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Remind me again – who did that?

It seems like most of our discussions about Dash Landing start with a version of this question.  “Who did the tile?”  “Who designed the house?”  “Who picked out that fabulous green?” The answers to those questions and many more are…

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A journey of a thousand miles starts with a big meeting.

With apologies to Lao-tzu, it was a auspicious day on Dash Landing. Freeport “unposted” its roads on Monday.  And while we would have liked to imagine a line of sub-contractors revving their engines at the border to get this thing…

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Strip Clubs, Blizzards and the Art of Contractor Engagement

A bit of a slow week on Dash Landing.  Bid packages went out to the contractors a few weeks ago and are due to Rob tomorrow.  Based on that information, we’ll decide who gets our life savings. This will not…

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And here we go…

Barring a last minute hiccup, thirteen pages of highly “nuanced” building specification (e.g. “…Test(2) prior to substantial completion = .5 air changes per hour at 50 pascals“) and seventeen pages of drawings are about to land with a resounding thud…

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