A few months ago, I did a webinar on project documentation. At the end of the webinar, one of the participants asked, Are digital signatures as good as hard copy signatures?
I addressed this exact question in a feature article that I wrote for ABC’s Construction Executive magazine on the paperless construction project.
I recently discovered that eight out of ten of the top key word searches on this site over the past few months included variations of the following words: construction, iPad, technology and apps. The searches were referred primarily to a blog post I did about my favorite apps for the construction
In a recent article that I wrote for ABC’s Construction Executive magazine, I shared some experiences and lessons learned from a paperless project. The construction industry needs to consider that “paperless” involves more than simply a different form of documentation, but also a debate about whether the benefits of a paperless endeavor outweigh the
Fellow blogger Matt Handal did a post today about his Livescribe Pulse Smart Pen. I love technology and I absolutely love this gadget! However, Matt’s post raised a red flag to me about the discoverability of taped or recorded conversations in litigation.
For years, lawyers have been requesting "electronic discovery" from the opposing side.
Aside from some personal quiet time to reflect on the day ahead, my second favorite part of the early morning is to review my RSS fees to see what may have happened in the prior 24 hours. It’s a sickness. I know.
I always find at least one golden nugget of information that may be
With the release of the new iPad this past weekend, there is no better time than to share some of my favorite applications for the construction industry. Of course, these would probably look better on a new iPad (… Hint, hint, wifey dear … Who am I kidding? She doesn’t read this junk …), but you can definitely find them on my iPod Touch.
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As I was flipping through the Wall Street Journal this morning, I saw a full page advertisement featuring C-SPAN’s Video Library with over 160,000 hours of video and over 115,000 political people. I immediately hopped online and searched the word "construction" in the archives. Below is the Washington Journal feed for February 17, 2010, where the guests
CSI “Construction Specifications Institute” “Powerpoint gone bad” “Powerpoint problems” “public speaking advice” “presentation tips”
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A week does not go by without a friend, colleague, or new acquaintance asking me, "How do you do it all?" The short answer: "It’s tough … very tough … but I have some help. For home and family issues, I have my lovely wife. For unloading the dishwasher, I have my son. For getting out
In this day of Blackberries and iPhones, one of the best communication tips I have ever heard was at the American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry’s fall meeting in Philadelphia a few months ago. Since we live in world of mobile communication and technology, you have to assume that everyone else is on