Search | For Construction Pros

Type: Podcast

Section: Business > Industry Trends

The Contractors Best Friend

The Contractor's Best Friend Podcast Season 6 Episode 24: How Your Workforce Influences Your Equipment Purchases

Caterpillar - Cat

With the ongoing construction workforce labor shortage, it's difficult to find equipment operators. One technique many contractors are using to combat that challenge is by using equipment with improved operator comfort.

January 4, 2023

Material Shortages, Prices & Management Solutions

Everything from fuel to construction material shortages spun out of control once COVID hit and supply chains shut down. What's the current outlook and how can modern tech help contractors? This episode of Digging Deeper features Maria Davidson of Kojo.

September 26, 2022

Construction Material Shortages, Material Prices, and Material Management Solutions

Construction Safety

Could OSHA’s COVID Emergency Standard Be Dead?

Aclaimant Chief Risk Architect Gary Pearce talks about the status of legal challenges to the temporary standard requiring employers to protect workers from COVID-19 infection, and the risks to companies that decide to wait and see

December 2, 2021

Construction Safety

OSHA’s COVID Emergency Standard: Priorities to Work on Now

Employer responsibility to protect workers from COVID-19 is not going away, so Aclaimant Chief Risk Architect Gary Pearce describes what’s new in OSHA’s emergency temporary standard and work wise contractors start to match the urgency of the emergency

December 1, 2021

Construction Safety

How Employers Must Respond to the Biden Vaccine Mandate

Mariner Construction Inc.

OSHA is drafting an Emergency Temporary Standard that will require COVID vaccines or weekly testing. Before all the details are known, this safety and health professional says the work starts now, with developing a strategy to comply, or not

September 24, 2021

Which Technologies Spurred by Pandemic are Boosting Construction Profitability Most?

With COVID, everybody became a fast adopter of video conferencing, of course, but here’s how some are finding technology that delivers the greatest, fastest permanent gains in construction-project efficiency

June 28, 2021

Dodge Data: Infrastructure Investment Plan Would be “Game Changer” for Construction Outlook

Dodge Construction Network

Richard Branch, chief economist, Dodge Data & Analytics, shares the current construction outlook and how a major infrastructure investment plan could become a “game changer” for the industry.

March 15, 2021

Telemedical Service Delivers Managed Healthcare Directly to Construction Jobsites

JobSiteCare is delivering physician-led managed healthcare directly to injured or ill workers on the jobsite. Its TextBadge smartphone-based screening technology can also provide customizable capabilities to keep workers safer during and post-pandemic.

March 1, 2021

How to Mitigate COVID-19 Risks and Maintain Compliance this Winter

The unique safety risks and regulatory challenges construction companies will face this winter due to COVID-19 and how technology can help mitigate the risks and ensure compliance.

January 11, 2021

Personal Protection Equipment

Nintex Automation Helps BNBuilders Manage Risk During COVID-19

Opportunities to use the configurable automation technology that enhance efficiencies in various aspects of construction operations.

October 21, 2020

Labor & Workforce Development

Opportunities to Grow the Construction Workforce Amidst the Pandemic

Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC)

ABC’s Greg Sizemore digs into the opportunities the construction industry has to rebuild its workforce during and because of the pandemic environment.

August 13, 2020

Mauldin Group Offers Construction Marketing Strategies for Post-Pandemic Growth

The Mauldin Group

Bonnie Mauldin, managing director of The Mauldin Group shares insights on how to market your construction business to help secure work in the current environment.

August 6, 2020

Jim Fraser Explains How Coronavirus Threatens Construction Loans

Built Technologies

Built Technology’s construction lending software tracked the progress of projects since many were placed on hold with the COVID shutdowns.

July 13, 2020

Labor & Workforce Development

ThinkWhy’s Jay Denton Provides Mid-2020 Construction Economic and Employment Outlook

Jay Denton assesses the trends in construction employment leading up to the pandemic and how things have changed.

July 9, 2020

Coaching & Consulting

How Equipment Financing Can Help Contractors Cope with the COVID Economy

Summit Funding Group

Things to consider as you manage liquidity, cash flow and equipment needs in the face of pandemic business conditions.

June 1, 2020

[PODCAST] How Much First Quarter GDP Report Dampens 2020 Construction Forecast

Dodge Construction Network

Dodge Data & Analytics Chief Economist Richard Branch explains how worse Q1 gross domestic product numbers than expected influence the outlook for the economy and construction spending in 2020.

May 4, 2020

Labor & Workforce Development

[PODCAST] Suffolk Shares How Military Veterans are Filling Company's Labor Needs

Suffolk Construction

Suffolk solves labor shortage by recruiting, employing and celebrating military veterans.

April 6, 2020

Rental Business Services

Rental Quarterly Economic Outlook

Listen to the Rental Quarterly Economic Outlook for the latest updates on the rental and construction markets

February 4, 2013