INEFFICIENT FRAMING PRACTICES
What we have is an inefficient framing system that we are all doing incredibly efficiently. We need to refocus on a more efficient system. The transition can be in phases to reduce the learning curve. If you want to change, you will; but with the current building boom, everything sells so quickly that there’s no incentive to slow down your system. When the boom fades, change will take place. Of course, oil at $65 a barrel helps, too.
Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng.
ESTIMATING ERRORS
• Omissions
• Wrong assumptions
• Inadequate Allowances
• Unclear Plans and Specs
• Hidden or Concealed Conditions
• Construction or Design Errors
• Design Changes