ATLANTA – One of the last undeveloped quadrants along the Perimeter business district’s primary commercial corridor is under construction. Owned and developed by Hotel Development Partners, the 4.8-acre site that surrounds the existing Spruill Center for the Arts is soon to be home to the...
When feeling ill, most people seek a doctor’s advice to find a cure. Since a doctor sees multiple patients a day, they can quickly diagnose the problem and provide a remedy. The same thinking should apply to design and construction related challenges. Yet too often the...
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...
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...
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...
When starting a construction program owners will take one or two completely different approaches to create the project budget. Each approach has its hurdles and obstacles. Without discipline the approach selected by the development team can have significant impact on the project costs. When a design...
Several of our projects are currently going through a bidding process. Interestingly, we are getting feedback that many subcontractors are already near or at capacity, forcing them to be more selective in the projects for which they offer proposals. We have heard reports that several...
Estimators Must Project the Future: Each time an estimator prepares an estimate he is asked to predict the future. They take a set of drawings and specifications, define work to be done, then offer, often in detail, a cost of what the project might cost...
Mr. Boyken serves as a forensic construction consultant providing expert witness testimony, cost analysis, construction claims analysis and document review for construction dispute resolution involving damage calculations, delay analysis, resolution of unresolved change orders, defective workmanship and related damages. Since 1970, Mr. Boyken has been part...
Mr. Boyken was asked by Hotel Executive to be a guest writer for their June 2011 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...
