Video: Ask an Expert Can self-performing GCs help provide more predictable labor availability?

Welcome to “Ask an Expert,” a series exploring some of today’s pressing topics in the construction industry, and how a self-performing general contractor can bring added value to your projects. From labor availability to cost control, and schedule reliability to quality assurance, we highlight some of the complexities and opportunities you might be facing on current and future projects. Our experts share their perspective on how self-performing construction teams can make a difference, so that you have a bit more insight to move forward with confidence.

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Can self-performing GCs help provide more predictable labor availability?

Chris: Maybe one of the biggest things is labor availability in the marketplace. When you're working with a self-performing GC, you're working with somebody that has direct connection to the labor. As an owner, you want to know that you've got labor for the project. That means that you've got schedule predictability, you've got cause predictability. So when you're working with a self-performing GC, you're working with somebody that has direct connection to the labor.

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