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Mike Manley Replaces Ailing Sergio Marchionne as CEO of Fiat Chrysler

With Sergio Marchionne unable to return to work due to health complications, the Board of Directors has accelerated the transition process that has been proceeding over the past months

Mike Manley

Three-step Strategy to Pave the Way for a Successful Family Business

Follow these three proven business techniques to stabilize the foundational layer of your company and establish key ground rules for scalability

Success Key

Economists Forecast 2.2% June Housing Starts Drop. Starts Plunge 12.3%

Labor shortages and rising material costs may have caused US housing construction’s growth to peak in 2018 for the remainder of this business cycle

U.S. housing starts were down in all regions in June but more than half of the national plunge came in the Midwest, where starts tumbled 35.8%.

Infrastructure Construction Projects Stalled on Trump Tariffs

Spiraling steel costs call into question the future of a transit project in Kansas City and rebuilding a rail crossing of the Mississippi River in St. Louis

Bids were accepted in February, but in June the administration denied a grant that would have financed a third of the cost to replace The Merchant's Bridge, a Mississippi River rail crossing at St. Louis. Coupled with the escalating cost of the necessary 12,500 tons of steel, the project's future is uncertain.

Financing, Insurance & Leasing

Stop Doing Change Orders for Free

Construction Business Coaching

George Hedley offers 8 rules to help contractors stop doing change orders for free

Change orders must be agreed to in writing to be binding, enforceable and authorize extra money for contract changes.

Architecture Billings Remain in Positive Territory for 9th Consecutive Month

American Institute of Architects

Architecture firm billings slowed in June but remained positive at 51.3 on AIA’s Architecture Billings Index

The index has remained above the key breakeven threshold of 50 for nine consecutive months, meaning that more firms are seeing billings expand than contract.

Labor & Workforce Development

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Episode 3: Millennials in the Workplace, Pt. 1

Listen for a quick guide to speaking the language of millennials, the future leaders of the construction industry.

Millennials in the Workplace

Construction Technology

3 Ways to Improve Jobsite Productivity and Safety

Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)

These technologies can help you gather data to make more informed decisions and improve productivity, safety and the bottom line.

Construction is one of the industries that is anticipated to see the largest drone spending this year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).

ABC: Nonresidential Construction Sector Will Remain Stable for Remainder of 2018

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

Association warns there could be a potential downturn in 2020 due to rising material prices, interest rates

Construction News

Nonresidential Building Starts Fall 14%, Heavy Engineering Rise 13%

Compared with first half of 2017, year-to-date starts are down 5.5%

Constructonnect

[APP] Manage Your Mobile Workforce from Anywhere with MyMobileWorkers App

MyMobileWorkers allows users to track their workforce and jobs to get a full overview of what’s happening while workers are on the go

Pumping Concrete and Raising Awareness on Wisconsin's Largest Transportation Project in History

Meyer Concrete Pumping & Conveyor Service used Putzmeister equipment to pump concrete on the Zoo Interchange project and raise awareness for Multiple Sclerosis

Rendering of Zoo Interchange project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin upon completion.

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