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036: Labor is Cheap, Skill is Not

October 27, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

036: Labor is Cheap, Skill is Not

Architecture and skilled craft go hand in hand, but you may not be aware that the number of skilled individuals that are required to bring an architect’s ideas to reality and in today's episode, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Contractors, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast Tagged With: career, Construction Process, Episodes, Podcast

029: Architects Should Work Construction

July 21, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

029: Architects Should Work Construction

If I have one regret during my college education is that I never worked on a construction site. Once I graduated from college, I went straight to work in an architectural office, drawing up all sorts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Contractors, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, advice, career, Construction Process, conversations

022: Residential Construction Costs

April 14, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

022: Residential Construction Costs

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Dallas Architecture, Episodes, Office Tagged With: architects office, Construction Process, contractors, Podcast, residential construction costs

020: The Construction Bid Process

March 17, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

020: The Construction Bid Process

Every client wants to know what their project is going to cost and who’s going to build it. That means sending the drawings out and getting contractors involved … Let’s get ready to rumble because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Episodes Tagged With: construction, Construction Observation, Construction Process, great to work with architects, Podcast

The Competitive Bid Process

July 18, 2018 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

The Competitive Bid Process

Of all the moments on a job, the bid phase gives me the most heartburn. It is a stressful period full of hardcore short-term deadlines and while my personal history tells me that I don't really have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Construction Process

The Year was 1980-Something

January 11, 2018 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

The Year was 1980-Something

There are few moments in your life where the time span between the current and younger versions of yourself collide. I had such a moment yesterday and despite my aversion to "celebrity sightings", … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors, Life in General, NKBA Insiders, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, Construction Process, NKBA, NKBA Insiders

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