Personnel Management: Page 35

Construction Safety

Occupational Medicine

Your construction firms should choose an occupational medicine clinic that offers services in care for workers injured on the job, workers compensation related evaluations, drug testing and the like.

Sponsored Content

Manage your mixed branded fleet in one easy to use platform

Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas

With LANDCROS Connect you can monitor the location of your mixed branded fleet. You can also view maintenance alerts and machine usage all on one single dashboard.

Manage your mixed branded fleet in one easy to use platform

How to Buy a Skid Steer

Possibly even more so than with most equipment, matching a skid steer to your business and the work you do can mean the difference between adding a productive piece of equipment to your fleet and buying some big iron that makes you feel good – until you walk by it sitting in the yard day after day.

Case offers nine skid steer models over three frame sizes. The SR200 and SR250 are the most common skid steers found among contractors, with the SR200 getting a little more contractor attention because it is a smaller machine with ample power that maneuvers easier and fits better on some jobsites.

Business Services

Methods to Ensure Crews Deliver Top Quality in the Field

The Contractor's Business Coach

Tips to help ensure your crew is working properly without having to be in the field with every crew every day

Mix and match your approaches for driving quality. Different approaches will work for different crews.

Builder to Congress: E-Verify Important Component of Immigration Reform

National Association of Home Builders

Builder - on behalf of NAHB - says the E-Verify program is an effective program; NAHB offered proposals to improve system

Project Management

Know the Skills of a Successful Construction Project Manager

Construction project managers should know the industry and have strong skills in leadership, decision making, budget management and risk management

When at a construction site, project managers will be exposed to situations they may not learn about in classrooms. Being able to make decisions and react in a timely manner will help them excel.

October is Careers in Construction Month

The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER)

Careers in Construction Month encourages local schools, contractors and organizations to partner to host construction career events and programs

Business Services

Video: Critical Issues for Business Management in 2013

Brad Humphrey talks about the critical issues construction business managers will face in 2013 including healthcare reform and the transition to a younger workforce and management staff

1660628632 10882759

Business Services

New Proposal to Reform Multiemployer Retirement Plans

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

Associated General Contractors of America says new proposal would help hard hit construction employers and protect the economy

Unemployment Increases Even As Construction Adds Jobs in January

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

Industry adds 28,000 jobs in January 2013 but the unemployment rate rose to 16.1%, up from 13.5% in December 2012

The nonresidential building sector lost 2,700 jobs in January but added 1% during the past year. The residential building sector added 700 jobs for the month and 0.4% during the past 12 months.

Private Sector Demand Helped Boost December Construction Employment

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

Construction employment increased in 139 out of 337 metropolitan areas between December 2011 and December 2012

Building Bottom Lines

Time to Focus on Worker Retention

More and more job seekers are among the gainfully employed seeking greener pastures

Construction Employment Expands in Two-Thirds of All States

Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)

Thirty-three states and D.C. saw increased construction employment between November and December 2012 amid growing optimism

Page 35 of 70