Fast-track? Design-build? What the Salesmen Don't Say - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
There are salesmen in our industry who sell their clients or acquaintances on a project delivery method that is the most expensive in construction today. They say you can have your project sooner. They say
Publication Date: 31 October , 2006
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Skyscrapers After 9/11 - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Despite all the angst on the fifth anniversary of the event, and contrary to popular belief, the 9/11 attack and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers did not transform the design of tall buildings
Publication Date: 30 October , 2006
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In My Estimate, I'm an Architect's Best Friend - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In My Estimate, I'm an Architect's Best Friend
Publication Date: 10 October , 2006
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In My Estimate, I'm an Architect's Best Friend - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In My Estimate, I'm an Architect's Best Friend
Publication Date: 10 October , 2006
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Devastating Storms Leave El Paso Swamped With Infrastructure Concerns - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The summer's disatrous flooding in West Texas raised serious questions about whether traditional flood control systems are still viable. El Paso's rapid recent growth in private and public construction has
Publication Date: 26 August , 2006
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The "Spanish Imposition" Hits San Diego - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The immigration issue in the construction industry in San Diego is something that is on the minds of everyone that is in the construction industry. This is also true in Los Angeles as well and many other p
Publication Date: 22 August , 2006
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Quality of Life? Pride Counts, Too - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
You ask about jobsite quality of life and comforts for workers, and whether those words mean much to an ironworker and ironworker superintendent like me. After all my years in the field, I want to say that
Publication Date: 07 August , 2006
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Modeling is Weird (Take a Break), but if the Boot Fits, Wear It - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Here’s something that doesn’t happen very often to an old ironworker (or any ironworker for that matter).
Publication Date: 21 July , 2006
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Borer Solution Is in Recycled Plastics - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The water quality in major U.S. harbors has improved drastically over the last 15 years thanks primarily to the strict standards established by the federal Clean Water Act of 1972. An unfortunate by-produc
Publication Date: 10 July , 2006
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Team Effort Needed To Head Off Crisis - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 29 May , 2006
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The Profession's Academy Award Has No Winner-Again - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The world’s best-known mining engineer must be spinning in his grave as the keeper of a gold medal in his honor–the Hoover Medal Board of Award–goes year after year tangled in procedural
Publication Date: 22 May , 2006
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Streamline Regs to Speed Rebuilding - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 08 May , 2006
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Wanted: Deputy Mayor for Infrastructure, and Going for the Green - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Who is the top engineer of all of New York City? The answer is no one. What single, high-level licensed design professional consistently has Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ear on schools, roads and water supply
Publication Date: 08 May , 2006
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Corps To Rebuild Levees, Public Trust- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
More than six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated communities all along the Florida to Louisiana Gulf Coast and overwhelmed the hurricane protection system and levees of New Orleans, many residents o
Publication Date: 27 March , 2006
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Some Estimates Are Wishful Thinking - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Publication Date: 27 February , 2006
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Waste Haulers Are Thinking Green - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Construction and demolition recycling is expanding rapidly as more architects and owners support sustainable building practices. Recycling is almost always a key element and more contractors are offering t
Publication Date: 30 January , 2006
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Impact-Resistant Bridges Are Feasible - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In all these seemingly unrelated disasters, ships or barges deviated from shipping channels, striking the bridge and causing the collapse. In the last 25 years, straying vessels caused five high-profile U.S. bridge collapses, causing 105 deaths.
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Publication Date: 23 January , 2006
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Cutting benefits to cut costs? Think twice - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Tired of hearing about “paradigm shifts” from business gurus?
