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The Decision You Make Before the Drawings

By Carl Brazley · 7 min read

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The Contingency Conversation

In a market where input prices swing double digits and lead times run to years, the contingency line is not padding. It is the most honest number on the page — if you are willing to explain it.

By Carl Brazley · 5 min read

Business

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Pricing a Moving Target

By Carl Brazley · 6 min read

Business

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Business

The Four-Thousand-Worker Jobsite

The data-center boom is rewriting what a large project looks like — and pulling skilled trades off every other job in the market, ours included. Here is how we are reading it from Louisville.

By Carl Brazley · 6 min read