ORGANIZATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Abstract

General Contractors and subcontractors are always becoming insolvent in their normal course of business. In this paper, we consider how the construction industry is organized. We consider making use of Professional Quantity Surveyors as an attempt to control costs in construction.

I worked in a variety of engineering positions including Municipal Design, Highway Construction, Works Operations, Heavy Industry, Building construction (Site Super, Estimator, Project Administrator, and Project Manager). My career ended after working for the 7th largest GC in the USA who bought more heavy equipment from Caterpillar than anyone else in the world excluding the US Army. I didn’t get along with the women in the industry. Also, the managers were liars; they couldn’t be trusted.