Publication Date: 09 January , 2006
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Let's Work on Real Hazards - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The National Institute of Standards and Technology on Oct. 26 released the final report on its investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center. Having studied and written extensively on the colla
Publication Date: 05 December , 2005
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Some Special Spans Will Just Disappear - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Recent data suggest that half, if not more, of our nation’s historic spans have been lost in the last 22 years–two decades in which transportation and preservation awareness reached unprecedente
Publication Date: 28 November , 2005
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Turning 'What If?' Into 'Let's Do It!' - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
This is a "what if" story. What if engineers working in design or construction at home or abroad had whistles in their pockets and a hotline to call when they saw instances of corruption? What if
Publication Date: 07 November , 2005
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Lifesaving Can Be A Heartbeat Away - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Moving toward year’s end, there is no better time to reflect on how physically demanding our business can be. The routine rigors on most jobsites can be daunting even for the youngest and fittest work
Publication Date: 10 October , 2005
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After the Disasters, Let's Not Hurt the Cleanup and Reconstruction Workers - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
I 'm sure that many of the large contractors moving in to do clean up work after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will have good safety programs and properly protect their employees. But many of the smaller con
Publication Date: 07 October , 2005
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People Skills Are The Key to Success- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Imagine for a moment a brilliant future for the construction industry. Imagine an industry that is completely service-oriented and customer-focused, where there are zero defects and total customer satisfac
Publication Date: 01 October , 2005
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Let's Stop Building Sandcastles- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Sitting on an ocean beachfront watching children building sandcastles, one lesson is clear even to a child: If you build too close to the water’s edge, your work is destined for disaster.
Publication Date: 19 September, 2005
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Fall Protection: Traps that Workers Can't Avoid - McGraw-Hill Construction
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Workers often are blamed for their own fatal falls because there always seems to be a rule that they didn't follow. The victims alive or dead are a convenient target because they can't effectively answer b
Publication Date: 02 August , 2005
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>Negotiating Needs Defensive Tactics
Negotiating isn’t easy, no matter what your style is. Negotiating to get what you want takes brains and backbone. You have to think through what you want and the most effective way to get it. And you
Publication Date: 18 July , 2005
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How to Plan for The Inevitable - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Several years ago, when the sole principal of one successful Boston-based architectural firm died unexpectedly, the 26-employee firm closed its doors within a very short time. And this is not an atypical s
Publication Date: 01 July , 2005
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How to Plan for The Inevitable - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Several years ago, when the sole principal of one successful Boston-based architectural firm died unexpectedly, the 26-employee firm closed its doors within a very short time. And this is not an atypical s
Publication Date: 27 June , 2005
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What the Law Says About Bid Spec Fairness
Can rejected bidders sue a municipal government for failure to abide by published standards? Can a government agency require that materials come from local suppliers? As attorneys involved in public works
Publication Date: 20 June , 2005
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Unions Are At A Critical Crossroads
Due to political, economic and strategic shifts in the marketplace, organized labor faces very hard choices that will reverberate for decades to come. Labor must choose between two starkly different paths.
Publication Date: 06 June , 2005
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When it Comes to Bidding, Government Agencies Have Room To Maneuver
Can a bid require that materials be made in America? Do public works agencies have to accept materials that don?t meet bid specifications? Can an agency adopt safety specifications, even if they limit potential project bids? As attorneys involv
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Publication Date: 03 June , 2005
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'Build Chain' Links Project Success
It took the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and a 300% increase in construction to support the war on terrorism for me to look at the project delivery process in a new way. That increase was on a $500-million ex
Publication Date: 23 May , 2005
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Litigation's Domain Covers All Emails-Electronic Communications-Construction Projects-Legal Procedure-Legal Discovery-Litigation Costs-Construction Project Documents
You, the company’s regional director of sales, are sitting at your desk when your good friend and colleague Joe, visibly upset, tells you the "operations guys" are complaining that "sal
Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Relationships Count In Design World
My recently completed doctoral research project, entitled Sources of Competitive Advantage in U.S. Engineering Firms, sought to uncover important factors affecting performance in design firms. Drawing upon
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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New Tools Help Trim Bloated Waste Line
In February 2005, the U.S. Commerce Dept. and the National Association of Home Builders reported that housing starts jumped 4.7% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.159 million units, the highest pace in 21 years.
