Insights for Owners Who Intend to Control the Record

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7 Things Your Construction Consultant May Not Tell You

Discover seven information gaps that can leave construction project owners exposed to unreliable forecasts, costly[…]

Design Review Finds Issues. Owner Governance Preserves the Truth.

Traditional preconstruction reviews—such as Gilbane’s Interdisciplinary Document Control (IDC)—provide valuable design coordination. They help identify[…]

Why Contractors Prepare for Claims—and How Owners Level the Information Playing Field

Major contractors prepare carefully for contractual risk. Project owners should prepare just as deliberately—not by[…]

Build—but Verify: Construction Disputes Should Not Be Settled by Memory

Owners no longer have to manage construction disputes through relationships and memory. Governed project knowledge[…]

Blank check and fragmented construction records being pulled into a financial drain at a major construction project

Is Your Construction Project a Blank Check?

Fragmented, ungoverned construction data exposes owners to change orders, delays and occupancy pressure. Learn why[…]

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for the FY19 Mountain Home Air Force Base Medical Treatment Facility conversion project

Mountain Home Air Force Base: Three Months Ahead, Under Budget, No Modifications

See how the Mountain Home Air Force Base medical facility conversion finished three months ahead[…]

The Bidding Games: Are All Subcontractors Bidding from the Same Data?

Learn how governed construction bid packages give every subcontractor the same drawings, specifications and addenda—reducing[…]

Shelley Armato, Dominick Armato and former Under Secretary of the Army Michael McAndrew at the Pentagon

From the Jobsite to the Pentagon: Construction Data Is Now a Policy Issue

Shelley and Dominick Armato at the Pentagon during military-construction policy engagement. From the Jobsite to[…]

Why Contractor-Controlled Technology Is Not Owner Governance

Why Contractor-Controlled Technology Is Not Owner Governance Contractors need technology to plan, coordinate, document, and[…]

Turnover Is Day One, Not the End of the Project

Turnover Is Day One, Not the End of the Project For the construction team, turnover[…]