Into the Unknown
Well I finally bit the bullet and decided to go solo. I have always relished the idea of working for myself and now I am on my own away from […]
Category Archives: Projects
The Bottom Line
I was asked recently by a subcontractor how they could increase their bottom line. They had fallen into the trap of believing increasing revenue would increase profit. In fact by […]
Zero Overheads
Simple premise – reduce overheads, become more competitive, then win more work. So what overheads does a construction company essentially need. Perhaps if the projects were set up with the […]
Bleeding Dollars
So how does a project start hemorrhaging dollars? I aspire to the old fashioned school of thought which states very simply “you make your money before you start on site, […]
Censorship in the workplace
It is fair to say that almost all bloggers have a day job, but carry out their blogging activities in their own as opposed to the company’s time. But that […]
Risk
Back in the sixties I received Waddington’s game of Risk as a Christmas present from my beloved, long departed parents. My favorite place on the board was Kamchatka. That was […]
Meters for All
It appears that the bigger an organisation becomes, the longer the job titles of management develop. Here in Australia we have not succumbed to having vice-presidents as in the USA […]
Lost Profit
It is often said “we learn from our mistakes”. But why, in the construction industry, do we keep making the same mistakes? When will we have truly learnt our lessons? […]
No Subcontractors Thank You
I recently struck up a conversation with a stalwart of the construction industry here in Brisbane. He had worked for the same company for over forty years. He started out […]
Back Home to Brisbane
Having spent so much time working in different parts of the world sometimes you forget where home really is. Moreover, I have met many ex-pats who may have many assets […]