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Breaking The Language Barrier
Publication Date: 08 April , 2005
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Antitrust Prosecutions - Will History Repeat Itself
Publication Date: 08 March , 2005
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The Industry Needs Common Language
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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The Industry Needs Common Language
Publication Date: 28 February , 2005
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Rebuilding Firms Are Obeying the Rules
In the wake of President Bush’s re-election, the war on terrorism and the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan continues unabated. Contractors working in Iraq and Afghanistan face tough challenges,
Publication Date: 07 February , 2005
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The Industry Needs A Code of Conduct
Publication Date: 31 January , 2005
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Does Engineering Have To Be Boring?
Publication Date: 06 December , 2004
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We Must Reinvent The Total Engineer
Publication Date: 22 November , 2004
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Gray Powr Can Give You An Edge
There is a pervasive and malignant myth in the construction industry that companies should not hire older employees simply because they are older. Life in the 21st Century has changed and firms cost themse
Publication Date: 25 October , 2004
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There Are Lessons In Manufacturing
When you decide to buy a new car, there are certain expectations you bring into the showroom. Regardless of the model, you assume you’ll be getting a reliable engine, durable tires and a roof that doe
Publication Date: 09 August , 2004
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Theft Includes Stealing Time
Recently, while visiting the ENR Website, I was intrigued by a request to take part in an instant poll addressing jobsite theft. The poll listed specific tangible items such as tools, materials, equipment
Publication Date: 26 April , 2004
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Time To Put States In the Driver's Seat
In an election year, Republicans and Democrats can agree on at least one thing—that highway spending is essential to win re-election. They also know that in order to maintain our national economic hea
Publication Date: 29 March , 2004
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Engineers Should Lead the Way
For years, the standard practice within the U.S. steel construction market, excluding the West Coast, has been for fabricators to design member connections. This gives the fabricator better control of the
Publication Date: 01 March , 2004
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Engineers Seek Quality of Life
There’s a certain stereotype associated with engineers. We’ve all heard about the pocket-protector-sporting, calculator-wielding, introverted and boring type–lacking that certain joie de viv
Publication Date: 20 January , 2004
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Code Competition Can Be Chucked
The U.S. is the only major developed nation in the world that does not have a single coordinated family of construction codes and standards. While efforts were initiated in the 1990s to rectify that situat
Publication Date: 01 January , 2004
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IT Group Seeks...; Bankruptcy Move...
Publication Date: 01 January , 2004
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McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR - Opinions
Forget about fast track. Construction schedules today have accelerated so quickly that the old distinction between traditional and fast-track scheduling has all but disappeared. Today, fast track is the no
Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Misrepresentation Drives Projects
Our survey looked at several hundred projects in more than 20 countries and we discovered that there seemed to be a formula at work in deciding which projects get built: Project approval equals underestimated cost, plus overestimated revenue, pl
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Publication Date: 01 December , 2003
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Don't Farm Out Commissioning
Recently, our in-house engineers were checking a new boiler. While it produced hot water, the controls were improperly set so it cycled on to full heat and then quickly shut down as the temperature met the set point. This is something like drivi
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Publication Date: 17 November , 2003
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Rail Is the Next Gridlock Buster
The rail versus highway debate is getting heated as a six-year, multi-billion-dollar transportation reauthorization bill stalls in Congress. The debate is strikingly similar to the highway debate at the tu
Publication Date: 06 October , 2003
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When in Writing, Safety Is Serious
Everyone likes things in writing. It’s a tangible guarantee that work will be done or rules will be followed. This is particularly true when it comes to developing and utilizing a consistent company safety
Publication Date: 01 October , 2003
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A Measurable Plan Can Improve Labor
We continue to hear concerns about the shortage of skilled craft workers. The problem is not new nor is it unique to the U.S. To me, the causes and obvious solutions are illustrated in the following diagra
Publication Date: 01 September, 2003
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False Solutions Won't Stop Water
The rain found me yesterday. I was sitting in my kitchen enjoying my morning coffee when the streaming drips reminded me that I had ignored those curling shingles and cracking tar patches on the roof for f
Publication Date: 04 August , 2003
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Cutting Corners Can Shortchange Kids
Value engineering frequently endangers American education. This claim may seem far-fetched, but a strong argument can be made that many common value engineering decisions have harmful effects on school bui
Publication Date: 14 July , 2003
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