Build America Podcast

Build America Podcast

By Scott JenningsBusiness
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Build America Podcast episodes

  • Plans Constructability Review: Why, When, & What?
    A constructability review of a plan set can greatly benefit the project. On the surface, it looks like it benefits primarily the Owner, but the benefits to the design team and contractor can also be significant. All project parties should encourage this service on their projects.
    7 min
  • Equipment – Buy, Rent, RTO, RPO, Lease - Which One???
    Construction equipment is a necessary tool to perform many types of construction work. How to acquire the equipment has a significant effect on the financial aspect of a company. There are many options which should be considered when temporarily or permanently acquiring a piece of gear.
    http://sjcivil.net/news/equipment-buy-rent-rto-rpo-lease-which-one/
    9 min
  • Inventory Tracking: A Money Saver
    Construction companies have inventories that should be managed to improve efficiency and, in turn, improve the bottom line. Consider a mobile solution or at least one that gets away from the clipboard.
    http://sjcivil.net/assets/inventory-tracking-a-money-saver/
    6 min
  • Top 10: Basic Business Etiquette
    Landing the work has enough challenges in meeting the scope, schedule, and cost requirements of the client. You’re defeating yourself if you can’t be polite and practice simple business etiquette.
    http://sjcivil.net/sjcc/top-10-basic-business-etiquette/
    6 min
  • The Unilateral Change Order
    The purpose of a change order is to add work to an existing contract. Ideally this work is added with mutually agreeable terms in scope, time, and cost. These terms often cannot be agreed upon and contractors feel coerced into signing the document.
    Consider not signing the change order.
    http://sjcivil.net/white-paper/the-unilateral-change-order/
    7 min
  • Project Management Triple Constraint
    There’s an adage, fast/cheap/good, pick any two. This relates to the Project Management Triple Constraint. It also has other names like Iron Triangle and Project Triangle.
    http://sjcivil.net/sjcc/project-management-triple-constraint/
    4 min

About Build America Podcast

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After years of sharing real-world insights on the Pipeline Podcast, I’m excited to announce a major rebrand: The Pipeline Podcast is now The Build America Podcast!