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Chances are, for every 10 supervisors you've had throughout your career you'd probably want to work for only two or three of them again. And that's if you're lucky.The ways in which people get along and work effectively together to get work done are often called "soft...

It sounds a bit strange, but some materials become stronger when subjected to stress. Why is that, and why do they eventually fail anyway? What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, said philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Who would have thought that a similar notion might...

Are your jobs running over budget or behind schedule? You’re not alone. Less than one-third of construction projects in the last three years came within 10% of budget, according to Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG). The McKinsey Global Institute discovered that...

SMBs and project managers in the U.S. construction market must keep tabs on budgets and how funds are being spent if they want to meet the current projections for industry growth. The following Deep Dive explores how cost management solutions could help these firms...

The use of job site cameras is growing across the construction landscape. The contribution made by a network-connected series of cameras includes productivity, collaboration and safety. But can they backfire in terms of worker morale? The thought of being watched and...