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Labor & Workforce Development

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Episode 4: Millennials in the Workplace, Part 2

Continuing the topic of millennials, Brad speaks with Lonnie Fritz, Jason Hurdis, and Scott Hagemann from Caterpillar, on training and retaining millennials in the industry.

August 1, 2018

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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.

July 18, 2018

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Technology Can Open Doors to Future Construction Roles

While some perceive new machine forms and technology as a job threat, they could open new opportunities for those willing to adapt to changing roles in construction.

July 16, 2018

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Is Your Construction Business Prepared and Protected for ICE Undocumented Worker Audits?

Understand and navigate the government’s amplified focus on undocumented workers to protect your business from escalating fines, jail time, delay damages and back-charges

May 29, 2018

Automation as a "Problem Solver" for Labor Shortage

At a Volvo CE technology forum, Waste Management's John Meese pointed out the opportunity heavy equipment automation offers for redefining the operator's role and placing them in an environment that today's workforce will find "more palatable."

May 24, 2018

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Labor & Workforce Development

Ways to Address the GC Superintendent to Earn Preferred-Contractor Status

Increasing jobsite workloads creates great opportunities for positive, proactive, and polished communication to distinguish your company

April 9, 2018

How to Avoid Contract Breaches During a Construction Labor Shortage

Contractors must fully understand the provisions outlined in contracts to ensure they’re not impacted by labor availability

March 14, 2018

contractors must fully understand the provisions outlined in Contracts to ensure they’re not impacted by labor availability. An honest mistake could spell disaster for a company that’s legally unprepared.

Filling Open Job Positions

In January, I received an email from a Washington D.C.-based contractor who wanted to share his latest trials and tribulations as it relates to hiring laborers for his concrete contracting company.

March 2, 2018

Labor & Workforce Development

Increasing Construction Productivity is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

It may be tempting to jump at the next big technology but adjusting your current practices to maximize the advantages of new technologies will bring even better productivity

February 13, 2018

The best projects approached their contracts from the perspective of, “How do we support the team with this contract?” rather than, “How do we use this contract to move the risk to someone else?”

Labor & Workforce Development

What Contractors Can Do, and Avoid, in Times of Crisis

How contractors drawn into very public controversy can save their reputations and companies by acknowledging harm to victims and apologizing

November 10, 2017

Lawsuits are inevitable in disasters like a 2008 Manhattan crane collapse that killed seven people and injured 24. But seeking forgiveness from victims mitigates long-term damage to a contractor’s reputation. The general contractor on this project quickly issued a public statement expressing sympathy to the victims’ families.

Do Laborers Hired Through Staffing Companies Belong to the Construction Employer?

Contractors need to know the law on whether laborers hired through a staffing company will be considered “yours” for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act

November 8, 2017

General contractors may be responsible for FSLA compliance over laborers who are the employees of staffing companies.

Labor & Workforce Development

What to Look for in a Construction Estimator

Without a doubt, future estimators will be more “techie” than ever and need to be well versed on many of the software options available

October 30, 2017

A construction estimator must have an understanding of numbers: both the numbers of measurement (i.e. quantities) and numbers of value (i.e. dollars).

Labor & Workforce Development

Cast a Wider Net: 8 Tips for Finding Top Talent

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Be the company that’s known for growing and developing the skills of their employees

October 23, 2017

Today’s on-board technology solutions -- including Grade, Payload, Compact, Link and Detect -- mobile apps, and even an active social media presence can bring a new generation of skilled workers to your door.

Labor & Workforce Development

How to Make Job Offers that Get the Best Construction Talent

Reality check on how much salary increase construction managers need to change jobs, how to keep salary from blocking a good hire and how to minimize haggling

October 10, 2017

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How Your Hiring Speed Impacts Quality of Construction Employees

Keeping construction managers trained up on hiring practices and motivated by company leadership is key to getting the precious few best candidates

October 10, 2017

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Five Hiring Practices that Get Better Candidates to Fill Your Jobs

Beating heated competition for top construction management talent requires excellence that shows in five key areas of attracting and bringing on board the right people

October 10, 2017

Getting the Best from Your Construction Interns

Author Brad Humphrey shares nine tips on how contractors can get the best from their interns and internship program

October 6, 2017

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[APP] Monitor Your Construction Workforce with GPS and Hubstaff Mobile App

Hubstaff monitors the location of a contractor’s workforce in the field using a GPS tracking feature

October 3, 2017

Hubstaff is a subscription-based time tracking service where the mobile app uses GPS to track employees’ time and helps streamline payroll management.

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