Best Practices Archives

Personal Selling In a Challenging Economy 0

By Tom Woodcock, Seal the Deal I’ve been around the sales block a few times in my life. I’ve seen trends and varying market conditions. I’ve gotta be honest, I’ve never seen what’s taking place in the economy such as now. Many contractors are still thriving with the backlog they’ve established. Some are even having

Designing Your Business the Way You Would a Building 0

By Chad Prinkey, Well Built Construction Consulting Imagine sitting down to design a building. First, you’d ask yourself what function that building had to perform. Once you knew the building’s purpose, you’d determine a budget, draw up plans, select materials, and specify them in the design. What you wouldn’t do is look around your yard

Stop the Hand-Off!0

Attacking the Misnomers of Preconstruction Strategy By Gregg Schoppman, Gregg.schoppman@fmicorp.com If you have ever called your pre-construction planning process a “dump meeting”, hand-off or turnover, please stop! The imagery of most pre-construction planning processes looks like it is setting the world speed record for paper shuffling. “Here are the plans, specifications, submittals, contact list, map

A Compelling Case for Construction Craft Training: The Return on Investment Is Real 0
- Best Practices, EDUCATION, Improving Productivity, Workforce & Professional Development
- April 23, 2024
By Matthew Clark, NCCER As a workforce development manager at the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER), I am dedicated to advancing the construction industry through effective education and training programs. With nearly 50 years in the construction industry as a craft professional and workforce development professional, I am convinced that investment in
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MTA Personnel Save Lives With Quick Actions in Key Bridge Tragedy 0
- Best Practices, CONSTRUCTION, Leadership
- April 23, 2024
MTA Personnel Save Lives With Quick Actions in Key Bridge Tragedy By Mike Kline, ASA Communications In the movies, the heroes often swoop in to save the day with mere seconds to spare before disaster strikes. Seconds also count in real life. In the case of the Key Bridge collapse on March 26th, the quick
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Don’t Ignore the Pain Points in Your Business, that is Where Innovation Happens 0
- Best Practices, Improving Productivity, LEGAL, Legally Speaking
- April 23, 2024
By Karalynn Cromeens, Cromeens Law Firm, PLLC The definition of innovation is the improvement of an existing method or process. Businesses innovate when they fix things that are not working. Unfortunately, this means if you want continued innovation in your business, it only comes from pain, realizing where the pain is, and really digging in
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