A structured approach to gambling intended to increase the odds of winning is better known as – a betting strategy.  When talking about betting strategies there are three different categories:  Positive Progression Betting – Your bet is increased each time you win; Insurance Betting Systems – Each time you lose a bet you decrease the amount that [...]

I have the pleasure to announce that ARCADIS Construction Claims Services is launching a complimentary web-based informational seminar series.  We invite you to participate in Tools of the Trade – Building Skills to Prevent, Mitigate and Resolve Construction Disputes. This webinar series, designed for public and private owners, general contractors, construction managers, designers and their [...]

I recently watched a documentary on the history of the solid body electric guitar. Leo Fender is widely considered as its inventor. Fender started mass producing the first solid body electric guitar, the Telecaster,  in 1949. You may have recognized a maple finished Telecaster on the shoulder of Bruce Springsteen. If you like a little [...]

“What is death? One step further into calm and two perhaps into silence. No, it is not life I regret, but the ruin of my plans, which were so long in devising and so laborious to construct.”

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Don’t we all feel this way about our work?? I just finished reading The Count of Monte Cristo and it is one of my new favorite books. The plot has everything – excitement, despair, humor, love, surprises, good people, bad people, and most of all, an elaborate, well-orchestrated plot for revenge. Page after page, we see the Count’s tremendous foresight and creative strategies (don’t worry; I have no plans for vengence). Stepping back into the world of non-fiction, this same message of proper planning and due diligence applies when undertaking major construction projects.

In this day of extreme budgetary challenges and project delays, is there a way to avoid or minimize construction claims? Is there a method by which cost and schedule uncertainty can be identified early and quantified to minimize some if not all of the impact to a project budget and schedule? In a real world, [...]