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...

This is the third in a 3-part series dealing with efficiency in a construction contracting office. The first installment can be found...

This is the second in a 3-part series dealing with efficiency in a construction contracting office. The first installment, having to do...

Efficiency in the construction office Efficiency for the sake of efficiency isn’t enough. As a project-based organization, you often face...

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

You need an accounting system for your construction contracting or service business because you need data. There are three basic reasons...

You’ve moved up from “Have hammer, or wrench, or paintbrush – will travel,” to running a construction contracting business. Now, you have...

The following is a guest post courtesy of Lynda McKay owner of HRextension. The construction industry has been and continues to be under...

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

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...

You’re a construction contractor – and you’re busy! All day long! Or are you? What about those minutes of time that are maddeningly...

Frequently, what we do to aid our clients as they grow their construction contracting businesses is a steady process wherein the gains...

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

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

When you first became a construction contractor or construction service business owner it was pretty simple – get a job, do the job, get...

If you’re like many people who own construction contracting and service businesses, you likely have little to no financial training....

So . . . your kid is on his high school football team. And your team is in The Game! They’re playing well! And so is the other team. It...

When you’re in the construction contracting business a lot rests on your ability to present an accurate bid. Before you bid your next job...