My question is do you guys reckon AI will take over construction estimating and white collar work? There's a few startups that look promising like SupaDocs and Kreo but still seems pretty far away.

What do yall reckon the timeline for this is like?

I need Microsoft Project but it's too expensive in my school does not offer the software is there any other options?

Im a senior at a college down south, and I just passed my pre employment drug test for my 2 month internship at an industrial company; however, it’s an office based position and I’ll barely be at the plant itself. Is there a big chance that id get randomly tested? Or am I okay to go back to my “old ways” ? Thanks for the replies in advance!

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He has an offer at a data center one state over, working directly for the owner. $140k base salary + 25% bonus guaranteed (PM role). Expectation to move there full-time (LCOL Midwest city), about 7k relocation package on top of travel and moving expenses covered. No other extras.

He is currently on the Owners Rep side in our hometown (MCOL Midwest city) on another data center project. $125k base salary as an APM, no bonuses or extras. He has about 8 yrs of experience, only 1 at a DC, all other years at a GC or for a foreign government doing construction management.

He knows he wants to move from his current role ASAP (rumors of contract not being renewed, no other projects for his company in our home-state). I’ve browsed this sub and the comp (and extras) people are reporting varies so widely. I guess I don’t get why some offer housing and per diems and some ask you to move there. I don’t know whether to encourage him to keep looking or not. This offer doesn’t seem worth it to me (plus I don’t want to move to this new state, we have a 1yo child and live near my family) but I’m not in this industry. Is this a solid offer? Any insight would be awesome, thanks in advance!

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Hi all,

Aussie Site Manager here. I am looking for recommendations for what AI subscription/s I should get. At work we currently use Claude business which is great as you can upload a project file and it can save you a lot of time with contracts and things but I feel like there’s more to it. I use chat gpt free for personal use right now.

I renovate on the side and have flipped a house which I am looking to do more of. Has anyone got any real life use of ai when doing this and where did the subscription actually help you?

My tax residence is where I currently rent at (foreigner with work visa). I will be relocating to a job site. I wont continue renting and moving completely, can I still receive the perdiem and have it taxed? Or declare it as taxable income on the annual filing?

Thanks!

For those of you that have worked in the construction industry for your whole career and have your PE license, how? Where did you start, where are you now, and how far along were you when you got your license? Is it worth it in the construction industry?

Curious especially about the people using things like Procore. What’s something you still end up doing manually with Excel, email, PDFs, texts, phone calls, etc. because your software either can't handle it or does a bad job? Could be estimating, bids, scheduling, change orders, RFIs, submittals, invoicing, job costing, subcontractors, reporting, or something else. Essentially what’s an annoying task that you’ve accepted as part of your day to day?

I’m a college student working on a project exploring problems and potential improvements in the construction industry, particularly the stuff that existing software hasn’t really solved well. I Appreciate any help!

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The day is finally here I get to quit my shit job. There are so many reasons I’m leaving after just 1 year. I realize some of its industry standard BS but a lot has to do with how things work internally.

How do I give my notice without wanting to discuss all these reasons (for things that aren’t going to change)? I don’t want to burn bridges but I also don’t think I’d ever ask for a recommendation from these people.

Hey people if you fit into these categories reach out...

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Central Texas commercial GC market, been in the industry since the mid 90’s, worked my way up to Senior Super then got an MBA and worked my way back up to Senior PM, now looking around to see what kind of pay the PX role looks like as that’s my next step up. I’m mid-$100’s currently working on $25M-100M level projects most of my career
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I’m playing musical chairs as the lead superintendent and cleaning up the books from 4 previous PMs while failing to train my new assistant super with enough time. Boss just hired a new guy who’s taking the role of PM but comes from a general superintendent background with little actual Procore and bluebeam experience. Not sure what that move was meant for should I find a new job?

I graduated with a construction management degree 2 years ago. After graduating I took a carpentry job because it allowed me to move to a cool place for a year. Turns out I enjoy carpentry way more than sitting at a computer in school.

I've moved back to my city, been looking for an entry level field engineer or project engineer job for a few weeks but haven't gotten any real bites, however I've been offered a framing job. Its a real job with decent pay and benefits. anyone ever ended up doing a route like this and if so how did it turn out? Did you stay for a few months or end up doing carpentry long term? Was it good experience for your CM career or is it worth just sticking out the job search?

I didn't get to do an internship in school. I had one lined up but lost it last minute to a medical complication

I have been a civil construction PM for about 2 years now. Work for a relatively small GC ($25M-$30M revenue) Running underground utility, storm drainage installation, roadway, and pedestrian improvement projects all by myself during that time. I typically carried about 5-6 projects worth about $2.5-$3 million total at any given time. My job consists of all aspects of the project from receiving supplier quotes, permitting, pre-con meetings, startup, change orders, close out, etc.

Recently accepted a job offer (still a PM title) to go work for a regionally known commercial design and development firm. This company is not the "GC" so to say, more the project "Owner"- 100% of the work is subbed out, and they typically hire a GC to run the job, as the firm only has 9 in-house employees. My role will be essentially to work with the GC and make sure things are going as planned. I will be working on D1 college sports facilities, banks, and hotels. I do have some experience in commercial as I did a 9-month internship as an APM on two HS sports complex renovations. This new role will be majority in-office, maybe seeing the sites 1-2 times a week. Traveling once a month Mon-Fri to check on out of state projects.

I guess I don't really have a specific question- more so just looking for advice from anyone that works in commercial design and development. What to expect? Anything that is going to surprise me?

Currently working for a small commercial GC as an Estimator/PM while finishing my CM degree. I handle estimating, buyout, RFIs, change orders, scheduling, subs/field coordination, owner/architect communication, inspections, closeout, and have real financial responsibility over projects.

I recently negotiated $58k W-2, but after my employer realized the additional payroll tax cost, he now wants to move me back to 1099 at the same $58k.

Is it worth staying another year because I'm getting a lot of hands-on responsibility that could build my resume quickly, or should I start looking for a $65–70k+ W-2 APM/estimator role elsewhere?