• Widely known estimating expert Don L. Short II, 60, passed away June 8.
• He founded and was president of The Tempest Co. in Omaha, Neb.
• Short was a past president and Fellow of the American Society of Professional Estimators.

Short was an inconoclast, a curmudgeon and a conservative by nature, but he also was a fierce advocate for the project as a collective venture to be held above any stakeholder’s narrow interest.