Dive summary:

• When times were flush, project rework was often an accepted part of the cost of doing business, but the recession has made it an expense contractors are determined to avoid.
• The the Construction Industry Institute (CII) of Texas at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the leaders in helping contractors understand how to head off rework.
• Building information modeling and lean construction are two techniques that try to get ahead of the problem by identifying problems and avoiding them before they become rework expenses.

From the article:

"When you think about doing a job that costs a total of $100 million, you can spend something like $900,000 on rework," says Wayne Crew, CII director. "The questions become: Can you afford that and how much effort do you put into saving $900,000?" ...