“Trust but verify” is a useful way to think about how a general contractor works with the subcontractors laying out their work. Dellbrook, a New England construction management firm, relies on this workflow. The company does not do self-perform; everything is subcontracted out and then quality checked by an internal team. The company works in academic, multifamily residential, healthcare and commercial markets. For years, that verification was limited to whatever the field superintendent could do with a tape, a building corner, a control point or a wheel measure. Most of the time, the subcontractors were right, but “most of the … Read more