Family First

Anyone who has founded a construction business knows that success is often a slow climb, involving years of relationship-building and developing a reputation for...

What Did You Sign?

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...

Fleet Benchmarking

For mid-sized contractor fleets, efficiency is the name of the game. Whether in construction, landscaping, HVAC, or any other trade, fleet operations are a...
MILL National Training Center

The MILL National Training Center

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...

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...

Detection for Protection

In recent years, contractors’ builder’s risk insurance deductibles and premiums have risen as much as two or three times. Much of this is due...

The Gears of Innovation

The construction industry is a pivotal and powerful part of the American economy. The noise at a jobsite is the sound of commerce, progress,...

Exceptional Leaders

Most leaders believe they make good decisions. They believe they already have clarity about their situation. Protecting the status quo is the norm. Then...

Hour Banking

Many government contractors probably feel that whenever they turn around the Executive Order or Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is handing them...

Inspect What You Expect

It's not enough to just assign the task When you request a task to be performed, you naturally expect it to be completed. We make...