New Wit and Wisdom

Everything in the design and construction industry is going to be automated in the future - like Emergency 911… But for the design and construction industry, 1011.

”Thank you for calling 1011. If there has been a violent project argument with blood between contractors dial 1. If your team member is late and missing more than a two hours, dial 2. If the owner is being an obstinate jerk and you want him removed, dial 3. If you have fallen more than 30 ft. and are totally immobilized, dial 4 and somebody will probably be with you within a short period of time.”

There must be more categories! I’m thinking…..

I was asked once at the end of a speech, what made a happy partnership? Not meaning to make a joke or be humorous, I said ” Being happy is having supportive, thoughtful, focused partners in another city.”

1) If an architect can make one developer happy  , if you can make one project great, if you can make one project in a career…

2) An architect prides himself on living within his income even if he has to borrow in order to do so.

3)  An architectural triumph in his own words: Success is when we celebrate this office building’s finish in an old fashioned way. We invite the whole team including the new owners. We have a  great feast of lobsters and steaks…
and then we killed them and occupy the building.