Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Construction Humor: Who is reviewing your construction drawings?


Hmmm...bad idea.




Give us a call instead...we have many more years experience than your cat...and we have oppose-able thumbs.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Construction News: Rising material costs hit home

Rising material costs over the last few years have made a huge impact on the cost of constructing schools in Utah. Though this is not just a local problem, rising material costs effect all construction projects.

For example, in 2003 the Jordan School district in Utah built a school for the total build cost of 7 million, today the same building plan will cost them 15 million.

The dramatic difference has been pinpointed to two factors, the rise in material costs and the increase of the price of land in the district. Increased copper prices have driven up the cost of the electrical system by 200%, drywall cost rose 90% and the price of land has skyrocketed from around $50,000 per acre to nearly $300,000.

Could the Nigro Firm have helped this school district reduce costs?
At this point, likely not, since they are working from a set of drawings that have already been built from, we would like to assume that the errors on the drawings have been discovered and corrected. However, we can help reduce total build costs by reviewing original sets of drawings. Our construction coordination reviews catch errors on drawings and if they are corrected before materials are ordered and construction has started, cost over runs can be greatly reduced.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Construction Humor: Take a break with these funny videos

And you thought your Monday mornings were bad...



Contractors....don't follow this guys example, please.



Every wonder what your crew is doing when you are not around?



You might want to think twice before yelling at your heavy machinery operator...



NOW GET BACK TO WORK, LOL.