by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 10, 2021 | News, The Housing Industry
Okay has anyone viewed this series yet? I just discovered it watching PBS promo this afternoon. Home Diagnosis TV Series ‘Home Diagnosis’ is the first-ever television series about the Science of Homes. Learn the invisible dynamics that physics, chemistry,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
A few people asked me privately last week how to estimate or account for the of Job Supervision. First of all asking how to estimate the cost is really the wrong question. That is going to depend up the Real True Cost per Hour to your company of the personnel doing...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 29, 2021 | Leadership
I am a big fan of Ryan Holiday and his insights into Stoic philophy and read his Daily Stoic emails every single day to help keep my head on stright and focused Here is his latest blog post entitled: 18 Things I Stole From Some of History’s Greatest Leaders...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 6, 2021 | News, The Housing Industry
I was doing some research for just how many remodeling contractors there are in the U.S. and all my dat was old or even ancient in terms of internet years (from back in 2002 (Builders by the Numbers | Professional Builder March 2002 and a article from the now defunct...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 22, 2020 | Lean Thinking, The Little Lessons
One of the reasons (a BIG HUGE REASON) I think it is somewhat folly to think that we can effectively become qualified psychologists and with some personality profiles of questionable scientific acceptance solve our business problems. From Lean Thinking April 17, 2018...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 27, 2019 | General IT Tips & Advice, Humor
I created this meme three years ago when I discovered… Tue, Dec 27, 2016 | 3-19 PM 4th real bad idea of the day. You can’t use a Festool Systainer Tool Tote as an ad hoc water bucket because there are drainage holes in the bottom of it....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 25, 2019 | 360 Difference Software, Contracting 101, Estimating, FileMaker, Information Technology, Macintosh Software
I wrote a blog post over on the 360Differece.com website about my evolution with estimating and technology in the mid-1980s and 1990s that I thought I should share it here too. Introduction My interest in estimating actually developed long before I ever started my own...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 23, 2019 | Estimating
For years now in online forums like JLC Online and FaceBook groups I have been arguing about The Hidden Dangers of Square Foot Estimating saying things like… “There is no such thing as a good, fair, or accurate Square Foot Price for an estimate. At the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 16, 2019 | Markup & Pricing
What Can We Learn From Chart? In a discussion on FaceBook regarding markup my friend and collegue Dan Kolbert of Kolbert Builders in Portland ME wrote: “…the most predictable aspect of your volume is your own crew in the field, and your markup should be connected to...
