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News and reports: 22 figures.
Recent events read as a project manager would read them: public numbers drawn as figures, always with the source.
In this topic: Salt Lake County's $128 million recreation bond: what a project manager sees · US construction spending fell 1.9% in September: what to read before you react · Two jobs reports, two stories: why the definition behind a number matters · Utah's economy is resilient, but costs are squeezing margins: three numbers every owner should watch · Downtown Salt Lake's rebuild has three different dates. What that tells a project manager · UDOT's $2.8 billion season: staging, closures and communication on I-215 West · Utah is getting ready to build again for 2034: what project managers can learn from it · Gartner: only 13% of CIOs see significant AI value. The missing ingredient is project discipline · PMI Global Summit opens in Detroit: what "Built to Move" and a new AI standard mean for project managers · Active projects report, October 2026: what I am working on and where I need help · The new dennis-alejo.com is live: what is published and what comes next
Nov 13, 2026 · 3 figures
Salt Lake County's $128 million recreation bond: what a project manager sees
August 2026The council raises the bond from $100 million to $128 million
November 3, 2026Voters decide: 61% to 39% in the early count
Later in NovemberThe county certifies the results
Next five yearsTwo bond issues add up to about $128 million
About ten years after each issueEach issue matures (the ballot allows up to 11 years)
$128 millionRecreation General Obligation Bond
30Projects
25Locations
2New recreation centers
29 milesOf new trails
Nov 12, 2026 · 3 figures
US construction spending fell 1.9% in September: what to read before you react
Nov 6, 2026 · 3 figures
Two jobs reports, two stories: why the definition behind a number matters
Write a one-line definition for every numberWhat is counted, how it is calculated, where the data comes from and who owns it.
Keep the definition constantIf you change it, say so, and restate the history.
Compare like with likeDo not put a number from one source next to a number from another without checking that they mean the same thing.
Do not decide on one monthA single month is a signal to look closer.
Say how firm each number isLabel it as a count, an estimate or a forecast, so the reader knows how much weight it can carry.
Nov 4, 2026 · 2 figures
Utah's economy is resilient, but costs are squeezing margins: three numbers every owner should watch
The margin on what you soldFor the work you invoiced this month
Days to get paid, and weeks of cashTrack the average number of days between sending an invoice and receiving the money
Work you have been paid for but not yet deliveredAdd up deposits and prepayments for jobs you have not finished.
Oct 30, 2026 · 2 figures
Downtown Salt Lake's rebuild has three different dates. What that tells a project manager
February 2027Transfer of the sold part of the Salt Palace to SEG, then demolitionThe gate that unlocks the rest
Fall 2030The county's three buildingsTentative date, September 2025
2031The Salt Palace transformationCounty statement, April 2026
Before 2034The whole districtWhat SEG expects, before the Winter Games
Define "done" every time you give a date"Done" can mean built, opened, accepted, paid or occupied.
Separate fixed deadlines from targetsThe Games are fixed.
Watch the gateFind the one date that unlocks everything after it
Say how firm each date isThe reports are full of honest hedges: "tentatively
Explain every changeWhen a date moves, say from what, to what and why: more scope, a different sequence, a slip or a better estimate.
Oct 28, 2026 · 2 figures
UDOT's $2.8 billion season: staging, closures and communication on I-215 West
$2.8 billionThe 2026 construction season
176 + 57New and continuing projects
$150 millionI-215 West Improved, through summer 2027
30 bridgesTo rehabilitate
14 milesOf ramps to repave, about
Stage the disruptionUDOT says that not every ramp in the interchange closes at once.
Publish the date and the caveat together
Give people one place to lookA project with a website
Say who needs a detourThe July release names a specific group, airport-bound drivers, and a specific alternative.
Plan the communication for the whole length of the jobThe project runs from 2025 to 2027.
Oct 26, 2026 · 1 figure
Utah is getting ready to build again for 2034: what project managers can learn from it
FrontRunnerDouble-tracking
I-15Work through Davis County
Downtown Salt Lake CityA multi-billion-dollar district
InterchangesStill to come near Snowbasin and Utah Olympic Park
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 figures
Gartner: only 13% of CIOs see significant AI value. The missing ingredient is project discipline
Write the stop rule before you startOne line: "If after 30 days the draft replies still need heavy rewriting
Record the baselineHow many minutes does the task take today?
Give it one owner and one review rhythmA person, a weekly sample review and a mistake log.
Decide keep, fix or drop at 30 and 90 daysThe benefits tracker is made for this.
Oct 23, 2026 · 2 figures
PMI Global Summit opens in Detroit: what "Built to Move" and a new AI standard mean for project managers
275 pagesThe whole standard
8 principlesBuilt around human oversight
5 performance domainsWhat good looks like
A life-cycle frameworkFrom idea to retirement of the AI work
Write a one-page list of how you use AI todayWhich tasks, which tools and who is accountable for each.
Give every new idea a mini business caseOne page: the problem, the number that should move
Add AI risks to your risk registerWrong answers stated with confidence
Keep a person responsible for every output that leaves the buildingReview a sample every week.
Measure the result at 30 and 90 daysDid the hours come back?
Oct 22, 2026 · 1 figure
Active projects report, October 2026: what I am working on and where I need help
Oct 21, 2026 · 1 figure
The new dennis-alejo.com is live: what is published and what comes next
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