Retirement Onboarding - Legacy
Sue Weiler-Doke
January 28, 2019
As the owner of a construction business, you must consider what you want your legacy to be in retirement and beyond.
Retirement Onboarding - Over Involvement
Sue Weiler-Doke
January 27, 2019
As construction business owners go through succession and their own retirement onboarding, it is important that they stay involved in the business and industry at some level.
Weekly Design Meetings and Protecting Finishes
D. Brown Management
January 27, 2019
Finishes and other key design elements are important for both the project owner and architect. A contractor providing preconstruction services must focus on protecting these throughout the design-development process.
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Retirement Onboarding - Post-Retirement Business Involvement
Sue Weiler-Doke
January 26, 2019
Contractors are a special breed of people. We work “Mach 5 with our hair on fire” for decades, putting in 50-90 hours per week. We love the industry and want to stay involved.
Project Income Projections
D. Brown Management
January 26, 2019
For a contractor to be effectively involved in the early stages of a project beyond understanding the whole project development budget, they must also understand the financing and cash flow of the project.
Retirement Onboarding - The Ideal Lifestyle for the Retiring Contractor
Sue Weiler-Doke
January 25, 2019
Work-life balance has probably mostly been work. Now is the time to see that work-life balance is really all about life.
Understand Buying Motivations
D. Brown Management
January 25, 2019
Getting involved early in the project as it is being developed is one of the best things a contractor can do for profitable growth. That value starts with understanding the entire budget for developing a project.
Retirement Onboarding - The Construction Retirement Masterpiece
Sue Weiler-Doke
January 24, 2019
Everyone should have a Retirement Masterpiece rather than a retirement plan. A Retirement Masterpiece is your life as a work of art and not a paint-by-the-numbers art kit.
Retirement Onboarding - Issues Specific to Contractors
Sue Weiler-Doke
January 23, 2019
Construction business owners have a unique set of issues when they are working through “Retirement Onboarding”.
Conceptual Estimating - Turning Drawings Into Estimates
D. Brown Management
January 23, 2019
Conceptual estimating requires a contractor to take early stage conceptual drawings and turn them into detailed estimates with a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that is useful during the initial programming, schematic, and design development phases.
