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Monday, August 7, 2023

Obituary for Mike Purdy

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Michael Edward Purdy finished his 69-year journey on this planet when his Creator called him home on August 2, 2023, at his home in Seattle,...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

2 New Books I've Written

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  Public Works Resource Guide: I have written a Public Works Resource Guide for Washington state's Municipal Research and Services Cent...
Friday, April 24, 2020

Construction Bid Issues: Virtual Training on April 30th

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NIGP is sponsoring an all day class I've developed and will be teaching this coming Thursday, April 30, 2020 entitled "When Bad Thi...
Monday, March 16, 2020

The Impact of COVID-19 on Construction Projects

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As our nation and the world grapple with managing the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we are witnessing an unprecedented uphea...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Insurance and Insults

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Insurance and insults? How do they go together? Well...they don't. In this blog, I want to share two separate things.   Does a Certif...
Thursday, May 24, 2018

The Problem with Bid Prices in Numbers and Words

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Tennessee construction attorney Matthew DeVries has described the outcome of an Alabama court case in which a bidder left out the word ...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Leadership Lessons from the Presidents (for Public Procurement Employees)

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On November 16, 2017, I had the privilege of speaking before approximately 125 public procurement officials at the annual luncheon of the ...