6 Ways To Improve Productivity In Construction Using Technology
- Improving Productivity, TECHNOLOGY
- November 28, 2023

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
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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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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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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
READ MOREBy Chris Cordon, Affinity Benefits If you’re a subcontractor running a company with fewer than 50 employees, you already know that health insurance is one of your biggest line items — second only to payroll. What you may not realize is just how much the deck is stacked against you in the current healthcare market,
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By Morgan Hammon, Safety Management Group I hopped out of the truck in my FR and hard hat ready to facilitate a project safety expectations meeting to a group of linemen, operators, laborers, and owner representatives. Walking into the substation, I remind the project managers beside me to always touch the fence with the back
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