In the Spotlight: Richard Lingensjo

Construction Budget Management actually began as an article for ENR (a large prestigious McGraw-Hill construction periodical). Richard Lingensjo turned that article into his new book that outlines a paradigm-shift, is irreverent, and challenges the establishment status-quote.

The author is a construction “mud-shoe” whose adventure in building commenced in the nineteen-fifties. That half-century of experience was interrupted by four years in the US Military (Richard is a Vietnam Vet) followed by four years at Cal State in Los Angeles where he earned a Bachelors in Management. His resume includes many commercial office buildings, hospitals, educational facilities, and two transportation projects. Richard's rebellious nature has even gotten him "blacklisted" in Sacramento.

The past ten years have included consulting assignments for the University of California, general contractors, and a large school district. As a forth generation American builder, who has witnessed the changes undergone by one of the largest traditional industries on the planet, in Construction Budget Management the author speaks out and offers solutions to problems.

"I intentionally wrote the book to appeal to a large number of people who can find it both useful and entertaining," says Lingensjo. "It's not like a dry accounting book. The book is somewhat autobiographical with a few characters added in such as the 'Sidewalk Superintendent'."

Richard currently resides on a 180 acre horse ranch inland from Laguna Beach where he builds large customer residential estates. "I have the luxury of working for people who I want to work for," he says. When not working, he enjoys snow skiing, golf and enjoying the beauty of Laguna Beach.

Sample an excerpt from Construction Budget Management

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Howard B. Stussman
Editor Emeritus, Engineering News Record

A large general contractor wrote "If we could get every owner’s representative, architect, contractor, and subcontractor performing school construction in California to read your book and implement the principals set forth therein, I’m confident that school construction would be less expensive, take less time overall..."

A construction attorney, when reading the work, exclaimed this manuscript is, "right on the money." He confirmed the culprits, salient topics, and potential solutions to avoid litigation.

A member of the Los Angeles Unified School District's team of Building Construction Management endorsed the credibility, and confirmed complete agreement with all the information and opinions presented in the book.