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Jon Weiss

Jon Weiss

Fourth-generation builder; Principal & President of Construction at B2K Development and president of the Long Island Builders Institute.

Sep 23, 2026

30:30
What are the biggest risks you see in construction, and like, where-- what are you looking for in pre-con to set your team up to succeed?
30:36
So I, I think it's important that-- well, for ourselves that my-- you know, when we build our own developments, we get involved early, the construction team with the development team.
30:46
We're part of every design coordination meeting.
30:48
We're working through them.
30:49
We're giving our advice to what we think.
30:52
You know, we-- every, every development you learn something.
30:55
You know, nothing go, nothing goes 100%, and you keep trying to carry over what you learn into the next building to not make the same mistake twice.
35:03
It's like working backwards and it's like if we start off with actually measuring cost, we can reduce all these other headaches because we're talking about it at a point when we can make a change.

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