The Shifting Sands of Employee Motivation

I recently attended a speech by best-selling author Daniel Pink1 in which he summarized research on shifts in employee motivators. The old “if-then motivators”...

World of Concrete 2025 Preview

Mark your calendars for January 20-23, when World of Concrete will convene at the Las Vegas Convention Center. World of Concrete is the commercial...
team conflict

Opportunity for the Right Course of Action

Every human being experiences conflict. It is a factor of human interaction. Therefore, it is impossible to get multiple people together, in a team,...
Drexel

New Constructs

Christine Fiori is home. And, the department head of Engineering Management Studies and the program director for the Drexel University College of Engineering’s Construction...

Workforce Shortage

According to a recent article in Reuters, construction companies in the U.S. are hiring more workers this year. The problem is finding them. As...

Tool Tracking Solution

Building a successful contracting business is hard work—there’s no doubt about that. Every day you face challenges that threaten to impact project deadlines, profits,...

Eyes on Protection

The cost of building materials has skyrocketed almost 40 percent over the last four years. At the same time, vandalism and theft at construction...

Night Site Security

The last truck leaves, the generator powers off, and you lock up the main gate for the night. You head home, thinking about tomorrow’s...

Creating a Caring Environment

Marketplace Chaplains Helping Others in the Workplace Marketplace Chaplains, now celebrating its 30-year anniversary of work in today’s hectic workplace, has reached a new milestone...

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...