‘What Drives You?’ Our COO Roshan Vani Answers

Q: What Drives You? Roshan: There are three main things that drive me. The first is growing a platform like Nexus PMG, and being part of something that is, quote-unquote, bigger than us is something that really motivates me to go build a business in such an influential and...

How Our Sustainable Infrastructure Development & Advisory Company Pivoted During the Pandemic

With tech-forward founders, Nexus PMG has been heavily tech-focused and cloud-based from day one. Even before the pandemic, we used drones, 3d laser scanning, and cloud and mobile technology to improve safety, quality, and execution on our sustainable infrastructure projects.  Being set up for remote work was a huge...

Understanding the EPC Contract: Project Schedule Levels

Project schedule levels are part of the art and science of developing the project plan.  Project Schedule Risk Assessing the risk in a project schedule is driven by the amount of detail available when developing the schedule along with the participation of all the stakeholders. At the point of...

My Rock Bottom and Rewiring: An Entrepreneur’s Journey to Positive Mindset

It’s easy to associate life’s pivotal experiences with momentous events. Births, deaths, and story-worthy “aha” realizations seem to be the fuel that propels us in one direction or the other. But, for me, the moment I hit rock bottom was about as anticlimactic as it could be. It was...

For a Successful Company Culture, Aim for Better, Not Best

I won’t pretend that we’ve perfected our company culture at Nexus PMG. Seven years in, and we’re always fine-tuning. What I can say is that we aim for better, not best. Best says you’ve accomplished the goal, so starting out with that mindset is counterproductive. Better means we can...

Small Company Insights to Consider for Resiliency in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

In my most recent podcast interview, I tell the story of how my personality and inquisitive nature led me down a path that was deemed inappropriate by my previous employer. In short, I worked hard to add value to the company with my side hustle. Others confirmed it was...

The Pandemic is Raining on Parades, But I Choose to See These Silver Linings

By the time the coronavirus reached a pandemic status, it overhauled how we go about our lives. Things are less predictable all-around, and uncertainty can easily feel like the enemy.  My approach in these crazy times is to try to find the silver lining. Yes, you should be informed...

The Seven Year Anniversary of Nexus PMG: As Told by Roshan Vani

After three years of working together in Saudi Arabia, Paul, Ben and I made the decision to take a leap of faith and form Nexus PMG. We recognized that we each brought something different to the table. Individually, we had our strengths. Collectively, we were a nerd force to...

Why It’s So Hard to Innovate in the Construction Industry

Career reflections from a self-taught construction coder turned COO. In the 1990s, my parents brought home our family’s first PC and loaded up AOL. Remember the days of dial-up? My brother and I were ecstatic.  From there, one of my best friends introduced me to Netscape and Geocities where...

What Burnt Toast and WWII Can Teach Us About Waste Management

Plastic and organics are America’s waste management weak points. Thermochemical conversion can help. We’ve all witnessed one solution to our waste problem when we’ve made toast. Yes, I mean toasting bread. When you put bread into a toaster and apply heat, you’re putting the organic matter of that bread...

How Organic Waste Bans Are Eating Away at Our Waste Problem

When you’re chopping vegetables in your kitchen, what do you do with the scraps? Do they go in your trash can?  If you answered “yes,” consider the following.  Your organic waste can be converted into clean energy. As much as 40% of the food supply is wasted in the United States....

What Green Really Means for Infrastructure Jobs

I’ll say it until the cows come home: collaboration is key to building the future of sustainable infrastructure. Unfortunately, fear of climate change continues to be associated with the elimination of jobs in traditional infrastructure, minimizing collaboration opportunities. But as the world and America are feeling the real effects...