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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
February 26, 2013
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.
Business Services
How to Survive an OSHA Inspection
Know what to expect and steps you can take to prepare your construction company for a visit from an OSHA inspector.
February 20, 2013
Concrete
Commercial Construction Concrete Contracts Increased in 2012
BidClerk Construction Index shows 18.6% year-over-year increase in number of concrete contracts for all 25 metropolitan areas studied
February 1, 2013
Business Services
What is the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program?
The IRS offers incentives to fix worker classifications
December 17, 2012
Under the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program, a company pays only 10% of the amount of employment taxes on compensation paid for the most recent tax year to the workers being reclassified.
Rental
Ahern Creditors Can Submit Competing Reorganization Plans
Las Vegas-based Ahern Rentals Inc. lost control of its attempt to escape Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a judge opened the door for outsiders to submit reorganization plans.
December 12, 2012
Business Services
How A Contract Clause Can Change Your Damage Recovery Or Liability
All parties should be aware of types of damages they may be liable for in a contract and understand the rights they give up by a waiver of consequential damages
December 11, 2012
Many contract forms prepared by industry trade groups may change a party's entitlement to its recovery.
Construction Technology
How Contractors Can Use Technology to Help Weather the Economic Downturn
Use of technology can be a driving factor in generating cash flow and reducing costs on the jobsite
November 13, 2012
Job costing software adds the ability to track inventory costs plus the labor hours consumed against the job while the job is in progress.
Business Services
How to Lower Workers' Comp Insurance Costs in a Changing Insurance Marketplace
Focusing and committing to safety can help make your construction business attractive to insurance companies and keep workers' comp costs down in 2013
October 18, 2012
When setting rates, insurance companies look at the amount of risk that is inherent in your operations and the actions you have taken (and continue to take) to manage and control these risks.
Rental
Noble Iron Appoints Thomas Caldaroni as Chief Financial Officer
Caldaroni was formerly the global director of risk management responsible for all credit and portfolio management activities at Terex Financial Services Inc., a division of Terex Corporation.
October 9, 2012
Business Services
Transition to Integrated Project Delivery with a Hybrid Contract Model
Integrated Project Delivery Lite contracts are helping the transition to a new way of doing business
October 9, 2012
Integrated Project Delivery is a project delivery method that is founded on principles of collaboration and shared risks and rewards between the primary project team members.
Business
How to Recover Overpaid Premiums
Alper Services, LLC
Guest columnist Bobette Puckett discusses how overcharges occur on workers comp premiums and what you can do to get that money back.
September 18, 2012
Theft Prevention
Jobsite Storage Chest Foils Construction Theft
KNAACK Jobmaster withstands thieves, delights equipment manager by securing $3,000 worth of tools on Terre Haute, IN, construction site
September 11, 2012
A KNAACK Jobmaster Storage Chest helped Garmong Construction Services avoid costly tool loss, plus related downtime, during an attempted jobsite theft.
Business Services
Use Phantom Stock to Retain and Reward Good Employees
Motivate and retain employees essential to your company's success using the little known business management method of phantom stock - a way to offer benefits without ceding ownership
August 26, 2012
Phantom stock is a technique that confers some of the benefits of ownership to an employee without ceding any ownership control of the company.
Concrete
Beware of Risk Transfer: Part 2
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
Making contractors responsible for building code requirements.
August 24, 2012
Business
Reduce Reserves to Manage Claim Costs
Alper Services, LLC
Guest columnist Bobette Puckett discusses how Reserve Reduction works and when to use it.
August 15, 2012
Rental
What Health Care Reform Means to Your Business
Whether you agree or disagree with health care reform, business owners are now faced with determining whether and to what extent this new law impacts businesses and how best to prepare for it.
August 6, 2012
Do you understand the effects health care reform will have on your business?
Business
Early Intervention in Claims Cuts Workers Comp Costs
Alper Services, LLC
How to reduce workers comp costs and get employees quickly back to work using services that engage injured workers and help manage their treatment and claims
July 17, 2012
Business
Construction Defect Symposium Offered as Online Webinar
The sold out construction defect resolution symposium "Drawing a Line at the Bottom Line - Strategies for Reducing Construction Defect Litigation Costs," on July 26 and 27, 2012 will be offered online as a webinar
July 17, 2012
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