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Prevailing Wage Repeal

Prevailing-Wage Repeal Slashed WI Wages, Exported Jobs and Taxes, Cut No Costs

Nonpartisan, non-profit research finds no state that has repealed prevailing wage has received the benefits claimed by politicians, but they have damaged their own construction industries

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No matter your situation, look today to move your next vice president to a greater level of responsibility and accountability. The effort will benefit both the new vice president and just about everyone else with whom they come into contact!

The Making of a Leader: The Construction Vice President

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How Cloud-Based Time Tracking Helps Construction Companies Avoid Wage and Hour Violations

Get Free Technology to Comply with OSHA’s COVID-19 Reporting Requirements

A time tracking app with face recognition removes the guesswork from clocking in and out.

Lift Construction Labor Productivity with a Time-Tracking App Using Face Recognition

Professional-grade work gloves make the job more comfortable and protect your hands to keep you safer on the jobsite.

5 Tips for Choosing the Best Construction Gloves

Finding the right glove for the job is as important as matching any other tool of the trade to the task at hand.

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CrewStrong Prevents COVID-19 Shutdowns with Real-time Employee Tracking

Easily track employee movement and interaction across all jobsites in real time, managing virus infection risk

One of the greatest benefits of using a construction time tracking app is that your workers have a stronger sense of accountability.

Increase Construction Productivity with Mobile Time Tracking Apps

Mobile time tracking apps are a great, low-cost way to increase the productivity of your construction business.

Mobile workforce apps for construction that can help you streamline your operations.

7 Ways a Mobile Workforce App Can Streamline Your Construction Business

Mobile workforce apps provide new ways to perform age-old construction tasks; use them to improve outdated workflows, complete projects faster and stay ahead of the competition.

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The Trifecta of Mentoring

Effective mentoring includes a motivated HR leader, a motivated mentee and a committed mentor

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How to Motivate Employees Late in the Construction Season

Help re-energize your leadership and workers down the stretch with these eight “pump up” efforts to exercise at your company

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Contractor’s Gridiron ‘Game Plan’

Split your day into four quarters to achieve the win on the jobsite.

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How to Motivate Employees Late in the Construction Season

Help re-energize your leadership and workers down the stretch with these eight “pump up” efforts to exercise at your company

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Contractor’s Gridiron ‘Game Plan’

Split your day into four quarters to achieve the win on the jobsite.

As the construction workforce continues to age, construction managers must prepare for changes and adjustments in our benefit packages, the manner in which we “man our crews” and what responsibilities we place on our workers

Tips for Managing an Aging Construction Workforce

Seven techniques that construction contractors can put into practice when it comes to managing 'seasoned' employees

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Caterpillar Lays Off 120 Workers at Texas Plant Due to Ongoing Trade War

Trade tensions between the United States and China has forced Caterpillar to layoff 120 temporary workers at a Texas facility.

How much is enough?

How Much Should a Construction Manager Make?

Construction managers make an average of $50,000 to $121,000 per year. How much should you be making or paying your construction managers?

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Verizon Connect’s Fleet Management Software Recognized in 6 G2 Categories

The 2019 G2 Fall Report reveals Verizon as the leader in six different categories relevant to transportation and fleet management.

As difficult as many areas of employee relations has become, it is more critical than ever to scrutinize how you are promoting individuals. Be proactive in using these eight points and you will inspire greater confidence in your new leader and their followers.

How to Avoid Challenges When Promoting Your Construction Employees

Eight best practices and strategies when promoting a worker into a position of greater authority and responsibility

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Develop a Plan to Avert the Employee Shortage

Market your industry and company to potential employees

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HCSS and Command Alkon Partner to Create Value for Partners in Heavy Civil Construction

The companies have aligned around their shared goals of eliminating paper tickets, removing manual tasks and automating data flows so that inter-company operations are easier and more friction-free on the jobsite.

There is an urgent and growing demand for language skills in the U.S. workplace.

Construction Industry's Foreign Language Skills Gap Affects Bottom Line

The construction industry has the largest foreign language skills gap among sectors studied in a recent ACTFL report, and that gap is affecting contractors' ability to pursue business

[APP] Streamline Work Assignment Efficiency with Bridgit Bench

Bridgit Bench gives contractors a view into employees' work schedules: who is assigned to a project, who is over allocated and who is available

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Study: Share of Women Working in Construction Trades in 2018 is the Highest in 20 Years

New analysis from the Institute for Women's Policy Research finds that women’s job growth in construction trades was nearly 5 times faster than job growth in the field overall

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What Minimum-Wage Foes Got Wrong About Seattle

Opponents leaned heavily on an initial study that predicted the increase to $15 would cost workers jobs and hours. That didn’t happen.

“Exorbitant payroll, lost paper time cards, inaccurate job costing – once a company has these problems, they need a solution,” says Cliff Mitchell, CEO of ClockShark.

How Time-tracking Technology has Rendered Time Sheets Obsolete

Labor costs have become too high and too crucial to managing construction costs to trust to paper time sheets filled in at the end of a long day or week

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Verizon Connect Launches Mobile-Workforce Management Solution

One-stop solution can help operations and fleet managers plan, monitor, dispatch and capture form data from the field and adjust work plans throughout the day

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Cloud-based mobile time clock app gives field team managers and employees an at-their-fingertips solution for tracking productivity and boosting jobsite efficiency

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[VIDEO] How Notevault is Making Time Collection Simpler

Derek Davis from Notevault talks about how the company is making time cards easier for construction contractors

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Triax Spot-r and Procore System Integration

Integration between systems allows worksite data from the Triax Spot-r to be automatically sent to Procore's cloud-based project management solution

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Computer Guidance Corp. Adds Time Entry to HRSS Application

Supports the collection, validation, workflow approval and processing of labor hours

Small construction companies gave an average monthly allowance of $507 per employee in 2016, across all states and family sizes – a 29% increase since 2015.

Are Health Reimbursement Plans a Better Option for Small Construction Companies?

2017 Zane Benefits Report shows health reimbursement plans cost small construction firms 23% to 49% less than group health insurance

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How Skill Training Plays Into Worker Retention

It’s important for contractors to recognize that providing educational opportunities, training classes and personal development for all levels of the workforce can directly impact the retention of workers

The role of general manager is a role that is designed to be active and engaging.

The Making of a Leader: The General Manager

The construction general manager must be engaged and active in leading, directing and motivating all the right people and processes to produce a profitable result

Even good people can fall prey to not taking the time to make good decisions, or worse, ignore important and available information that would have led them to a better decision.

7 Tips to Keep Your Construction Company Thinking from Going to the Dogs

How can we shake up our construction workers to be more active in their thinking and to think more clearly, objectively and effectively?

Engagement and participation is not hiring a new worker and then putting him immediately into the work process and expecting unbelievable results right away.

How to Retain Construction Employees Using Engagement and Participation

The earlier and more consistent a contractor is in getting a new worker engaged and participating in the company, the more productive and motivated that worker will be