Getting paid could be the most difficult part of performing construction work. It doesn’t make sense that this is actually harder than the construction work itself, but often, and perhaps unfortunately, this could be the case. Not getting paid on time can be devastating to construction companies that have costs to vendors and [...]

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS:

An ad announcing the bidding process for Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary is
being published in the Delaware State News on Friday, April 23.  The text
of the ad is as follows:

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary of Sussex County, Inc
Tax parcel number 1-35-11.00-6.03 on Shingle Point Road, off Route 9
between Georgetown and Milton in Sussex [...]

Looking for a job while you are working is hard.  Trust me, I’ve done it a lot.  Just finding the time to talk to someone on the phone is difficult let alone spending half a day going to an interview.  I was in the midst of a cross country job search a couple of years [...]

I can safely say that bidding public RFPs is no easy task.  First, you need to provide rock bottom pricing to come in as the low bid against five to fifteen other bidders and then, you have to be “accepted” by the municipality to perform the work.  I recently found out that it is not [...]

For some reason I was sent an article this week from the Winter/Spring 2005 issue of the Fairleigh Dickinson University magazine regarding generational differences in the workplace.  I suppose I was sent this because I’ve often made mention of the differences between older and younger folk at work.  Or perhaps someone was trying to [...]

I am looking to partner with contractors on the following publicly bid projects.  If anyone is interested in partnering on this work, I will provide pre-construction and bidding services and then aid in the project management.  This is a great way to get work without the costly expenditure of bidding time.  Since there are several [...]

I am assembling a team for the preparation of a Facilities Master Plan for the University of Maryland.  I am a civil engineer and LEED AP with extensive construction experience as well as AutoCAD skills.  I will need at least a landscape architect as well as a transportation expert.  Please view the excerpts below of [...]