dec

Posted at 19:40h in Arbitration, Business, Communication, Construction, COVID-19, Design, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, HotelExecutive.com, Labor, Leadership, Project Management, Project Management Services

As I reflect over one of the most unusual years that we have ever had, I am reminded of one fact – ‘there is always a way’.  One of our most powerful Core Values at DRB is - “Focus on the Solution, not the Problem. ...

16 Oct

Posted at 15:21h in Budgeting, Construction, COVID-19, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Estimating, Expert Witness, Global Construction Projects, Labor, Leadership, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Uncategorized

The construction estimator’s role is to quantify the project work and assess the cost.  Often this task includes a projection of the future anticipated cost.  To accurately project future costs, I have relied on leading indicators that help guide the estimate projections plus future construction...

09 Sep

Posted at 15:00h in Business, Construction, Design, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Estimating, Expert Witness, HotelExecutive.com, Leadership, News

The Windy City isn’t among the easiest places to manage a major construction project, what with its oftentimes confusing politics and—more recently—the perfect storm of COVID-19 and mass protests that have brought so much business to a standstill. Such obstacles notwithstanding, the latest addition to Hilton's...

18 May

Posted at 15:14h in Budgeting, Business, Construction, COVID-19, Design, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Estimating, HotelExecutive.com, International Business, Labor, Leadership, News, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Staffing, Technology

Whatever the outcome, rest assured that hotel and general building designs WILL change. ...

25 Mar

Posted at 08:00h in Access to Capital, Arbitration, Budgeting, Business, Communication, Construction, Contract Relief, COVID-19, Development Solutions, Disaster Loan Program, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economic Injury, Economy, Estimating, Force Majeure Clause, Global Construction Projects, HotelExecutive.com, International Business, Labor, Leadership, New Tax Bill, News, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Reacting to Suspension, Uncategorized

One of our core principles continues to be “The answer is always in the solution, never in the problem” What we find is that people will continuously talk about the Problem and seldom focus on the Solution.  Helping clients find solutions has been the hallmark of our success initially...

17 Feb

Posted at 16:34h in Budgeting, Business, Communication, Construction, Development Solutions, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Expert Witness, Leadership, Project Management, Project Management Services, Uncategorized, Warning Signs

I have worked with some great developers creating iconic destinations, gaming resorts, plus massive complicated structures, such as airports, biocontainment labs, and hospitals just to name a few. Every one of these projects started with a financial and general building program outlining the services...

17 Dec

Posted at 14:10h in Budgeting, Business, Communication, Construction, Design, Development Solutions, DRB, DRB Consulting, DRB Development Solutions, DRB Project News, Economy, Estimating, Expert Witness, Global Construction Projects, Labor, Project Management, Project Management Services, Property Improvement Plan (PIP), Staffing, Uncategorized, Warning Signs

Construction Industry has been extremely active stretching the resources of the contractor and designer’s staffs.  One common cause of project disputes is that the industry attempts to put a “B” team on a project that requires the “A” team.  This often results in project difficulties or worse - disputes.   The...