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20 Nov Donald R. Boyken Featured on DeKalb Business Today

Posted at 13:01h in DRB, Global Construction Projects, International Business, Leadership, Project Management

As a business leader in our community, Mr. Boyken was asked by DeKalb Business Today hosts Matt Holmes and Jason Becknell to have an unscripted conversation about the construction industry and how DRB has positively impacted the surrounding community. Select the image below, hit 'play' and scroll to...

28 Oct Connecting The Dots

Posted at 11:35h in DRB, Economy

In October, I attended two industry conferences. The first being the hotel industry Lodging Conference and the second was the software development LiveRez Conference for the vacation rental industry. At the Lodging Conference, there were several presentations by hotel experts highlighting industry economic trends. At...

14 Oct Hotel Technology-Are You up to Speed? Featured By CIO Review

Posted at 11:51h in DRB, Technology

Mr. Boyken was asked by CIO Review to be a guest writer for their online news travel & hospitality edition. The following article will look into the future, anticipate trends and expand on how to place your company in a position to capitalize on those trends. [Click Here...

27 Jul Physics – What Goes Up, Must Come Down

Posted at 16:58h in Budgeting, Construction, DRB, Economy, Global Construction Projects, International Business

Leading indicators provide insight to future economic events; Three events occurred during July 2015 that offer insight to the future economic challenges we face. The impact is not immediate; however, these events will affect the US construction market in the next two years. The first indicator is that...

29 May Hotel Development Trends: The Emergence of Hotel Spas Featured by Hotel Executive

Posted at 14:18h in DRB, HotelExecutive.com

Mr. Boyken was asked by Hotel Executive to be a guest writer for their online news edition. Because of Mr. Boyken's extensive knowledge of the construction economy, Hotel Executive asked him to write about his responsibilities as CEO and how he grew his program management firm to one...

29 May Overcoming Cultural Differences in International Hotel Development – Featured by Hotel Executive

Posted at 13:38h in DRB, Economy, Global Construction Projects, HotelExecutive.com, International Business, News, Project Management

20 Apr Greatest Invention Ever – The Deadline

Posted at 21:28h in DRB, Leadership, Project Management

What would you consider to be greatest invention ever? Many would say the wheel, or fire, or electricity. Others might argue for great medical cures that ended epidemics and diseases. All are valid answers but consider John Carlton’s belief that the world’s greatest invention is… the deadline……without...

16 Mar Hotel Technology – Are You Up to Speed?

Posted at 16:24h in Construction, DRB, Technology

Boomers – move over – you are about to be replaced. By 2020, forty-six percent of the workforce will be the Millennial Generation. This generation wants a different type of hotel than their parents and the hotel industry is listening to them. Hotel designs are...

26 Jan History Often Repeats

Posted at 22:32h in DRB, Economy

Harry Truman often said give me a one handed economist because they always seemed to be offering two opinions of the future. January offers a great opportunity for economists to prognosticate on the future; however, there has been a common theme among the forecasts. We are...

15 Dec What Goes Up

Posted at 21:18h in Budgeting, DRB, Economy, Staffing

Owners, Developers, Contractors, and Designers are all experiencing the current economic expansion. With project volume up, most parties are enjoying a profitable 2014; however, now is often when management makes the critical mistake that has a long term effect on the company. The key pitfalls...