“Remodeling defies the principles of modern commerce. You shell out great sums of money to people over whom you have no authority or power, yet these same people are constantly insinuating that you're cheap. (It reminded me of medicine, another area where you shell out great sums of money to people over whom you have no authority or power, who make you feel guilty for questioning a bill.) Construction workers are the blue-collar version of the snooty salespeople at Gucci who make $8 an hour but look down on you if you balk at a $400 alligator wallet.” PeopleIfsFeelsLooksHoursPrinciplesModernAuthorityAreasBlueBillsMedicineWorkersVersionsGuiltyConstructionQuestioningCommerceShellsCollarsWalletsBlue CollarAlligatorsSalespeopleGucciConstruction WorkersRemodeling Author:Margo Kaufman
“Our infrastructure of bridges, roads and ports has been given a D-level rating by many civil engineer societies. The government should shift some money from the Defense budget and hire companies to fix our infrastructure. As for non-construction workers, we need to do job retraining in those growing areas where more skilled workers will be needed.” NeedsShouldHas BeensGovernmentJobsGivenLevelsCompanyGrowingNeededAreasWorkersDefenseBridgesBudgetsConstructionEngineersInfrastructurePortRatingCivil EngineerConstruction WorkersSkilled Workers Author:Philip Kotler
“If you go from a structure where you have the support and that partner and that construction of a family and that's broken apart, I think that's probably a lot harder than always being a single mom and having the father being a support in another area.” IfsThinkingFatherSupportBrokenMomAreasHarderStructurePartnersConstructionSingle MomBeing A Single Mom Author:Bridget Moynahan
“We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on.” EndsTogetherGoneWeekDesignAreasVariousGet BackConstructionEngineersPhasesTestingBack Together Author:Alan Shepard