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Job sites are dirty

February 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

Job sites are dirty

Yes - job sites are dirty, although maybe I should have said job sites are 'messy' so that I could limit the number of visits I get from people looking for "dirty sites". Trying to manipulate the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, contractors, modern house, 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

The Art of Residential Construction

May 23, 2011 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

The Art of Residential Construction

One of the neatest tricks about modern residential design is that everything looks so obvious, clean and organized ... and it takes a lot of work and coordination to make things look easy. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Construction Observation, Construction Process, contractors

Pride

March 1, 2010 by 8 Comments

Pride

The Seven Deadly Sins are wrath, greed, sloth, lust, envy, gluttony and pride. Pride ... Should it really one of the 7 Deadly sins? ‘Pride’ as define by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as: a) the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors Tagged With: builder homes, Construction Process, contractors

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