{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Construction Hot Takes","title":"Whose Fault Is a $25M Overrun, Estimating or Engineering?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ec5e41a0\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":442,"description":"How do you lose $25 million on one job? By building exactly to the construction spec while a second engineering spec, signed off by your own leadership, sat unread until the systems were turned on. If you run design-build work, sit between an engineering department and an estimating department, or have ever assumed someone upstream read the owner's performance criteria, this is the failure that nobody catches on a walkthrough.\nIn this episode, Adam Cooper walks through the job with Greg Gorman and Jeff Robertson, answers the comments it drew, including whether submittals should have caught it and whether the estimator deserves the blame, and gets into what it actually cost the people involved.\nHere is the TikTok video source for the comments:\n‘$25M Spec Miss’: https://www.tiktok.com/@construction.hottakes/video/7657698121111129358  \nBuild a business that runs without you: https://ascentconsults.com/build-it-better-ebook/\nChapters:\n00:00 – Cold Open and Episode Introduction\n00:24 – The Specification Mistake That Cost $25 Million\n02:02 – How Did the Error Escape the Submittal Process?\n04:33 – Why Didn’t the Owner Catch It Earlier?\n05:47 – Was It Really the Estimator’s Fault?\n5 Reasons Construction Projects Fail: https://blog.ascentconsults.com/5-reasons-construction-projects-fail \nFor operational assessments and process review: https://ascentconsults.com/ops_assessment/ \nAdam Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamcooper/ \nGreg Gorman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-gorman-hern%C3%A1ndez-mba-115ba34/ \nJeff Robertson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrobertson72/ \nCheck out all the Construction Hot Takes episodes on the Ascent website!: https://ascentconsults.com/construction-hot-takes-podcast/ \nFollow Ascent Consulting on:\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascent-consulting-inc-/ \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ascentconsult \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentconsults/ \nFollow the Construction Hot Takes Podcast on:\nInstagram:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7tnRBSxyvUnj2LLrko3735SpgUxrQORJqJk70KMFAmQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNjc2/YmMxMWY1ZmY0Njhl/ZGYyM2E5ZTAzOGJk/OGU1Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}