By the mercy of Michelin and the intercession of whoever it is that invented brakes, we come to a halt inches from the wall. I glance out the window. For some reason, we’re in the forecourt of a petrol station. “Are we low on fuel?” I ask. “No, but sure we’ve time to... A sideswipe straight out of the Fast & the Furious 17 and we have careened across those who dare stand between us and tender delivery. Was this what the Pony Express was like? I wonder. We flicker back beneath the motorway, nearly meeting a truck head-on. My life... The boss has vanished out the door, leaving important papers swirling in his vortex. I gather the pile of tenders together and thunder down the back stairs, taking the steps four at a time. I stumble down the last flight and out onto an empty backstreet. No sign of... Tenders are a little like a lottery; if you’re not in, you can’t win. And in on time, of course. As with any deadline in any line of work, no one gives a damn about preparing the two-hundred-page tender document until it is too late. No one would dream of delivering... 
Once upon a time – we’ll call it the 1900’s – everything was built using bricks, mortar, timber and slate. Add a little plate glass (and some ironwork if you could afford it, fancy man!) and that was more or less the extent of the materials involved in construction of... 
Why Change Orders are not exactly evil Many people in construction see Change Orders as the work of the Devil himself, but they’re not… or, at least, they don’t have to be. The Hard Knock Life Construction is the toughest industry in many ways: long hours, tight... 