How to Keep Cool In The Project Pressure Cooker Working together on such a financially significant project means that issues will arise along the way that add stress and pressure to an already fast-moving scope of work. If not managed properly, these issues will create extra stress, increasing the chances of costly mistakes or safety…

Why Is as Important as How Everything Centrecon™ does is devoted to one idea: To transform the construction industry utilizing collaboration, transparency, accountability, and high-integrity (Our WHY).  We just happen to do so by doing what we love which is building and renovating. It is the above values that make sure the client comes first,…

Accountability – A Pill That Few Want to Swallow Accountability is not present in this industry, and we want to change that, even if it ends up costing us clients. Accountability is saying what needs to be said, not what the client wants to hear. It’s fully owning the project scope and knowing what’s realistic,…

Proactive is Addictive Proactive planning is a “diving deep into the details” process that creates a smooth-flowing project, resulting in an experience full of ease rather than frustration and gives you confidence in such a financially significant investment. For the most part, the construction industry and its clients are not proactive one bit, leading to…

Integrity Creates Transparency, And Vice-Versa Projects are a very large commitment that will only be successful if a spirit of integrity is held by all team members. This fosters transparency and creates an open atmosphere where clients can feel at ease about their project and feel confident in its success. The way in which clients…

The Only Reason For Our Existence Particularly in the Construction Industry, I feel that many of the big firms forget what matters the most when it comes to running a successful business. As they grow in size, they tend to care less and less about the happiness of their clients, and as mentioned in other…

How Good Relationships Saved This Client Six Figures (and how you can benefit from them too) In this post I want to share how one client saved six figures on a project due to “Value Engineering”, a process borne from creating good relationships. The Collaborative Construction Process™ focuses on relationships and relationship building. This creates…

3 Reasons Why You May Not Qualify As a Client For Us (and why that’s best for us both) After over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, my team and I have a clear idea of who we like to work with, and this post is a good opportunity to share our criteria.…

3 Reasons Why the Tendering Process Doesn’t Work (and what we’re doing to fix it for us all) I love fashion and I want to give you an analogy. If you could freely choose either option, would you rather go into the store and buy a suit off the rack, or would you prefer a…