Infrastructure Boom

Infrastructure underfunding has been a long-standing issue. When compared with the newly constructed infrastructure across other geographies such as Asia, the inadequacies of older...

Work Smart Not Hard: Part 3 of 4

Read Part 1 and Part 2 here. With the recently passed Infrastructure Bill generating more demand for work and an ongoing labor crisis, contractors and...

The Great Resignation

By Karl Feldman COVID-19 pandemic has no doubt fundamentally changed the economy, including the AEC industry. One of the greatest impacts has been on employment....

Reducing Risk

Duane Duhamel is the corporate health, safety and environmental (HSE) director at ISN, leading and overseeing the HSE RAVS® and Corporate HSE personnel. He...

Workplace Zombies: How to Avoid the Living Dead

By Kate Zabriskie Promoting engagement one person at a time Zombies in the workplace are soul-sucking, money-draining, productivity-killing entities that chip away at an organization’s spirit...

Diversity and Inclusion

It can be tempting to measure your company's health and achievements primarily in terms of its financial performance or market position. But the success...

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...
industry predictions

What’s Ahead in 2018?

Factories in flat-packs and homes built in factories—modular construction will build new momentum in 2018. However, the industry is battling with significant skills shortages...

HR Workflows

By Teresa Levis After more than a year of dealing with a dismal pandemic, America’s construction industry is bouncing back from the COVID-19 crisis with...

Invest in Talent to Grow & Profit

As construction companies grow, the owner generally takes on more work than they can handle alone. Then they often hire a low-priced, inexperienced junior...