Avoid the Family Owned Business Blues

Managing a business is tough, but running a family owned construction contractor business is even tougher. Internal conflicts, family matters, business concerns, and ownership...
Leadership Traits

Top 7 Leadership Traits for Engaging Employees

Improving their quality and effectiveness constantly challenges company leaders who strive to improve productivity, minimize turnover, and retain the best available talent. Studies show...

Winter Planning: Prepping for Snow and Ice Removal

As most know too well, Mother Nature can drop a foot of snow and ice over the ground with a snap of her fingers,...

Workforce Management: pt 2 of 4

There is no such thing as the perfect schedule in construction. Unless you can see into the future and predict everything from sick days...

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,...

Diversity Strategies

By Sarah Garcia If you’re a leader within the construction industry, you’ve likely heard rumblings about supplier and subcontractor diversity strategies. But you may not...

Building Better Solutions for Contractors

As the national sales manager for Builders and Contractors Trust (BCT), one of the original pioneers in the sponsorship of tax-advantaged Supplemental Unemployment Benefit...

Construction Contracts: Part 1

Modern construction sites today are teeming with tradesmen, engineers, architects, big sophisticated equipment, and countless infrastructure features that allow for the successful completion of...

Taxes in 2014: Know the Facts and Avoid an Audit

The possibility of a tax audit can strike fear into the hearts of even the most seasoned contractors. Whether records are meticulously kept in...

Closing the Gap

The construction industry has been under pressure for years on the labor front. There’s plenty of work to go around but the continuing shortage...