PREMDALE CONSULTING

Zero Overheads

30 Nov 2014 Gerry Keating

Simple premise – reduce overheads, become more competitive, then win more work. So what overheads does a construction company essentially need. Perhaps if the projects

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Hand in your badge and gun

30 Jun 2013 Gerry Keating

A project manager mate of mine arrived at his site office last Friday. He was greeted with the normal scene: union delegates arguing about subcontractors

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Busy Going Broke

9 Jun 2013 Gerry Keating

It is symptomatic of our industry that often companies assume being busy equates to making money. All too often it just means acceleration towards bankruptcy.

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Oh No, they have brought in a Quantity Surveyor

25 Apr 2013 Gerry Keating

Builders hire external quantity surveyors only as a last resort. Usually after months of trying to convince themselves that the project bottom line will improve,

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The Dog and the Tail

21 Apr 2012 Gerry Keating

There is an old expression: something about the tail wagging the dog, the gist being the person who should be in control is in fact

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Networking Nonesense

20 May 2011 Gerry Keating

I have a theory, well I have many but this one states: “the amount of active contacts in your network is inversely proportional to the

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Little brother in the workplace

13 Apr 2011 Gerry Keating

We all know that whatever we type into our work PC can be viewed by someone who “manages” the system. But sometimes spending a dollar

Blogging for Newbies

12 Apr 2011 Gerry Keating

It has not been as straightforward as I thought it would be this blogging business. Having sent almost 2,000 tweets I thought, mistakingly, that setting

Building the Education Revolution

11 Apr 2011 Gerry Keating

Ok so I completed 16 schools in 16 months is no big deal but the real issue is did this program provide stimulus to those

WordPress

11 Apr 2011 Gerry Keating

Please excuse the formatting I am getting there just finding my way through the blog set up

CO2 the real figures

11 Apr 2011 Gerry Keating

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Memory

11 Oct 2010 Gerry Keating

When. does your memory “go”. It seems to me that it happens to most of us very subtly and at first the effects are imperceptable

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