The MILL National Training Center opened in September in a 46,600-square-foot factory renovated by RTA Architects near the Colorado Springs Airport. This first-of-its-kind training center...

Contractors using employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) as a business strategy are on the rise. Fifteen percent of all employee stock ownership plans are...

It's Friday afternoon. Your project manager is hunched over a desk, squinting at a stack of handwritten timecards. One card is missing entirely. Another...

It should come as no surprise that safety is a major concern for every construction company, large or small. Beyond the obvious impact on...

In the Gallup book, Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow, Tom Rath writes, “The most extraordinary leaders do not see...

Material prices fluctuate, subcontractor availability shifts, and catastrophic events—from floods to wildfires—can grind projects to a halt overnight. For many contractors, builders risk insurance...

By Debbie Dickinson Signing a standard crane rental agreement attests to so much more than simple acknowledgement of the date and time of the crane’s...

Read Part 1 here. The relationship between architects and building product manufacturers can be complicated. Architects want to identify the best products for their projects and...

During the early stages of the pandemic, there were a few world leaders who were criticized for suggesting that “we would have to live...

Over the years, I have noticed that new employees are a lot like fresh bread, the day they start, they seem to be very...