Unintentionally Subsidizing Clients?
As crazy as it sounds, if you are not paying enough attention to your bids, it’s likely that you are subsidizing clients quite a bit. Increase profits by tightening up the internal processes used…
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Let’s Build: Spokane, Flint, Kilgore…
Construction for manufacturing is steadily pushing forward around the country–and not only in areas known for consuming national headlines. Big awards were recently announced in Spokane, Washington, Flint, Michigan and Kilgore, Texas. Catch-up on…
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Intergenerational Approaches
With so many experienced construction workers on the path to retirement, crucial and hard won insights from the field are at-risk of being lost at many businesses. But it doesn’t have to be that…
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Infrastructure Update: 60,000 Projects
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) which was signed into law in late 2021, has so far resulted in over 60,000 construction projects around the country aimed at modernizing the deteriorating systems that…
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Red Flags: Financial Distress?
No one wants to enter into a business contract with a project owner that is in bad financial shape. Sometimes, the red flags are obvious: like a media headline or industry report. More typically,…
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Required for Success: Cash!
No one knows better than a construction company owner that success in this tough industry requires a regular cash flow. Of course, keeping a steady stream of cash can be far easier said than…
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Not So Fast?
Given the drive to modernize infrastructure across the country, and the influx of local, state and federal funds for public works, many builders across the country are confronting a push for acceleration. Engineers remind…
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Construction: Vocational Training?
As public funds at the local, state and national levels have spurred ambitious school construction across the country over the past several years, some lucky students are enjoying new learning environments this year. That’s…
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Succeeding Despite Challenges
It’s been almost five years since supply chain disruptions became newsworthy, but the challenges to the construction industry show no signs of letting up. Short of a magic wand, it might be helpful to…
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