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Business Services

FMI Corporation Launches Ethics Hotline

FMI Corporation

Hotline allows incident report tracking and enable anonymous interaction between reporters and investigators

Technology & Services

Going 'Real Time'

It’s said that if you don’t measure something, it’s not worth knowing about. For the construction industry, data mining and measurement is becoming very important. The trick is in knowing how and what to measure.

Klorman's on-site team at their LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) project is reviewing a confederated BIM using Tekla BIMsight. The staff from left to right are: Tonia Wong (Project Engineer), Gerald Glass (Quality Control Manager), Mark Fechtelkotter (Project Manager) and Olivia Uyehara (Project Engineer).

Personnel Management

4 Tips for Motivating Young Employees

Know what makes young workers happy to keep them productive

Motivate Chalkboard Freedigitalphotos

Succession Planning Part 2

When selling your business, a team of advisors and open communication with your employees and business partners will contribute to a smooth transfer of power.

Construction Technology

weatherAPP

App delivers four-day forecast combined with concrete data and evaporation rates to help project favorability for pours

Data Display

Business Services

2012 Association for Financial Professionals' Payments Fraud and Control Survey

Sixty-six percent of organizations in 2011 experienced payments fraud with larger companies being the prime target

Fraud is often aimed at convenient targets of opportunity, especially big companies that handle many checks.

Construction Toolbox

Protect Your Business From Fraud

Take measures to prevent fraud – especially employee fraud – from derailing your construction business

Using secure passwords, locking your computer and locking away company checkbooks are just some of the ways to protect your construction business from outsider or employee fraud.

Business Services

Let Go To Grow

Construction Business Coaching

Build a great place to work where people can grow, take responsibility and be accountable

When you control the work, hold your people back and constantly tell them what to do, you hurt your company’s growth and profit potential. An effective leader’s role is to inspire others to perform at higher levels and maximize results.

Business Services

Material Prices Decline Likely Temporary

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

Prices declined slightly between November and December 2012, but the majority of contractors expect materials costs to increase in 2013

Construction Materials Prices Slip 0.1% in December

Fiscal issues affecting national economic activity could result in falling materials prices during the first half of 2013

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Construction Safety

Organize Your Shop for Safety

If a worker is adversely affected by his or her work due to poor quality job design and working conditions or is injured on the job, there will be an adverse cost to the employer, as well as to the individual worker.

At the end of a shift or work day, all areas of the shop should be thoroughly cleaned in preparation for the next day or shift.

Light Tower Assembly

Volvo Construction Equipment

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