Competing for construction business is something we know about. Most of us have a plan for winning bids and lowballing our competitors without compromising quality or safety. Did you ever think you’d be competing for workers? Labor Shortage Crisis for Construction Business Industry We lost out on Gen X skilled tradesand we’re partly to blame. […]
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If you’re working on a rooftop or skyscraper scaffold, you are tethered. If you’re on the ground, you wear a hardhat. What protection is available when you suffer from depression on the job? Construction workers are more likely to die by suicide than a jobsite fall. Everybody knew, but nobody would talk about it.–Michelle Walker,
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When the price of lumber rose 300%, many of us wondered if that would be another new normal: pandemics and exorbitant lumber prices. It took Fortune eight charts to explain the skyrocketing lumber prices that recently fell to earth. Lumber prices peaked at $1,515 per thousand board feet, then plummeted to $399 and rose to $630 in
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By now you know that miscommunication – or complete lack of communication – is expensive in the construction business. Time truly is money in our industry, and if you’re spending too much time feeling disconnected from here-and-now on project jobsites, you’re not alone. Real-Time Construction Business Tools Real-time connectivity connects the reality of work-in-progress to
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If you work outside and are six feet away from others, are you at risk of contracting COVID-19? You wouldn’t think so. But the new-and-improved variant seems to be contagious if someone in another state sneezes. Lack of consistent data is a problem. OSHA has logged every work-related COVID-19 case and fatalities but won’t release the 2020
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When your 7th grader says she is studying “life sciences,” you might be puzzled by that term. It’s what we called “biology” in school. Life sciences is the study of living organisms: Biochemistry Biology Botany Microbiology Physiology Zoology …and more. It’s a sector of the medical research and development industry that is taking off like
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Technology has transformed the construction industry. But one thing that won’t change is the need for people-to-people communications and negotiations. “There will always be components of the building process which require excellent use of collaboration, conflict management, and critical thinking skills,” says human resources consultant Debbie Burkett. The Construction Industry: We Have a Leadership Gap
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It’s that simple: Every time you look the other way when you spot a safety violation you’re putting your co-worker, the project, and the company at risk. Following an investigation into the deaths of two men, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) fined Atlantic Coast Utilities LLC/Advanced Utilities Inc., (predecessor company Shannon Construction Company, successor
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In 2020, only 4% of skilled construction workers were women. Women in construction are seeking jobs that are considered nontraditional employment roles. And yes, there have been barriers to overcome. There is one nonprofit – WINTER (Women In Non-Traditional Employment Roles) offering a free pre-apprenticeship program for women. The Apprenticeship Readiness Program tackles two of
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No doubt about it; these are strange times. We thought (hoped) the great mask debate would be history by now. We also hoped the pandemic of 2020 wouldn’t repeat itself as soon as it did. But now we have the Delta variant. Construction firms cannot avoid dealing with the realities of the situation any longer. Can
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