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Tom Conzelman2014-09-25 15:02:572015-03-06 13:13:56Can You Tell Which Contract Cost the Client an Additional $1.2 million?
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Time Is Your Greatest Asset
In this video, Tom Conzelman, President, Apex Project Consulting, expands on the topic of how a client’s greatest asset is time and how it often goes to waste.
Pre-Planning Saves Time And Money
In this video, Tom Conzelman with Apex Project Consulting, expands on the important yet often neglected topic of how pre-planning saves time and money.
Contractors Are Not Commodities!
General contractors are not commodities. Neither are architects or engineers. A commodity is a good or service without differentiation except price. In today’s design and construction environment, contractors, architects and engineers are often considered interchangeable parts of the real property improvement process. Nothing could be further from the truth – or as expensive and risky! […]
Three Types of Construction Estimating Techniques
(…Everyone Uses Whether They Know It or Not) There are a gazillion types of software, programs, catalogs and/or other tools for estimating construction costs. But all of these price-delivery tools fall into one of three basic categories. Analogous Parametric Bottom-Up What do these mean? How are they used? Which one should you use? Glad you […]
Are You a Smokejumper or a Smokey Bear?
Pre-planning is to a project’s success what Smokey Bear is to wildfires. A Smokejumper is a well-trained expert who plunges into active wildfires in a remote or inaccessible area. Often times with nothing more than the gear on their back. Smokey Bear on the other hand is a friendly iconic reminder that prevention is the […]
Low Bid Contracts: Be Careful What You Ask For
In an earlier post, we talked about some of the pitfalls of low-bid-only procurement processes, including points like the absence of a relationship between low-bid and total cost. This time I’m going to share more, equally important, pitfalls of the low-bid only process. The low-bid-only process significantly increases the client’s exposure to risk. The three […]
