Don Talend

Don Talend of Write Results Inc., West Dundee, Ill., is a print and e-content developer specializing in construction, technology and innovation.
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Labor & Workforce Development
What Contractors Can Do, and Avoid, in Times of Crisis
How contractors drawn into very public controversy can save their reputations and companies by acknowledging harm to victims and apologizing
Lawsuits are inevitable in disasters like a 2008 Manhattan crane collapse that killed seven people and injured 24. But seeking forgiveness from victims mitigates long-term damage to a contractor’s reputation. The general contractor on this project quickly issued a public statement expressing sympathy to the victims’ families.
Project Management
Builder’s Project-Management System Drives Change Orders Out of Construction
Procore Technologies, Inc.
Integrating accounting software with Procore allows project managers to make change decisions with full cost information, and helps eliminate need for future change orders
It might seem that change orders are just a fact of contracting life. But luxury townhome builder and developer EYA is using its project management system to eliminate unnecessary change orders by identifying their root causes.
Apps
Lehman-Roberts’ Software Upgrade Adds Project Profit Every Week
Highway contractor’s supervisors start reporting project profit weekly and learn the frequent analysis makes it easier to move project profitability from red to black
Lehman-Roberts Company’s project managers, including Nick Koenig, assistant project manager, meet once a week and review project cost accounting data in Viewpoint Vista. By keeping close tabs on costs, the company often turns unprofitable projects into profitable ones.
Project Management
Project Management Software Makes Sierra Construction’s Bidding More Profitable
Infrastructure contractor only gets the margin-targeting value of bidding software after integrating it with a project management system’s detailed cost records
Sierra Infrastructure, Woodstock, Ontario, uses estimating software that allows inputs of comprehensive unit costs by input category. Also, the project management software it adopted in 2015 makes it easier to capture the true costs of project inputs.
Business
Top Grades in Extreme Conditions
Oregon grading and excavation contractor tackles unusually challenging topography and soil conditions using high-tech GNSS tools.
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