Hot take · 42:43
// THE QUOTE
“I think we've lost a lot of projects being open and honest”
— Travis Rudolph · EllisDon Corporation
Candid trade reality: giving owners an honest budget early loses the job, then years later they land exactly where you told them. Strong, self-contained business lesson.
Full episode at 42:43How EllisDon Atlantic Wins Complex Projects — Design-Build Strategy, Labour Shortage, and Owner Budget Reality | Ep. 48 ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Giving owners an honest early-stage budget and schedule opinion — even when it kills the relationship — is better than pursuing a project to a painful mid-design reset.
“more times than not we'll give them our honest opinion... better to do it before any money was spent”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Budget Realism and Inflation — Educating Owners Before They Commit
36:00
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 42:43 of How EllisDon Atlantic Wins Complex Projects — Design-Build Strategy, Labour Shortage, and Owner Budget Reality | Ep. 48