June 17, 2025 · Lessons
Pay for it forever, or learn it once
Every project eventually hits a wall the market built. The choice at the wall is always the same.
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Notes from the operation
Lessons from land, materials, construction, and the closing table, written the way they were learned.
August 30, 2018 · Lessons
Holiday Inn Express Field Measurements vs. Stone Shop Drawings: Southwest Louisiana
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
Holiday Inn Express Post-Storm Inspection & FF&E Salvage Walkthrough: Texas Coastal Bend
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
Country Inn & Suites Coastal Storm FF&E Triage: Salvage vs. Replacement Scope: Texas Coastal Bend
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
Blue Wave Inn Post-Storm Insurance Claim Audit & Mold Remediation Scope: Texas Coastal Bend
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
Holiday Inn Express Wet-Wall Remediation & Quick-Ship Recovery: West Houston
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
Country Inn & Suites Headboard Math Reconciliation & Direct Purchasing: North Houston
Catching a double-queen headboard multiplier error before overseas factory release on a North Houston Country Inn & Suites project.
March 23, 2015 · Lessons
Super 8 69-Key Renovation: Customs Paperwork, Wall Base & COM Discipline: West Texas
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.