Articles by John Rapaport

Construction in New York City is being left behind in the data revolution. If subcontractors don't shed their resistance to providing data and stop keeping it in separate public-agency silos, we will never advance, and we will never be able to understand our businesses. We can't measure what we don't have and can't see.Further, the current state of industry databases makes it impossible to cross-reference related work histories and other relevant information on payroll records, work experience, and crucial-task and work-area data. Baseline task reporting, with attached area reporting, enables project-managing agencies to track the actual hours needed to frame

From beginning to end, we need to measure correctly in a unified way to make the industry "understandable" for Owners.

We made it to 50 years in business.  Starting with a $2,000 investment, here we are today with billions and billions of dollars of work in place.  How did this happen?  Read on!

 The Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Carpenters (both union and non union) would be proud.

Unlike the way it is often portrayed, design-build is no Shangri-la or panacea. Here's a New Way Forward.

Schedules are fabrications of reality used as swords not planning tools.

It was a great day at the ENR Risk Summit

We need a leader to understand and promote open standards otherwise this will take years to emerge right.