Proper budgets and estimates If your commercial construction contracting business is to survive, then you must be equipped to provide pro...

Want to know what your employees want, so they feel satisfied with their job? Ask them! It isn’t as daunting as you may think. There are ...

Safety counts The most important tool in your “safety toolbox” is found in the minds of your workforce. Therefore, the first hurdle to ov...

Turn your contingency budget into your performance budget You can get your commercial construction team on board for saving time,  reduci...

Preventing Loss of Tools, Equipment, and Supplies Preventing loss of your stuff I remember the overall depletion of my dad’s spirit the m...

Building Construction Jobs Building construction trades need workers Over and over, we hear from our clients and other construction contr...

Loyal to what? In the construction industry, in 2018, the idea of loyal employees has taken a beating. Loyalty has gotten into the workfo...

Phones anywhere on a construction site What do you think? Should there be phones on your construction site? There are a number of constru...

Build the bonus program Building an achievement-based bonus program will take some effort on your part, yet it need not be overly complic...

Last time, I talked about making decisions concerning whether a change order is necessary when dealing with requests from clients. If you...

Client requests Strategy is involved when you determine what to do and what not to do when dealing with client requests. Be sure all your...

This is the third in a 5-part series about specific strategies you can use in order to retain your best construction employees. You can f...

This is the second in a 5-part series about specific strategies you can use in order to retain your best construction employees. You can ...

Create a great place to work! This is the first in a five-part series. Find the other posts by clicking on Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Pa...

Better management in your construction business through daily meetings Safety meetings are Boring! But they don’t have to be, and they sh...

Chances are, you as a construction contractor, look for people who show up on time, whose appearance cleans up well, who protect their wo...

Have you ever looked around and wondered how you got to where you are? You may have inherited your construction contracting business. Or ...

If you’re a construction contractor who hasn’t experienced anything go wrong on one of your projects, you’re either brand new to the biz ...

This is part 2 of a 2-part discussion about growing your business through growing your middle managers. If you missed part 1 which concer...

This is part 1 of a 2-part discussion concerning growing your construction contracting or service business through growing your middle ma...