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Weighing the cost of risk

Weighing the cost of risk

Experience enables one to develop an almost unconscious ability to manage risk. We learn to avoid potential hazards or pass on the liability to someone else, as when we buy insurance for our homes. Unfortunately, few of us have the experience when it comes to...
Momentum

Momentum

One of the key ingredients in completing a project on time and on budget is momentum. Like many tasks, most of the effort is in starting the work. Think of those Monday morning blues. Now imagine a work site with a crew of 40 and how tough it is to get things moving...
Appointing a builder

Appointing a builder

Cowboy builders are legendary. Stories abound of construction nightmares like a three-day job that took six months to complete. There is no comfort in being victimized in this way; one way of avoiding the cowboy builder is to do it yourself. However, if the job is...
Common sense and home improvements

Common sense and home improvements

The Three Little Pigs had very different ideas on home improvements. Two of them couldn’t see problems ahead, much to the joy of the Big Bad Wolf. Some good professional advice and common sense could have helped them avoid total disaster. When considering building or...
How to select and work with your designer

How to select and work with your designer

Once you have completed your feasibility study, and confirmed that you can afford what you want, you can proceed to the design stage of your project.  To begin the design stage you will need to select a designer and enter into a design contract that records your...