Hospitality was the classroom. Renovations ran on site while the furniture crossed an ocean in containers, and the same projects were worked from either chair: general contractor in-house, or project manager above one. These notes are those projects, one at a time: PIP scopes, FF&E packages, takeoffs, permit sets and acquisitions.
August 30, 2018 · Lessons
How unverified rough-in tolerances across a 67-room occupied PIP forced floor-by-floor quartz field cuts, backsplash modifications, and valve change orders.
December 23, 2017 · Lessons
Walking a hurricane-damaged three-story Holiday Inn Express on the Texas Coastal Bend to separate stripped wet-wall framing and corroded steel bases from salvageable room inventory.
December 20, 2017 · Lessons
Establishing clean disposition rules at a storm-hit Country Inn & Suites on the Texas Coastal Bend to save solid seating while replacing water-wicked perimeter millwork.
November 21, 2017 · Lessons
Documenting 29 guestrooms and 885 tagged inspection photos across the hurricane-damaged Blue Wave Inn on the Texas Coastal Bend to substantiate PTAC, mold, and envelope insurance claims.
January 19, 2017 · Lessons
How selective bath stripping uncovered hidden plumbing-chase moisture on an Inner West Houston renovation, and how a 4-to-7-day steel bed-base sprint kept rooms turning.
April 2, 2015 · Lessons
Catching a double-queen headboard multiplier error before overseas factory release on a North Houston Country Inn & Suites project.
March 23, 2015 · Lessons
Combining Certificate of Origin logistics, 5,950 linear feet of wall base, and COM fabric tracking across a mid-six-figure West Texas select-service renovation.