Exchange · 9:45
// THE QUOTE
“yeah i can hear some subcontractors who are listening right now thinking well we just got approved”
— Patrick Lafreniere · JCB Construction Canada Inc.
Host names the sub's real grievance — a big change order with no added time or crew — and the guest answers it directly with the triangle; a candid, on-the-nose trade exchange.
Full episode at 9:45BIM, Pre-Planning, and the $100 vs $10,000 Rule — Patrick Lafreniere, JCB Construction Canada (Newfoundland) ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Getting formal project-management training (PMP) changes the language you use with owners and trades — replacing fire-fighting with structured scope/cost/time conversations.
“after doing the pmp you get to understand how between scope and cost and you can speak more intelligently about the triangle”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Pre-Planning, BIM, and the Cost-of-Error Curve
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SOURCE: 9:45 of BIM, Pre-Planning, and the $100 vs $10,000 Rule — Patrick Lafreniere, JCB Construction Canada (Newfoundland)