Improving Productivity Archives

Construction Subcontractors Need AI Guardrails That Protect Margins and Field Judgment 0
- Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management
- September 1, 2026
By Gleb Tsipursky, Disaster Avoidance Experts Construction subcontractors face a practical AI problem that differs sharply from the one described in most corporate technology advice. A specialty contractor cannot measure success by how many emails, summaries, or estimates an AI tool produces. The work succeeds when a bid reflects the actual scope, a submittal matches
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Mental Health Is a Leadership Imperative in Construction 0
- Best Practices, HEALTH, Improving Productivity, Leadership, Outlook & Trends
- September 1, 2026
George Nash, Maxim Consulting Group In 2023, there were 982 work-related fatalities in the construction industry. During that same period, an estimated 5,095 construction professionals died by suicide. While our industry has made tremendous progress in improving physical safety, these numbers make one thing clear: protecting our people requires more than hard hats, PPE, and
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Collaboration That Saves Lives: Inside the ASAC Health & Safety Summit 0
- Best Practices, HEALTH, Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends
- September 1, 2026
By Nick Williams, ASA of Colorado Construction is an industry built on coordination. Trades stacking work, schedules aligning, materials arriving on time, and people showing up for each other when the stakes are high. What we do not always coordinate well enough is care. The 2025 ASAC Health & Safety Summit was born out of
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A Six-WeekCrew Assignment is Not a Three-Night Business Trip 0

By Saria Peterson, Engine Over a longer stay, decisions around location, property type, rate structure and booking terms affect the total cost of the assignment, not just the nightly hotel rate. For construction companies sending crews to a jobsite for weeks at a time, the better comparison is total operating cost. A lower nightly rate

Building Resilience: Why Mental Health Belongs in Every Contractor’s Safety Culture 0

By Cathy Tyler, NCCER Every contractor understands that safety begins long before the first tool comes out. It starts with a culture where everyone takes responsibility for looking out for one another. From daily toolbox talks to job hazard analyses, the industry’s strongest safety programs are built on the belief that every person deserves to

Spotlight on Substance Use Prevention, Harm Reduction, and Recovery in Construction 0

By Cal Beyer, CWP, NAC Over the past decade, the construction industry has made meaningful progress addressing workplace mental health. A majority of the attention has focused on suicide prevention. In July 2016 the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) released data showing the construction industry has a high rate of suicide. Shortly thereafter