Skill Shortages - Using Flexibility to Help
If you’ve had no trouble getting the best talent, be it architectural, engineering, or construction, then you should comment here and let us all benefit from your skill and good fortune. If you’ve...
View ArticleDifferent Disciplines - Different Methods
A story told by a marketing person helps to illustrate how we all approach problem solving in different ways. It could be due to our education, specific job training, attitude, or just our basic...
View ArticleDispute Resolution - It’s a Consulting Niche
If you’re an architect, engineer or contractor, you’ve likely experienced a dispute or two on projects in the past. If not, please become a contributor here, or actually get out participate in a...
View ArticleDegrees for Project Management - Debate
In a blog post entitled Project Management - Common Sense or Clever Science?, the post’s author talks of new degree programs in Britain for Project Management. There are several schools, including...
View ArticleHumor for the Project Manager
Project Managers, well into a difficult construction job, can begin to feel a little under-appreciated. There are a lot of demands, some disputes, and not much praise for the PM. Here’s a story about...
View ArticleTalk to Your Team in Their Homes From The Job
Tangentworks 550 allows the SkyView Page to display “external widgets.” These widgets can be used to show everything from a weather report to a map of how to get to the job site. Another use of a...
View ArticleJob Progress Videos - Easy and Inexpensive
In my previous post, I placed a short sample video done from the hood of my truck. We want to do frequent video reports of job progress, problems, congratulations and instructions, but it must be easy...
View ArticleThe Zombie Approach to Project Management
It might be easy to take offense to the fact that there is a “Dummies” book for project management. And, it’s quite possible that some project managers have been called “dummies” by those who...
View ArticlePut Your Project Management Problems Into Perspective
Just when we think managing a complex construction project has become almost impossible, a new problem crops up. It could be the weather, or it could be a materials shortage, or perhaps some...
View ArticleThe Answers are Easy for a Smooth Construction Project
At least, some would have the consumer to believe that there aren’t that many things to consider in making sure that their residential home construction or addition project goes smoothly. Actually,...
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