Construction Management

Effective waste management in construction is not just a regulatory requirement; it's a crucial component of sustainable building practices.

Today, LEED is the most extensively used and well-known green building rating system in the world. Available for nearly all varieties of buildings, LEED offers a framework for healthy, efficient and cost-saving green structures.

One of the last things any contractor wants to happen in the final stages of a project is to discover the project has exceeded its budget or that deadlines won't be met.

Did you know that, according to McKinsey, almost 80 percent of large construction projects encounter delays or cost overruns? For those in the construction industry, these concerns aren't new, they're an endless challenge.

Efficiency is crucial to bear in mind when running a construction business. That's because it can both positively and negatively influence everything from financials to workforce, from timelines to client approval. Today's market conditions, especially issues such as continuing labor shortages, make

Effective or good communication is simply the exchange of information in order to convey a message and such communication involves being able to transmit your message, so it's received and understood by the intended recipients. Seems simple enough, right?

Construction Labor Shortage: Maintaining Productivity It's certainly no surprise that construction remains one of the largest industries in the world's economy. And it only continues to grow. And as with any other growing sector, it encounters challenges such as competition

Let's face it. In order to stand out in the highly competitive construction market, contractors must demonstrate to potential customers how they are different from their competitors. This method of identifying and drawing attention to a business's distinct features over

Workforce development strategies are all about building and boosting your company's workforce for the future. Of course, looking forward to and recognizing the kind of workforce your firm will require in the future makes producing a strategy more challenging

A general construction superintendent watches over each stage of a construction project, from the early planning to its conclusion. There are superintendents who concentrate on public works projects, including highways and bridges. Others specialize in constructing houses or other

Every organization aims to recruit and hang on to the best employees they can to make sure they are not only productive but successful in realizing business goals. Human resources professionals, managers and other administrative personnel may use a

Construction Project Management: Where Does It Stand Just think back to what construction project management was like ten years ago. Fewer methods, fewer tools, smaller teams and easier-to-understand projects, with tons of paperwork and manual checking of every project...

In today's highly competitive talent market, your employer brand is essential in helping your company attract the right persons. Did you know that when making a decision on where they should apply for a job, 84 percent of jobseekers...

Without organization, a construction project will most likely fall to pieces. This is true in all phases, but particularly when it comes to job site inventory. Construction projects entail transferring and keeping track of countless materials and pieces of...

Most commercial, institutional, industrial and educational owners are busy with their core operations or projects. Most residential owners are even busier with their own lives, families and businesses. Few have the know-how or technical expertise essential to manage their...

If you seem to be stuck in a rut and you're not securing a sufficient number of interviews, it simply makes sense to utilize a recruiter to expand your job search. Using a professional recruiter can also make sense...

Every year, safety accidents cost companies billions of dollars in lost productivity, injury expenses, operational repairs and more. It's been suggested that the best approach to deal with these costs is to foster a strong safety culture from the

It's been understood that there are three stages of construction - design, bid and build. The fourth assumed stage? Litigate! According to Arcadis' 2021 Global Construction Disputes Report, the average cost of disputes in 2020 for North America was

There is a persistent battle in the construction industry for contractors to stay competitive and at the same time, boost their profit margins. From a contractor's viewpoint, it can maintain that labor productivity is the number one most significant

Is It Important to Establish Good Communications with Your Clients? You Bet It Is! Busy contractors spend the better part of their day out in the field where they work more with tools than with people. During a hectic day, client communications can easily fall by the

Goin' Mobile: The Benefits of Mobile Construction Technology "I can pull up by the curb. I can make it on the road. Goin' mobile. I can stop in any street and talk with people that we meet. Goin' mobile

Busting the Most Common Recruitment Agency Myths Recruitment is an incredibly important part of any company. After all, bringing top talent on board is what keeps your construction business growing and moving forward. Being in the staffing industry, however, we've overheard more than our fair shar

Yes, Architects and Designers Are More Important Than Ever Let's not sugarcoat things. The past eight to nine months have been chaotic, to say the least. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the globe, the state of the world was identified as uncertainty, confusion

Don't Just Fill the Position . . . Hire Employees for the Future The outbreak of COVID-19 has forced organizations into perhaps the most significant social experiment in the future of work in action, with work from home and social distancing policies radically