2008 was a very bad year for cranes in this country.  It was an especially bad year for the owner of New York Crane and Equipment Company Jimmy Lomma.  Lomma’s company was associated with the collapse of two cranes in 2oo8.  One crane collapsed into an apartment building on March 15, 20o8 on E. 51st. [...]

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 [...]

Over the past six months, I have had the wonderful privilege (ahem) of bidding about 15 public Requests for Proposals.  While I have complained constantly about the process, I probably wouldn’t have any work at all at the moment if they were not available.  As a brand new company there are very few private owners [...]

I must say that I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the likes of Lindsay Von, Bodie Miller, and Apolo Anoton Ohno rake in medals at the Olympics in Vancouver this year.  I couldn’t help but wonder how many of these fantastic facilities were new and how much money was thrown into these games for the construction [...]

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 [...]

Have you ever heard of George Cloutier?  Me neither, until  I ran across an article on the New York Times website today where an interview was published with the author of, “Profits Aren’t Everything, They’re the Only Thing” and the founder of American Management Services.  After reading the article, I wanted to ask Mr. [...]

This has been one heckuva (helluva) weather year on the east coast.  I’m sitting here while a three and half foot drift of snow is piled against my front door while snow continues to fall on a town where yearly records have already been shattered (I think I read that somewhere).  We’ve had a very [...]

There are a few interesting additions to the projects up for bid list this week and some older projects that look fantastic.  There are some great looking $1-$2 million jobs.  Keep in mind that I am offering free pre-construction services in exchange for involvement in the management of the project.  Hopefully we can partner up [...]

Since Emotional Intelligence has hit the mainstream sometime back in the mid-nineties, most of us have at least seen an Oprah episode about the what Emotional Intelligence is how it can be applied to the workplace.  I’ve found that some (mostly women) look at EI as a very crucial aspect of interpersonal relations that apply [...]