Coordination Is Key

The construction industry continues to be buffeted by challenges, both longstanding and developing. Many builders are still struggling to find enough skilled labor, with...
workplace temper tantrum

Can You Recover from a Temper Tantrum?

Joan storms out of the office. The door slams. And everything comes to a screeching halt. The meeting has barely begun. Now, it’s over. Today...

Product Selection: Part 1 of 3

Designing a building is no easy task. Even “simple” projects present challenges as architects balance competing priorities like energy, carbon, cost, quality, and time.  Navigating...

Detection for Protection

In recent years, contractors’ builder’s risk insurance deductibles and premiums have risen as much as two or three times. Much of this is due...

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...

Digital Tools

In the commercial construction industry, managing through uncertainty is the norm. But with the price of fuel at a record high, backlogs in the...

Maximize Purchasing Power on Your Next Equipment Acquisition

Global economic factors—declines in the mining industry and commodities markets to name a few—are impacting the equipment industry. For buyers, that means more inventory...

Interpersonal Prowess

When people vent about problem individuals at work or at home, one fact becomes obvious. Most individuals have a long list of things that...

Contact Tracing

By Kyle Peacock Contact tracing is critical for helping to stop the spread of COVID-19 on jobsites. Yet managing it is challenging. A lot of...

4 Steps to Lower Embodied Carbon

More than ever, contractors, manufacturers, owners, and designers are setting time-bound sustainability commitments to encourage low-carbon construction and keep our planet at safe global...