What to Look for in a Modern Contract Management System

Your contract management system (CMS) is the beating heart of your business, capturing your relationship with customers, suppliers, employees, projects, assets, and liabilities, but...

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,...

Changing the Process of Communicating Change: Part 2 of 2

In part one of this article, the concept of change was discussed. In a company environment when change is not handled appropriately, there can...

Seven Deadly Sins of Contract Management Installation

Contracts are the essential beating heart of any construction business. They define relationships with owners, legal and finance partners, and subsubcontractor service providers. Contracts...

Acquiring Good Employees

Attracting good, smart employees is a challenge. In a way, the odds are against finding the best, because stereotypes persist. Ask any high school...

Changing the Process of Communicating Change Part 1 of 2

Change is defined as a shift from one way of doing things to a different way of doing things. It can be incremental or...

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,...

Cut the Cost of Your Workers’ Compensation Insurance

You can control the cost of your organization’s workers’ compensation insurance by knowing a few insider tips used by workers’ compensation cost control consultants....

Four Ways to Improve Your Business Financials

Running a business means the owner may need to wear a lot of hats to keep daily operations functioning correctly. From hiring new workers to...

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...