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"For years, I've read and enjoyed H. Kent Craig's advice and wisdom in the pages of Contractor magazine. It's wonderful to see all those words gathered in one place for a rousing, two-fisted encore. Kent has been tested by fire, and this is a book to savor. Armed with humor and a hard eye, he takes on the real world of project management in today's Get-It-Done-Now construction industry. There's much to learn here, and Kent is a terrific teacher." Dan Holohan.

About the Author

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Mr. Craig grew up in the aegis of a successful family-run plumbing business in Cary, N.C. where he began doing backoffice chores at age eight and was taught at age ten how to read plans, create isometric riser diagrams and do residential and small commercial estimates. He became the second youngest Master Plumber in the United States at time of license issuance at age twenty in 1977 and went on to earn his full brace of sibling Master's Licenses in boilers, air conditioning and forced warm air heating from the North Carolina State Board Of Examiners. His career as a senior-level estimator and project manager included stints as such with such large mechanical firms as Atlantic Coast Mechanical and Bay Mechanical in addition to being a branch and division manager for offices of different regional specialty firms. His background includes small-medium-and large commercial new work including the seventy million dollar mechanical contract for the EPA Research & Administration Facility in Research Triangle Park N.C., hospital and commercial laboratory facilities; high purity gas, fluid and air systems; high volume new residential work to fifty new permits per week with a 98% first time inspection pass rate; institutional buildings for colleges and state government functions; water and sewer treatment facilities construction and additions and heavy rebuilds of existing systems within aged-out commercial structures. As he was trained and mentored over the course of his life and career by the best of the best, he too has joyfully in turn trained many others in the basics of pre-construction skills including blueprint reading; specification interpretation and implementation; negotiating with architects, engineers and owners; bid preparation and execution & post-award contract c0mpliance and implementation. He has lived in Midwest City OK since 2008 with his domestic partner Renata Montgomery plus their two dogs and extended network of friends and family.