Your Construction Business & Worker Benefits

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If you want to attract high-level workers, you need to offer more than good pay. And BenefitsPro.com says today’s workforce doesn’t get excited about traditional cookie-cutter company benefits. To increase job satisfaction, construction business owners and managers should consider more contemporary employee benefits. Eldercare, fertility treatments, pet care/doggy daycare, and tuition reimbursement are examples of nontraditional […]

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Construction Industry Business-Building Events 2023-2024

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Some say the current era is “The Age of IoT.” (This references a time when technology – software, sensors, etc. – is embedded into almost literally everything; the Internet of Things.) But that era-definition seems to have become less frequently referenced lately and the reason could be we haven’t actually defined what is going on here

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Remodels, Multi-, Single-Family Construction Forecasts

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Naturally, headlines and housing construction statistics influence our industry. But building products’ market research company The Farnsworth Group says there are other, more difficult metrics also at play, like what builders are feeling, why they feel that way, and how those attitudes impact their businesses. At this year’s National Association of Home Builders conference, a positive

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What Are Construction Aggregates?

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“Construction aggregate” is a somewhat broad characterization of particulates that include crushed stone, gravel, recycled concrete/recycled materials, sand, and slag. Aggregates are the most mined materials in the world. They can add resistance, stability, and volume to erosive materials. They are just rocks, after all.–Sara Feuling, AEM Senior Director of Construction Aggregates: Some of the

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