Andrew Langstone

Most industries with similar scale to the construction industry have 800 pound gorillas who anchor their industries.  These companies set the tone by developing or adopting industry standards, best practices, and training a disproportionate share of people.  Think of the FAANG companies in tech (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google)

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about the different types of costs that general contractors encounter on their projects.  In that article, I discussed how understanding costs was critical to running a profitable general contracting business. Once a contract is awarded, revenues are largely fixed and managing costs

I'm going to start this article with a story... I worked with a project manger who once had a contract with a private developer to build a commercial retail building on a cost reimbursable construction management agreement.  The job was about $5M - the PM put together a

Most commercial general contractors in North America today focus entirely on managing and coordinating the work of others.  Beyond a small crew to handle the few odd jobs related to general requirements, general contractors typically avoid taking on any of the direct scopes on their projects leaving that work to

I like to think of the construction team working on a commercial project as an orchestra:  the consultants are the composers who drafted the score, the trades are the musicians who bring the score to life, and the general contractor is the conductor who is responsible for bringing it all