For example, Ryan Cos. recently estimated that delays to one of its data center projects for Google could cost the firm an estimated $5 million or more. Here, Beadle and Abrams talk with Construction Dive about client relationships, project schedules and the direction of the data center construction boom. ERIC ABRAMS: Ryan Cos. is focused on working with clients who demonstrate a deep understanding of the challenges and complexities that data center projects present. MICHAEL BEADLE: A common misconception about data center construction is that the facilities can be built as rapidly as the software they support. Using the experience Ryan Cos. has on data center construction, where do you see schedules slipping the most right now?