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WWSHD: What Would Sherlock Holmes Do? (Advice for Consultants)

Mark Haas has another great post up at the Institute for Management Consultant’s Daily Tips for Consultants blog. In it, he compares the work of consultants to that of detectives, prompting the invocation of the world’s most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes. When asking What Would Sherlock Holmes Do? Haas came up with the following [...]


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An Alternative To The iPad For Field Notes & Sketches

For over a dozen years, I have been working in construction consulting, especially in the area of construction defect investigations. I’m always on the lookout for ways to improve the process of collecting data in the field. In the past I’ve written about: Construction experts using iPads for field inspections How archaeologists were using iPads [...]


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Construction Defect Attorneys and Social Media

On May 13, 2011, I attended a session on construction defect litigation and social media, presented by Dan Berman and Steve Henning. The session was part of the continuing legal education offered by West Coast Casualty’s Construction Defect Seminar at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA. Berman and Henning are name partners with noted construction [...]


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See You at West Coast Casualty’s Construction Defect Seminar

I’ll be attending the 2011 West Coast Casualty’s Construction Defect Seminar this week on May 12th and 13th. Every year, attorneys, insurance representatives, construction consultants and other professionals in the construction defect litigation community gather at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA for the two day event. Last year, over 1,600 attended and this year [...]


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Sustainable Deconstruction and Construction Defect Litigation

Yesterday I wrote a post over at AEC Forensics exploring the concept of sustainable deconstruction. This is an idea that probably goes back to the beginning of construction. As a shelter or structure became obsolete or inadequate, some of the materials could be re-used or recycled for the construction of another building. Yet during the [...]


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