Industry Expectations

The pandemic accelerated trends in the construction industry related to labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and material cost increases. Ultimately, these trends resulted in...
Exiting Requires Thought

Exiting Requires More than a Thought

In June 1968, General William Westmoreland was relieved of his command in Vietnam when his new boss, Richard Nixon, lost confidence in his approach....

Can’t do it all yourself? Learn to delegate.

By Preston Ingalls Delegating is the act of assigning formal tasks and responsibilities to a subordinate, together with the necessary authority to carry them out....

Ending Business As Usual: Being free from unwarranted construction cost overruns

As the economy has picked up, so has construction in New York City. In fact, development on many new construction projects in and around...

Sheet Metal Solutions

Sheet metal is not just for gutters and metal roofs anymore. Metal can be fabricated into wall panel systems that can be used in...

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...

Work-in-Progress Reports

At one time or another, even the best managed contracting firms begin to feel they are slipping off the financial tracks. To the top...

Predictive Construction

Our recent Global Capital Project Outlook (GCPO), launched earlier in June, found that the construction industry is responding to recent inflation, supply chain volatility,...

Movie: Moneyball

I had the pleasure of attending and exhibiting at the first-ever Project Controls Expo in the United States last October. While I was sitting in...

Utilizing the 5Ss: Part 2

There are many benefits that your organization can reap from implementing the 5S program. Originating from a Japanese focus on organizing and bringing orderliness...