design - planning - management
REDBUD Construction Services’ advice has been featured in a post this week on the Mark Up and Profit blog. Thanks to Michael Stone and his staff for teaching RCS how to serve their clients and we hope that our example can help others in the industry.
Michael Stone describes the 4 different types of contractors in this post.
In my experience, there are four kinds of contractors.
“A” contractors run their business like a business and make good money.
“B” contractors run their business like a business most of the time and make a living most of the time.
“C” contractors [...]
You have performed your Due Diligence, Planned the project with all the available information, and now it is time for the professionals to join the effort in making your project a reality.
Your team of design professionals included, but are not limited to the following:
Architects, Engineers, Planners, Contractors and Construction Managers
The three things to consider when [...]
You may have a garage full of tools, a truck with empty Mt. Dew bottles in the bed, and your Saturday afternoon free for This Old House, but, a General Contractor, these do not make.
Everybody says that you can save money by being your own General Contractor, but what no one says is how much [...]
“I thought the architect we hired was supposed to take care of that.”
“Doesn’t the engineer usually provide those services?”
“The General Contractor charged us for things that I thought were included in the contract.”
“It seems like we have wasted a lot of time trying to get the information required to start this project.”
Have you ever found [...]