Pharmaceutical projects are different? Not according to several readers who responded to this column I wrote last year.

When I have sat in on trade contractor field coordination meetings over the years, the prime contract (either a general contractor or construction manager) will have his project manager and/or mechanical and electrical coordinator facilitate these weekly meetings.

A casual survey and personal experience generate some candor and surprises.

You’re never too old for practical words of experience.

Especially compared to school challenges, the proper reply is, “Oh, please.”

The benefits are many, and they start in the prep.

Solo success can flow from the right diagram and a specific service.

What they don’t teach you in school.