Straight Answers to the 20 Questions Building Contractors Hope Yo

Q: What’s the best measure of a construction company? A: A straight answer. But the next question is, how can you make sure you’re getting straight answers when you’re interviewing contractors for a building project? After all, the selection process is so complicated that it’s easy for even the most sophisticated, experienced decision-maker to have a blind spot or two. That’s why every decision-maker should have a copy of Straight Answers to the 20 Questions Building Contractors Hope You’ll Never Ask by Blake Hodess, President of Hodess Construction Corp. Blake has pooled the wisdom from interviewing dozens of owners to focus on the 20 critical questions that decision-makers should ask, along with some time-tested straight answers to these questions. Straight Answers provides a valuable, insider’s guide to the decision-making process. It serves as a handy, real-world, pre-decision checklist to help you avoid all the headaches and financial woes you can get when you hire the not-quite-right contractor. And it can help ensure that you ask the right questions—and get the right answers—so you end up with the right contractor for your project.

Blake G. Hodess President Hodess Construction Corporation, Inc. As president of Hodess Construction Corporation, Blake Hodess offers over 30 years of construction experience at all levels in the construction process. Blake is especially recognized in the industry for his expertise in advanced technology construction. Blake is a member of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering and a member of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island chapters of the Associated Builders and Contractors. He has been published in a variety of trade journals. He has also guest lectured at trade conferences on numerous construction topics including The Design/Build Approach and How to Build a Cleanroom Project. He is a licensed Massachusetts Construction Supervisor, is licensed by the Rhode Island Builders Association, and holds a North Carolina General Contractors license. Blake holds a BA degree in administrative science and mathematics from Colby College and has completed postgraduate work in the Owner/President Management (OPM) Program at Harvard University.