The Owner Insite Construction Podcast

Who You're Talking To To:  Joshua Mermis, found partner of West Mermis, PLLC About His Company:  Headquartered in Houston, West Mermis is a boutique law firm that handles Construction Litigation, business disputes, and insurance defense. Among other clients, the have represented a number of hospitals and healthcare organizations. 

  In this episode of the Owner Insite Podcast, we discuss the stunning results of November's election, in which Texas voters rejected a majority of school bond propositions on the ballot for the first time in over a decade. Is this the beginning of a national trend? For districts that failed to pass bonds, what comes next? And what are the implications — and the potential new risks — for those dis...

On this episode of the Owner Insite Construction Podcast, we wanted to share a segment of a recent webinar series that we hosted alongside Brandon Boyter, Executive Director of Facilities at Allen ISD. In this clip, Steve Harper, our CEO, chats with Brandon about the importance of accountability in school construction. We hope you enjoy!

On this episode of the Owner Insite Construction Podcast, we wanted to share a segment of a recent webinar series that we hosted alongside Brandon Boyter, Executive Director of Facilities at Allen ISD. In this clip, Steve Harper, our CEO, chats with Brandon about how schools can easily access, store, and manage critical construction project data with an owner-focused platform like Owner Insite. We...

On this episode of the Owner Insite Construction Podcast, our CEO, Steve Harper deep dives into the world of cost effectiveness in school construction. This was part of a recent webinar series that we hosted alongside Brandon Boyter, Executive Director of Facilities at Allen ISD.

On today's episode, our CEO, Steve Harper, sits down with the Executive Director of Facilities at Allen ISD, Brandon Boyter, to discuss the topic of school construction management. This clip was apart of our new webinar series that we are hosting, where we interview prominent school and industry leaders. In this episode, Steve and Brandon talk about cost effectiveness, accountability, and the impo...

We are honored to continue to support the thousands of users that are dealing with the new normal in their construction teams and on their projects. The feedback we've received on how valuable our tools have been has been incredible and we are truly blessed to serve everyone in these unique times. In this episode we discuss how we are adapting Owner Insite to help organizations and companies on th...

In this episode, Client Success Manager Kyle Click shares some timely insights about the topic of change and how this Covid-19 situation may be the perfect time to reevaluate some things you maybe haven't thought about before.  

There are a lot of architect firms that focus on school district planning, design and construction. Let's face it, they see it as a profitable vertical. Very few look beyond the money and so when we find one that does, we want to know more about them. Clark Nexsen's K-12 Education Team has so much in common with our team at Owner Insite that it's crazy we didn't know about one another before now....

Owner Insite continues to prove why it's the market leader in innovation and solution offering. We are blazing new trails for our school districts, municipalities, healthcare and commercial real estate clients with a new strategic alliance with Facility Insite & Facilities Planner platforms.  In this first episode of 2020, let CEO Steve Harper share some of his vision for how Owner Insite is chang...

In this episode we discuss the important expectations an owner should have towards the end of project closeout to ensure they receive the pertinent data to make the transition from construction to occupancy seamless.

In this episode, we dive into a new free tool that we've created called Construction Litigation Hold. The tool is a free resource for anyone who is concerned with the document and litigation hold requirements for their construction projects. Not sure what any of that means or why you should care, it only takes one defect, warranty claim or legal action to change that perspective. The costs associa...

In this episode, Owner Insite's CEO Steve Harper discusses the impact missed deadlines are having on your construction projects. Without highlevel visibility and accountability, your project team can easily get off track and that can have major consequences to the project's success.

The Owner Insite Podcast is back. Hold onto your earbuds we promise we'll be more consistent producing episodes in the future.

In today's episode, we interview Roy Gatling, Co-Founder of BondPlanner, and discuss what BondPlanner is and the logistics of the strategic partnership between BondPlanner and Owner Insite.   Bond Planner Website: bondplanner.com Contact: roy@bondplanner.com info@bondplanner.com

It's important for owner's to play a bigger role than just writing the checks on their construction project. An "owner-focused" owner can directly influence the project team and insure more successful project outcomes.

School districts that manage any renovation or new construction on their campuses don't think about the liability associated with their projects. Maybe it's time that they should.