Project Interoperability

Managing a construction business is difficult and getting harder by the day. Projects are becoming more complex; attracting, hiring and retaining employees is increasingly...
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Hot Leader, Hot Team

The CEO of a software firm was tasked with a major change initiative after a large and lengthy acquisition. The board of directors wanted...

Does Your Business Work for You?

A construction business which works for you works without the owner having to do all the important work, including making most day-to-day decisions, telling everyone...

Infrastructure Bill

By Christopher Doyle After decades of gridlock and inattention, there appears to be a breakthrough in infrastructure investment. Passage of the plan will provide the...

Infrastructure Investment

Last year, lawmakers in Washington passed a massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan which represents the most significant investment in highways, ports, and other...

Diversity Strategies

By Sarah Garcia If you’re a leader within the construction industry, you’ve likely heard rumblings about supplier and subcontractor diversity strategies. But you may not...

Avoid the Family Owned Business Blues

Managing a business is tough, but running a family owned construction contractor business is even tougher. Internal conflicts, family matters, business concerns, and ownership...

Distributed Workforce: Part 2 of 2

In part 1 of this article, we discussed the trends of remote working for both large organizations and small and medium-size businesses (SMBs). We...

Workforce Management

Paperwork is far from the top of the “pros” list of the construction industry for any contractor. There’s too much of it, it’s easy...

The Master Game

There once was a man named DeRopp who wrote a book titled The Master Game. No need to discuss his book or his philosophy...