“At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time.” HelpingSportsProcessCompanyRiskTeamDesignCostProjectsConstructionInherentClientsConsulting Author:Roger Staubach
“There is, apparently, some law of nature decreeing that all home construction must double in its projected cost and take four times longer than originally anticipated.” HomeLawFourCostConstructionLaws Of Nature Book:G Source: G
“Economy denotes the the proper management of materials and of site, as well as a thrifty balancing of cost and common sense in the construction of works. ...the architect does not demand things which cannot be found or made ready without great expense. For example: it is not everywhere that there is plenty of pitsand, rubble, fir, clear fir, and marble... Where there is no pitsand, we must use the kinds washed up by rivers or by the sea... and other problems we must solve in similar ways.” WayWellsKindDoeMadeUseProblemFoundCommonEconomyClearSeaExampleReadyMaterialsCostDemandRiversManagementSolveCommon SensePlentyExpensesConstructionArchitectSiteMarbleRubbleThrifty Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“... trying to control construction costs is like trying to control the cost of a hospital stay. You may not realize that when you sneeze and the nurse hands you a box of tissues, it generates a $5 charge on your bill. But you still have to pay.” TryingMayStillsHandsRealizingPayCostBillsBoxesHospitalsConstructionNurseTissues Book:This Damn House!: My Subcontract with America Source: This Damn House!: My Subcontract with America
“The benefits of a modest warming would outweigh the costs - by $8.4 billion a year in 1990 dollars by the year 2060, according to Robert Mendelsohn at Yale University - thanks to longer growing seasons, more wood fiber production, lower construction costs, lower mortality rates, and lower rates of morbidity (illness).” YearsGrowingCostBenefitsSeasonsDollarsRateUniversityIllnessProductionsWoodsBillionsThanksMortalityConstructionModestFiberYaleMorbidityYale University Author:Joseph L. Bast