I guess everybody who has children knows what “deep pockets” means. I don’t want to go into details but having five children means I really have to have “deep pockets” for the millions of things kids need. It looks like the pocket is never deep enough.. In construction, and in legal jargon, “deep pockets” has […]

There is no secret that the population of California is on the rise and we need more housing. Experts estimate that about 100,000 new housing starts are needed to be built each year just to keep pace with the current population growth and that number doesn’t include the amount of housing currently needed to catch […]

It seems like there is just no end to the ways bureaucrats dream up to try and choke the market based economy. The newest twist is to slap a “linkage fee” on new developments in the city of Los Angeles. Based on mayor Eric Garcetti’s proposal, the Los Angeles City Council would levy a $5.00 […]

You really think housing is pricey in America? Be glad you’re not in Hong Kong! Are prices are getting out of control? Maybe so if you consider that a dilapidated fixer-upper in San Francisco can fetch easily over a couple million dollars, but if you fantasize about going abroad to get more home for your […]

A very strange thing happened lately to our office. Most of you know that there is a state law for structural observations for certain phases of construction, performed by the design structural engineer. This structural observation has nothing to do with the city’s inspector coming to the site and signing the job card. This structural […]