Quietly Re-Thinking Out Loud: Exploring New Paradigms for How We Manage What We Build
My collection of thoughts and ideas on the state of the Building and Remodeling industry and its future with regard to topics like: Technology, Project Management, CRM, Open-Book Management, Business Models, Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM), The Theory of Constraints (TOC), Systems Thinking, JIT, TQM, Lean Construction, CPM and the Lead Carpenter System.Home Diagnosis TV Series
Okay has anyone viewed this series yet? I just discovered it watching PBS promo this afternoon. https://homediagnosis.tv/
Estimating Production Supervision
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...
18 Things I Stole From Some of History’s Greatest Leaders – RyanHoliday.net
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 -...
How many remodelers are there in the US?
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...
“#Lean isn’t lean if it doesn’t involve everyone.” -John Shook
94% of problems in business are systems driver and only 6% are people driven. — W. Edwards Deming
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...
Sometimes I think “That is not such a good idea…”
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. https://amzn.to/39ixwKN...
My Evolution in Construction Estimating & Technology Back In The Mid 1980s & 1990s
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...
More On The Hidden Dangers of Square Foot 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 very best, a...
What Can We Learn From This Chart?
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...
