Trade Damage, probably the most important principle to learn in construction. Years ago, I was a partner in my own painting business. We did mostly residential with a light spattering of commercial. We ran the gamut, everything from track homes to Ultra-High end Residential. We had come up from the field and actually did really well from 2004-2008. I learned the …
Stuff new estimators should know.
Lesson #1 Not a day goes by that my phone doesn’t blow up constantly. Usually around Lunch Time and again at 4pm. I will say that I am deeply jealous of Cliff because he refuses to take calls on his Cell Phone unless it is an emergency. It took him years of yelling at people, threatening their physical well being, …
The importance of a phone call.
So this week already I have been reminded multiple times of the importance of the phone call to resolve a dispute. We have an ongoing project that I manage, that is ALWAYS having issues. We are a Sub to one of the top 30 contractors in the world at the moment, and I don’t know what it is, but this …
Banned from /r/Construction
This is What happens when you don’t follow the rules… OK Everybody, Just as a Heads up, I was banned from /r/construction last week for posting about the podcast. People had expressed their interest so I made an official post. It lasted about 6 hours until the Mods shut it down. I am working on trying to remove the ban, …