January 2024
Out of the Office
While this current decline in office space activity may prove to be a serious blow to commercial drywall contractors (and their estimators), it needn’t be a fatal one.
While this current decline in office space activity may prove to be a serious blow to commercial drywall contractors (and their estimators), it needn’t be a fatal one.
Of the many favorable features that our vocation offers, I think that none distinguishes us better from our management level peers than the many different approaches we take to our work.
During a recent perusal of topics that I have previously explored through this column, it struck me that most of the content is written from the perspective of a commercial drywall adherent. I think that...
Yes, there is a consensus belief among estimators that vacations, or even PTO in general, should be avoided like the plague—held with the same regard as a root canal sans Novocain.
Yes, I think dread is the perfect word to describe my feelings toward taking time off from my estimating duties.
It’s been more than a couple of years since I introduced the “vacation blues” to these pages. There’s a reason for that.
Might as well jump … — from “Jump,” words and music by Van Halen Judging from all the many columns I’ve written about estimators, you would have to conclude that we are a...
Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end…—Gene Raskin I have no problem admitting that I frequently indulge in periods of pleasant nostalgia. It’s partly my nature to wistfully enjoy...
If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I’d like to do …—Jim Croce, from “Time in a Bottle” At the close of my last column I committed to...
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