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Flooded with cash? That’s one kind of flood construction business owners welcome, right?  Staying on top of cash flow is always essential, but navigating opportunities, shifting demand, material costs, labor challenges, and inflationary pressures make…
Read Moreabout Cash Flow: Take Me To The River?

With the construction industry racing to successfully use technology to make work faster, more efficient and safer, it’s becoming evident that upskilling workers is key. In fact, business experts are pointing out that failing to…
Read Moreabout Upskilling: The Race Is on

Even as the construction industry leans in to better leverage technology, human skills still count. In fact, successful builders find that abilities like listening, building rapport, story telling, and creating community connections are becoming more…
Read Moreabout Hello There! Community Connections?

Of course putting together a solid proposal with meaningful numbers is key to success in construction, but so too is relatability. How well do your current and potential clients know you? How well do you…
Read Moreabout Solid Proposal, Poor Relationships?

Steel? Concrete? Timely completion? Obviously, all are important in construction, but at the foundation of a successful business lies relationships–lots of good ones. In fact, in construction, trust and referrals are perhaps the ultimate currency….
Read Moreabout Laying The Foundation: Networking

Disputes continue to rise throughout the construction industry, and the most frequent triggers relate to payment, changes, timelines, schedules, and quality. Given how costly and disruptive disputes are to business, industry pros encourage paying more…
Read Moreabout Before You Sign The Contract: Dispute Prevention

When a potential client comes to you with a challenging or unusual request, is your knee jerk response a polite version of “heck no?” Though it can indeed be a wise move to turn down…
Read Moreabout Problem or Opportunity?

Stress is part of life—and work, and to an extent, stress can be motivating and even clarifying and illuminating. Nonetheless, stress run amok is bad for us—and bad for business too. Read on for practical…
Read Moreabout Stressed? Practical Advice

In construction, smartly choosing what projects to bid on, using solid information to prepare every bid, and tracking results, can make all the difference between surviving and thriving. What’s your success rate? What shifts in…
Read Moreabout Keeping Score: Bid Success?