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Residential Construction Contracts: Cost Plus Fee

August 9, 2013 by Bob Borson 139 Comments

Residential Construction Contracts: Cost Plus Fee

Today is Part Two of a series of posts that are addressing the different types of contracts homeowners normally consider when working with a general contractor. Yesterday I discussed the Competitive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors Tagged With: Construction Process, Owners, residential construction costs

Residential Construction Contracts: Competitive Bid

August 8, 2013 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

Residential Construction Contracts: Competitive Bid

Let's say you are going to be building a house, doing a remodel, an addition - whatever - and it's time to start thinking about the contractor. There are a few things that have changed over the last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors Tagged With: Construction Process, Owners, Residential Architect, residential construction costs

AEC Cares – projectDenver

June 6, 2013 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

AEC Cares – projectDenver

One of the interesting side effects of writing a blog like this one is you frequently meet people who are in the AEC industry who try and leverage their knowledge, resources, and abilities in order to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, conversations, Guest post

Pool or water feature?

March 5, 2012 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

Pool or water feature?

Pool or water feature? At some level it doesn't really matter considering the role that this particular pool/ water feature has to play. But it is very unique - at least in my world. If I was keeping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors, Materials and Products, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, consultants, landscape, Sale Street

Job Site Culture and Pride

December 22, 2011 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Job Site Culture and Pride

. I had an interesting conversation with a contractor the other day - it centered on job site culture and how to create the right sort. I'm not talking about Fight Club sort of culture or stuff found … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors, Observations Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Observation, Construction Process, contractors, conversations, modern house, Sale Street

The Blame Game – Job Site Conflict Resolution

June 16, 2011 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

The Blame Game – Job Site Conflict Resolution

. I was once told by my father-in-law that I would make a great contractor. Considering that he is a construction manager himself and has run projects as large as $730,000,000 (yes - that's closing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Contractors Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, contractors, Residential Architect

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