Marc Savatsky���s Post

This is what an open wound looks like in construction. I’m sure there are many equivalents in other fields. The municipalities utility division brought our water/fire service through the foundation wall about a month ago but didn’t have a particular fitting needed to turn them and bring them up through the floor. So we backfilled the site around it and we poured our slab around it. We framed our walls around it. We came back to set the floor drain once this room was backfilled and then finally we closed the patient up and poured this small slab. It’s tough to put an accounting cost on all this comeback work. Wounds like this fester the longer they stay open & if you have too many open at once on a job you’ll end up in the ICU. Where do you see this in your day to day and how do you prophylactically address them? #construction #constructionmanagement #realestate #realestatedevelopment #constructionscheduling

One of my favorite technology hacks for running a job efficiently is FaceTime with screen share. Question comes up onsite. Foreman FaceTimes me & shows me the issue. I have quick access to all plans as well as tools like PDF expert to dimension plans. If need be, I can also add other resources /experts to the FaceTimes call. The goal is to provide direction without delay so the crew can continue moving forward efficiently. Huge shoutout to H+O Structural Engineering Jeremiah O'Neill, P.E. Matt Sweeney Marty Hietsch Dartmouth Building Supply Anthony Giello Kevin Quetti, PE for going above and beyond recently to keep our job on pace.

Everyone is told to, “follow their passion.” Follow your talent; not your passion and once you become a ninja master at that thing the passion will follow. “And here's the key part, in an industry that has a 90 plus percent employment rate, because the top 10% of tax lawyers fly private the top 10% of basketball players like me get cut from JV basketball in the 10th grade. So you wanna go where a modest surfer can look amazing where the waves are great. And the waves are great in 98% of industries.” This from Modern Wisdom: #794 Scott Galloway - The 4 Secrets To Get Rich In A Broken Economy: https://lnkd.in/eew263Ff

Who’s fault was it? I returned to the job on Monday to find the electrician had cut my beutiful tambour paneling to install his outlets in the islands over the weekend. I had designed the island with a 5” piece of filler @ either end specifically for these outlets (see photo #2). I thought this was obvious. I was obviously wrong. I could have reviewed this with my electrician ahead of time, taped notes to the islands with instructions or simply been onsite myself to supervise. My emotional knee jerk reaction (“are you serious?!!) was wrong and I later apologized. This was 100% my fault. Never assume someone knows what your thinking. Be crystal clear in your communication and own it. #constructionmanagement #Superintendent #Projectmanagement #Realestatedevelopment #buildingamerica

PSA: I recently learned about Alternative Energy Credits for projects. If you installed heat pumps in a project since 2015 this is worth checking out (I received $1,800/unit for recent project) Shoot me a DM or drop e-mail in comments and I'm happy to connect you with the team who handled the process for me. #realestatedevelopment #rebates #energyefficiency #sustainabledesign #realestate #themoreyouknow

Utility service is a frequent cause of delay on projects. Certainly some aspects this work are beyond our control as the Owner/Developer but if your not communicating with the utility companies early, tracking work orders & ensuring payments are made promptly you are stacking the odds further against you. I recommend creating a utility tracking log to note utility company contact, w/o #’s and which summarizes each conversation/correspondence.

One of the most critical things you can do to maintain an aggressive construction schedule is to simply make decisions early. Ensure design is complete & all finish selections are made. The sooner this information is available the more smooth a job will run. "Come install these x12 lights but, come back for those x3 because we are still deciding" is a recipe for disaster. Momentum matters and nothing will cause your workforce to scatter and bring your job to a stop like waiting for information. #constructionmanagement #constructionschedule #realestatedevelopment #Bostonrealestate

A job will take exactly as long as you let it and if you allow the parade of excuses that abound on a jobsite it will take forever. "But nothing in the schedule is relying on us finishing the siding." "We could finish our electrical rough but, the plumber still won't be ready to close walls" The more work you put in place the more schedule risk you mitigate by eliminating material shortages/availability issues, quality control problems, design issues, labor shortages, inspection delays, etc.  Put work in place anytime you can.  #Generalcontracting #Constructionmanagement #realestatedevelopment #Constructionscheduling

I asked Robin Adams, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, CDT if she thought I should repeat a Hale Navy Vanity color I was doing in our 2nd guest bathroom and she suggested we look at a dark green instead. She offered this design insight that I thought was worth sharing: “I think it keeps it boutique and custom to not see the same finish scheme repeated in bathrooms. It can appear builder’s grade if it looks like someone picked 1 design and applied it to all baths.” Amen 👏 #interiordesign #realestatedevelopment #realestate #interiorarchitecture