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It used to be that architects were “master builders.” That was back when buildings were built of stone masonry by stone masons and the architect told the stone mason where to set the stones. Those days are long gone. Today, buildings are complex undertakings of owners, architects, engineers, construction managers, subconsultants, specialty subcontractors and fabricators [...]
I often hear this advice given to the novice builder. “Just read your contract,” goes the advice. Don’t get me wrong, no builder should build without first reading the contract. But that doesn’t make it good advice. “Just read your contract,” is poor advice. Let me explain. Read a specification for a thing and whatever [...]
Jobsite logistics, resource loading, critical path scheduling, building information modeling. These are some of the technical studies of construction management students and the practices of construction management professionals. But a construction project is more complex than its technical issues. Thousands of people from hundreds of different companies might come together for a single project. [...]