The following is a collection of articles and links I find pertinent to the management of Architectural, Engineering, and Construction firms. The goal is to collect resources relevant to those who own or manage AEC consulting firms (partners, owners, C-level management, etc.).
Please feel free to suggest an article that might be useful to visitors.
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| Forecast backlog for higher profits - An effective backlog forecasting process is a direct road to improved profitability. At MacKay & Sposito, Inc. (M&S), we recently prepared several forecasts to plan the final quarter of 2009. During that process, I contemplated the value of back - more info |
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- Change orders, trust, productivity and construction marketing 25 May 2013, 1:35 pm
If you want to touch a soft spot in the design and construction industry, just utter the words “change order”. The process of revising and resetting construction jobs after they have commenced is. […] - BIM, IPD and the cost of pursuit: A writing (and marketing) challenge 24 May 2013, 1:21 pm
Sometimes I’m a glutton for intellectual punishment. However, there are rewards on taking on brain-stretching writing assignments in that I get to learn as I write. Sometimes I’m even paid for. […] - At the national Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) convention 23 May 2013, 2:08 pm
I’m in Calgary, Alberta now, for a three-day national Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) convention. There’s lots of stuff in the program — meetings, speakers, association business; and. […] - Construction marketing and the whole story 22 May 2013, 10:52 am
Late last night, coincidentally, two people from my long-past communicated with me. One, a writer who worked with me in a government department three decades ago, left me a phone message to say he had. […] - Mark Cobb: Why blog? You’ll see the reason here 21 May 2013, 4:22 am
Once we sorted out some difficulties with Skype, I was able to connect by video link with Mark Cobb of the Cobb Law Group in Georgia to learn the keys to his success in becoming a 2013 Best Constructi. […]
