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Before You Enter a New Market, Make Sure Your Workforce Can Follow You 0

Diversification is usually discussed as a business-development decision. By Troy Clark, MSC Safety Solutions A contractor sees opportunity in a new market segment. Commercial work may be slowing while another sector is growing. Data centers, industrial projects, or work tied to an existing customer can create new opportunities. Leadership sees a path to new revenue,

The biggest expansion of federal scholarship money in 50 years is at hand — and almost nobody is ready for it 0

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report At a time when polls show two-thirds of Americans think a higher education is no longer worth the price, Forsyth Technical Community College has a message for them. “College,” it says, “could cost you nothing.” The planned marketing slogan is a reference to the most dramatic expansion in more

Is Your Procurement Strategy Ready for the Next Supply Chain Shock?0
- Forcasting, Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management
- January 27, 2026
By Doug Reitz – Maxim Consulting Group Key Questions in Procurement Procurement is more than purchasing. It is the act of building a stable path through uncertainty. The leadership mindset gets you out of the weeds and asks three questions: Where are we? Where do we want to be? What must we
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U.S. Construction Trends for 2026: A Market of Shifts, Not a Simple “Up or Down”0
- Best Practices, Forcasting
- January 27, 2026
By Mary Klett, ASA Communications Team U.S. construction in 2026 is shaping up as a year of rebalancing. Activity is not disappearing so much as moving—away from some traditional commercial categories and toward power-hungry, infrastructure-linked work like data centers, energy, and select public projects. Contractors and subcontractors that track where demand is concentrating—and tighten procurement
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Construction Accounting Insights 0
- Ask a CPA, FINANCE, Forcasting
- October 28, 2025
By Ara Grigorian, CPA, CCIFP Don’t let the label “supplemental information” fool you. Accurate contract schedules are just as crucial as the balance sheet and income statement for a construction contractor. By contract schedules, I mean the schedule of completed contracts and contracts in progress. These schedules provide a glimpse of where the company is
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