Improving Productivity Archives

Break Glass in Case of Emergency 0

Preparing your organization for the inevitable “hiccup” or roadblock By Gregg M. Schoppman, FMI Corp Reflecting on the worldwide cyber outage in mid-2025 has been an eye-opening experience. This is certainly not about technology or redundancy, but there are certainly nuggets that could be gathered in that bucket. This is about how the firm prepares

What AI Deep Research Mode Does for Marketers and Business Owners 0

By Mary Klett, ASA Communications Team Most people use AI for basic writing tasks, but deep research mode unlocks a much more advanced capability. Instead of relying only on what the model already knows, deep research sends AI out to actively investigate—reviewing websites, reports, documents, URLs, and large volumes of source material—then synthesizing that information

Why It’s Now Harder Than Ever to Maintain a Sub‑1.0 MOD Rate 0

For years, contractors have understood the importance of a low workers’ compensation experience modification rate—better known as the MOD. A strong MOD tells a clear story: a contractor with solid safety practices, fewer incidents, and well‑controlled workers’ compensation costs. It also sends a powerful message to customers who increasingly view MOD as a proxy for

This is the Future of Construction in America 0
- Analytics, Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, TECHNOLOGY
- March 31, 2026
By Ara Kharazian, Economist, Ramp Construction sits at the center of America’s economic ambitions. Our capacity to build housing, factories, and infrastructure quickly and productively is a necessary requirement of making our economy more affordable and more competitive; but the manufacturing and construction sectors have been lagging. Labor productivity in manufacturing has stalled since 2011,
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Rethinking MEP: Prefab, Pipelines, and a Better Deal for Women in the Trades 0
- Best Practices, Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, WORKFORCE
- March 31, 2026
By Thomas Santos, Maxim Consulting Group Let’s face it: walk onto almost any construction site, and you won’t see many women-especially not in hands-on MEP jobs. But things don’t have to stay this way. If MEP companies put real effort into building a strong talent pipeline and lean into prefab, they can actually become some
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Women Breaking Barriers in Construction 0
- Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends
- March 31, 2026
By Valerie Krieger Scratch the “old boy’s club” surface of the robust construction industry, and you’ll find a new generation of business owners who are neither old nor boys, but in fact, vibrant, successful women. Although Veronica Munoz, the Founder and CEO of Mezquite Group, started her company after a successful career in journalism, she
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