Leveraging Technology

Rising material and labor costs, coupled with an increasingly competitive landscape, means tight margins for construction firms and little room for error when it...
payroll

Manage Payroll Like a Pro

Payroll can be a hassle for construction companies. What if you have employees with multiple rates? Maybe you have employees with different job classifications, pay...
construction software for estimating

INTEGRATING PROCESSES: Tech+Digital Takeoff

the key to more competitive and accurate estimates For general contractors, estimating is inarguably one of the most important and challenging aspects of any project,...

Intelligent Software

The current state of the labor market is directly impacting construction companies in more ways than one. At the end of 2021, the construction...
Jim Hammond

The Here and There of Dirt

Jim Hammond knows a thing or two about dirt. In the early 2000s, Jim Hammond did something historic in his life. He decides to shift...

Security Threats

Most companies have a plan for emergencies like a fire at the office or road-blocking weather, including training for employees to know the plan....

The Cloud: Part 2 Changing the dynamic of field-to-office communication

Part 1 of this article presented the backstory of technological evolution and the emergence of the cloud, leading to the big question: How can...

Tech Mindset

Civil contractors are optimistic about the industry for 2023 and 2024, per the most recent Civil Quarterly from Dodge Construction Network. The report states...

Digital Transformation

If you’ve followed the predictions of construction industry technologists over the last decade you could be forgiven for skepticism about the current hype. Similar...

Better Analysis

Brandon Howell, vice president of scheduling for Layton Construction Company, LLC, has been fascinated by schedule analytics for a long time. “I’ve always had...