The Critical Path

Always have a backup plan! From horses to massive diesel tractors, the construction industry has come a long way in automation. Grade control went from optical human input to GPS and Laser. Older projects rarely had photos taken because cameras were scarce and developing the pictures could be expensive. Now your telephone takes pictures, autofocuses, adjusts for the lighting and uploads your picture to the cloud. Technologies like AI and robotics are making a hard press in

Be pragmatic, not emotional and things will nearly always work out!

I sat up quickly as the ringing of the telephone echoed off the walls of my small trailer. The clock glowed 12:30 am so I knew it was either a family emergency or something had gone wrong with the overnight deck pour. When I answered, Dan, my structure engineer, said "Hey boss, we turned over a mixer truck near the bridge!" My heart leapt to my throat as I went through the checklist, "Is anyone hurt?" I asked, when Dan said "no", then I pivoted to the job, "Can we finish t

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