“WE ARE NOT A BANK!” If you are a subcontractor or vendor, especially if you are a minority or woman owned business enterprise, you have heard these words often. A somewhat typical response from the general contractors in our marketplace when one asks for a little help with an early payment on a construction project. As we all so very well know, general contractors do not pay their subcontractors performing the daily work on the projects until they have been…
An open letter to the industry: We are living in unprecedented times. While planning ahead and anticipating every move are such crucial ingredients to the success of a construction project, such planning and such anticipating is virtually impossible with the uncertainty presented to all with this mysterious virus. We seem to be minutes away from completely shutting down construction sites and no question, the slowing of daily progress is taking place a bit more aggressively every day. Walk-through’s are being separated; pre-bid meetings are cancelled;…
All plans for the next PEOPLE meeting are currently on hold and I suppose I really need not state a reason with the state of the world as it is. These are strange times for sure, causing even non-conforming folks like me to fall in line with those that are leading us. We will re-group once this fear subsides and normalcy returns–hopefully that will be before summer’s end. Let’s take it one month at a time. Meanwhile, feel free to…