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An illustrated miniature landscape where people plan, research, build technology, and work together.

The Interchange

Choose a part of the landscape to look inside.

We practice what we build.

Lessons from current work, so you can be the judge.

September 3, 2026

Construction in the Cloud: Building a Business That Does Not Forget

How construction firms can turn cloud tools into dependable systems that preserve judgment, reduce key-person risk, and grow with the business.

Construction Technology23 minRead Our Thought

August 31, 2026

After the Signal: The Map Was the Easy Part

What building a private-market discovery system taught me about evidence, accountability, organizational memory, and agents.

Business Development33 minRead Our Thought

September 4, 2026

The 1% Pursuit: Using Score-Gap Analysis to Build Competitive Advantage

Three related HVAC pursuits ended before an interview. On the fourth, a regional Florida construction management firm entered the interview ranked fourth and earned the second-highest presentation score, two points behind Skanska. It still did not finish first. This is what the earlier scorebooks revealed, what changed in the pursuit, and what the result can honestly prove.

Pursuit Strategy24 minRead Our Thought

Public money keeps a calendar.

Three years of contracts, grants and bids, all cresting on schedule.

Showing contract dollars and grant dollars.

Choose the Money You Chase

Showing contract dollars and grant dollars.

Federal2 of 3 On
States & Education0 of 2 On

Choose a month to compare the selected funding signals.

How We Built This Graph

Every wave is one month's share of its own fiscal year, averaged across three years so that no single year's politics can bend the shape, and they all ride one scale so the heights compare.

From USAspending obligations, three-year averages through FY2025.

Federal Contract Dollars

Counted the month it is obligated, not the month it is spent.

USAspending, three years to FY2025.

Federal Grant Dollars

Grants and cooperative agreements. Loans and direct payments are left out because nobody pursues them.

USAspending, three years to FY2025.

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A Strategy Review is one hour with Fekel Altimeaux on the bid, funding, or partnership decision in front of you right now.