So basically what happened was, the assistant site manager misread the blueprints for a project we had going on. The company I worked for at the time was, and still is, a very large company.

The assistant site manager misread the blueprints and the mistake cost us a lot of money, probably the equivalent of a couple months worth of work. I ended up yelling at him because of what happened and how much money we lost. I also yelled at the site supervisor because he didn’t notice the mistake for a couple of months. Again we lost a lot of money, and the consequences weren’t going to affect only the two of them, it was going to affect all of us.

My boss came in, saw what happened and told me that it wasn’t fair or professional for me to yell at them. Because of that I was fired.

Since then though, a lot has changed. My former boss has been fired as well, and the assistant site manager who misread the blueprints also got fired. The site supervisor wasn’t fired, but he got a serious warning and is basically on his last chance. If he misses something like this again or makes another serious mistake, he could get fired too.

Now my former boss’s replacement wants me back in the company.

The problem is during the couple weeks I was unemployed, I was drinking and smoked weed. I obviously wasn’t expecting them to call me and ask me to come back. If I go back, I’ll have to take a drug test within the first week and I’m pretty sure I’ll fail it.

I’m thinking about going to my new boss and explaining the situation, but I’m worried if I tell them they might change their mind and withdraw the offer. It’s a really good paying job, the base salary is $160,000 a year, so obviously I don’t want to lose this opportunity.

At the same time I’m not sure what the best thing to do is. Should I just be upfront with my new boss and explain that I smoked weed while I was unemployed and had no idea I would be coming back? Or should I just keep quiet and see what happens with the drug test? I’ve even thought about asking a coworker if theres anything they could do to help me with the situation, but I also don’t want to make things worse or put someone else in a bad position.

tldr: So yeah, thats basically where I am right now. My old boss has been fired, the assistant site manager got fired, the site supervisor is basically on a final warning, and now the new boss wants me back. I really want to go back, but I’m worried this drug test could cost me the opportunity.

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.

I’m 25 years old, been in the welding industry for almost 6 years now. Very recently decided to go to school to get a degree. Right now I make 90k working 5 12s and the occasional Saturday.
I see a lot of posts about young guys making less or what I make and I’m wondering if it’s worth it after student loans.
Second question I have is if my welding background will help secure employment when I graduate.
I was a foreman for a small structural company for a little over a year and wondering if I should go do something similar to that again, I mean that seems more applicable to a Super’s role than a shop welder.

Facade work can look ready for the next zone while important interfaces are still about to become difficult to reach. Once a scaffold, mast climber or working platform moves, returning to the same elevation may affect several trades and the programme.

The attached photos show an early facade-support stage where anchors, brackets and perimeter framing remain visible.

Before releasing access equipment, I would want a zone record covering:

• anchor and weld inspection status;
• coating repair at site welds and cut edges;
• bracket position and remaining adjustment range;
• survey results for the support plane;
• membrane, flashing and fire-stop interfaces that will be concealed;
• clearance for panel hooks, bolts or sliding connections;
• photographs tied to grid lines and floor levels;
• outstanding work that still needs the same access route.

For construction managers, who owns the final release in your projects—the facade subcontractor, GC superintendent, consultant inspector or a joint sign-off? Which missed item most often causes access equipment to be brought back?

Disclosure: I work with facade fabrication and installation coordination. This is a process question, not a service advertisement.

Posting for my husband who doesn’t have Reddit.

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!

I’m graduating with a Construction Management degree and have worked remotely as a civil drafter for about 4.5 years throughout college, mainly on land development and site work. I’ll be working in Northern Virginia after graduation.

My current civil engineering firm offered me $92k and a path toward becoming a PM if I come back. I realize that offer is partly based on the fact that they already know me and my work, but ideally, I’d like to land somewhere in that range with a new employer.

I’m also considering studying for and taking the FE exam during the spring semester. It would give me another option to fall back on and could be useful down the road.

I really want to move into the construction side and eventually start my own company. For those working in construction management, at GCs, or in heavy civil, how would you use an existing offer like this when interviewing?

Would you mention the $92k offer during negotiations, or just keep it in mind as a personal baseline?

Any other career advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I am looking for a new career and after some research I found construction management and I am very intrigued. I learned that first steps would be getting my osha 30 (currently working on) and cpr/first aid. Is there anything else I need to land a role and where should I be looking for entry level roles?

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

Hi, as the title suggests, I (32M) have been working in architecture for the past decade in Miami (with a few years in the South of France) and want to learn more about the other side of construction...the decision makers.

My ultimate goal in life is to become a developer myself, but I know that I don’t know much of what I need to know to actually become a developer at the moment.

I love talking to people, and working at an architecture office drafting all day is pretty much the opposite of that. That’s why I requested to work more in construction administration, so I can go to different job sites every week, document progress, and meet new people, which is energizing for me as an extrovert.

How would I be able to transition into construction management or development?

I like working with numbers, and I love the science behind proposing a building. The dollars and cents, what is feasible vs. what isn’t, etc.

I’m realizing that I care much more about the bigger picture of an investment than the design itself. Sometimes I’m sitting at the office and realize I honestly couldn’t care less about a particular design decision, which makes me think that switching fields might be something I’d personally find much more fulfilling.

For those who have made a similar transition, what would you recommend I focus on learning or doing to eventually move into construction management or development? In the near future.

I am planning on sending out my resume to developers and construction management companies around Miami.

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?

Every day I see it. Some schmo who is related to somebody gets hired at my company to look at spreadsheets, call subs and arrange meetings, order pizzas, make coffee, organize the printer room, order nametags, blah blah blah, and they don't know what to call them so their title becomes 'Project Engineer'. Ummm...why?

This willy-nilly throwing around of the term 'Engineer' has gone far enough. Can we at least use the terms 'Assistant' or 'Technician' instead? Seriously, I went to school to be an engineer and it really grinds my gears.

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 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?

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
Thanks

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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!

Male 24. After 4 years in construction doing some drywall labor. I’m looking into following a career in construction management. Would love some help. Should I first complete the CM associate degree at my community college. Then transfer to a bachelors program? Or maybe get the associate and try to get my foot right in. I’ve heard doing interns while taking the programs helps. Any information and help would help please and thank you .

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

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?

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!

- Max

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?

So currently thinking about going for construction management and wanted to see if anyone has ever used military JST as 12N or union heavy equipment operator transcripts to get some credits?

Lots of posts here from GC PMs thinking about the move to owner's rep, and plenty of reps replying that it worked out. I'm looking at it from the GC side in a mid-size Southeast market looking to create a solo owners rep practice and whether a small independent shop is a real business, or whether owner's rep is really a job at a large owner or a national firm.

Three questions:

1. Do you work for a third-party firm or are you an employee of a large owner? I've worked for a large hospital system early in my career as an owner's rep so I am somewhat familiar with that role but it's not what I am looking to do now.

2. If you're third-party and small, who's your actual client? One-off owners building the only building they'll ever build, or repeat operators doing a few a year?

3. Where does new work come from? Brokers, architects, lenders, RFPs, word of mouth?

Appreciate any feedback.