Why is one construction company successful and a similar company struggling? How do we attain success? Malcolm Forbes said even a failure is a success if we learn from it. Certified construction business coach George Hedley is a construction manager, author, general contractor, and real estate developer. His article Set Your Sights on Success shares top construction […]
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The National Association of Women in Construction holds its 2023 conference August 9-12. This year marks the sixty-eighth gathering of men and women in construction sponsored by NAWIC and held at the Portland, OR Downtown Waterfront Marriott. Information and activities will focus on professional construction culture and personal networking as well as education opportunities and
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If a savvy software engineer is managing your construction business technology, that’s terrific. But it doesn’t mean you don’t need to know what’s going on. If you’re a construction manager, you want to be a part of many conversations. And Construction Dive says you need to acquaint yourself with today’s construction industry buzzwords. Here are
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Construction CIOs are notoriously goals-oriented. Someone once said, “Being a CIO in construction is akin to plate-spinning.” If you’ve never seen the act, plate spinners balance breakable plates on poles and set them spinning with the goal of balancing 10 or more whirling plates at the same time. Occasionally a plate topples. The on-stage crash
President Hoover signed the Buy American Act in 1933. The Buy America Act (Surface Transportation Assistance Act) was signed in January 1983 by President Reagan. In 2021, President Biden signed the IIJA (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), aka Build America, Buy America. The document had elements that were unclear to many – if not most –
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Most states follow the guidelines established by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). But there are some variables. For example, effective Jan. 1, 2023, Illinois law requires homes and apartments to replace smoke alarms more than 10 years old with long-term detectors that house 10-year sealed batteries. Homeowners could be fined $100 for failure to
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Software platforms are numerous and because so many of them are solid choices, it’s difficult to determine what’s best for your construction-industry company. Construction accounting software is no different. Construction Business Owner recently shared rankings for several construction accounting software products. These were questions posed to more than 525 construction companies, and most respondent businesses
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If you’re one of those people that breathlessly await the Pantone Color of the Year, this may be for you: Fast Company recently released its reviews of five 2022 Best Bricks: 818 Bricks You can learn a lot from tequila. Rather than waste the agave used in fermenting top-shelf 818 tequila, it was used to
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“The United States of America, 13th in the world in infrastructure.” That’s what President Biden said woefully in his February 2023 State of the Union address. Americans are proud of being winners, and global leaders. But we have fallen behind other countries in infrastructure maintenance and development. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law challenges the engineering and construction industry
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Material prices and labor shortages are completely unpredictable at this point, so construction project management is less about using traditional industry-best processes and more about creativity. Ferris State University Professor Mark R. Dyke says, “Finding ways to be more efficient…about how work is done, and keeping employees happy” is what it takes to manage a
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