This morning I read Brad Heath’s article in USA Today, suggesting that the stimulus funding for road repairs has detoured and by-passed large metro areas with significant road problems.
According to the USA Today study, half of the nation’s worst roads will receive only about 20% of the stimulus money allocated for street repairs. The reason—the roads were not shovel
As a father of five children, I have fully prepared myself for "the" talk. Already, I have discussed the various scenarios with my daughter about dating, courtship and marriage. According to this eleven-year-old Princess, the line in the sand of appropriateness … is … "just holding hands." (Whew!)
Last week, the two primary construction industry groups in Tennessee—the
I was listening to Nashville Public Radio yesterday morning about a new competition brewing on the Internet. This battle was not as fierce as the one to become the greenest state in the South. It was more like a friendly exchange of "we’re not in competition with each other because we offer similar, but different
Living in the SEC at this time of the year is exciting! The competition is fierce and everyone has their favorite. And I am not talking about football . . .
Last week, I highlighted that Tennessee Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey was speaking to a group of contractors in Nashville at the annual convention for the Associated General Contractors of Tennessee. At
You’ve read the play on words: LEEDing the way … In the LEED … LEEDership … and even LEEDigation. In an address to a room full of contractors, suppliers, and (a few) attorneys on Thursday afternoon, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville) said that the state is committed to being a leader of sustainability in the South: "Honestly
Released in 1968, the lyrics from Steppenwolf’s psychedelic rock song blare out: "I like to dream, right between my sound machine…" Yep, you remember … the Magic Carpet Ride!
The Maryland Court of Appeals recently decided a construction case based upon a set of pre-contract discussions that Judge Harrell described as a "complicated series of events from
When my kids break something in the house, they immediately begin pointing the finger at the "alleged" responsible actor. In the construction world, many times you will need to fix the problem first and then point the finger later.
I read an article today by Jack Broom in the Seattle Times that illustrates this point. The incident involved
This weekend my eldest son turned six years old. What right of passage does every six-year-old boy celebrate in the South? He goes to a SEC football game. And so we set out on Saturday evening for a little "guy time" with the Vanderbilt Commodores, hot dogs, nachos and popcorn. My son was decked out in his new blue polo
Budgets are being cut left and right. Our family "eating out" budget … gone! Our community organization "summer party" budget … gone! I see non-profit organizations struggling to keep pace with last year’s donations, while attendance at professional industry conferences are shrinking.
You can imagine my surprise when I read a press release from CADD Microsystems
There has been a lot of talk recently about measuring a green building’s performance after construction has been completed. Last week, I highlighted what the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) had to say about the issue. On Monday, Mireya Navarro of the New York Times wrote a lengthy article about green buildings not living up to their performance