Friday, September 12, 2008

Construction Projects: Why sometimes the small jobs are better


Sometimes it seems that those of us who work in the construction industry are always looking for the next "big job."

However, after working on projects with over 2000 drawings...which is stressful for everyone involved...we occasionally rethink our stance. Yes, sometimes the small construction projects are much sweeter. Small for us meaning a construction project with a build cost of under 30 million.

Benefits of working on small projects:

  • Fewer interested parties to work with, less likely to have a large board of directors or other complicated and slow approval processes.
  • Requires a smaller team and less resources to complete.
  • Construction drawing review can be completed quickly...and almost joyously, compared to large projects which are much more complex.
  • More likely to be able to work directly with interested party.
Recently, we completed a smaller project, that may lead into a series of small projects, we are very much looking forward to the opportunity to work on these projects.

Will we still take large projects? Very likely, we love a challenge and of course they look great in our portfolio.

Have a project coming up? Give us a call.

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