Renovation Cost Blowouts are Unnecessary
March 7, 2025
Renovation cost blowouts are unnecessary
There is probably not a week that goes by when I am not talking to someone about a renovation job that exceeded the expected budget, sometimes catastrophically and significantly.I have real-life examples where the cost has doubled or the full cost has been reached and the jo...
Hourly rates are good...... aren't they?
March 19, 2024
The Contract Line
I had recently come across a line in a building contract which read " you will only be charged for the hours that are used".I was stunned for a while after reading that. I must have read it wrong. No, I read it again and the self-evident statement was still there.It is a rel...
Cost impact of incomplete design in buildings
October 4, 2023
Pitfalls of incomplete design
Recently, a client approached me with a predicament. They had signed a contract with a group housing company to build a new house, but there was a significant issue – the design work had not been completed at the time of contract signing. As a result, much of the geotechni...
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