Change Your Mindset or Suffer the Consequences
By Brad Wolff
We live in a world of unpredictable and uncontrollable change. How can we survive and even thrive when our environment turns against...
Crucial Role
More than ever, concrete employers are looking for certified concrete professionals. With certification programs from the American Concrete Institute (ACI), contractors, craftsmen, technicians, inspectors,...
Poettker Construction
Poettker Construction, an award-winning family owned construction company, closed out the 2022 calendar year with tremendous employee, financial, industry, philanthropic and market sector growth...
Abundance of Opportunity
The construction and demolition industries continue to see steady change. Contractors, laborers, and project managers are pushing for safer and more productive solutions to...
Changing the Process of Communicating Change Part 1 of 2
Change is defined as a shift from one way of doing things to a different way of doing things. It can be incremental or...
Special Inspections
By Tommy Faulkner
Special inspections originated in response to public safety concerns over a series of catastrophic structural failures in the late 1970s and early...
Strategic Assumptions
By Jill J. Johnson
Today’s business climate is exceptionally volatile and complex. In this type of uncertain environment, it is essential to reassess all of...
Time Management
By Luke Sheppard
When I was working as a design engineer many years ago, with deadlines approaching to release a new product to market, I...
Metal Shaping Resilient Buildings
As wildfires rage across the American West, hurricanes intensify in the Southeast, and insurance markets tighten nationwide, the demand for fire-resilient, climate-ready buildings is...
How Systems-Thinking Saved My Business
Systematization and organization are critical in business management, and this article details how these principles were implemented into FnD Piers and saved the business.
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