Political support, experienced attorneys, and well-connected expediters were expected to compress the building-permit schedule. Nobody could identify which review would move faster. “We have the…
A five- or ten-year forecast identifies individual capital needs. The owner still has to decide which ones belong together. The five-year forecast placed lighting in…
Before the owner pays for more design, the team has to determine whether the project changed or the original scope missed it. “Pencils down.” No…
The technology worked exactly as designed. The employees still couldn’t start the meeting. The executive walked into the conference room early for the call. This…
A workplace investment at one address changes expectations everywhere else—and leaves facilities to explain the difference. While I was developing this article, someone told me…
The request sounded simple until someone priced everything required to make it work. “We just need to move a few walls.” The business unit wanted…
The knowledge may remain. Context and authority may no longer sit in the same place. The Facilities Director is gone. They may have retired, taken…
A vendor disagreed with a decision and took it to someone more senior. The owner is the one who has to live with what happened…
Some construction budget decisions don’t save money. They decide what the next capital project has to undo. Every capital project starts with more ideas than…
Capital projects don’t just transfer buildings. They transfer the consequences of decisions—often without transferring the reasoning behind them. I’ll never forget a General Manager saying…
The project is finished. The budget has been reconciled. The punch list is complete. The team gathers for the lessons-learned session. Someone asks what went…
The tipping point isn’t more projects. It’s when every new priority begins changing the assumptions behind projects already in the plan. Organizations don’t wake up…
When trusted recommendations quietly change the conversation. I’ve worked with owners and decision-makers who recommended consultants, contractors, and design teams for all kinds of reasons….
What Capital Projects Reveal About Executive Leadership A capital construction project generates a stack of reports every month, and most executives will never read past…
That’s not a disadvantage. But it requires a different kind of attention. The Room Has Done This Before The lease is signed. The architect has…
