Views
PropTech and ConTech Aren’t So Far Apart
If you are in the real estate industry, you are in the construction industry as well. In that light, today’s State of Construction Technology report released by JLL should be required reading. It provides not only an overview of the sectors within the construction...
Boost Employee Engagement With Your Wellness Program: 6 Tips
When wellness programs work, everyone benefits — with a ripple effect across productivity, employee retention rates and general morale. But cultivating a successful program with robust participation rates can easily rank as one of your most daunting challenges....
This Is Why You Need to Be Authentic in a Fake World
I’m convinced of two things. First, we all desire to be more authentic in our lives. Second, we give up because this whole "getting to know ourselves" thing is damn hard work. It’s also the most important work we’ll ever do.Authenticity is the ability to share the...
Is Your Company on the Path to Be a Best in Class Construction Business?
Most construction business owners I meet, talk to and work with have the same goals. They all want to grow, make high profit margins, have great customers. They give them steady work, be organized and in-control, have systems in place to run their business, have an...
The CEO’s New Technology Agenda
We’ve seen numerous companies boost their financial performance after their CEOs made it a priority to strengthen the technology function and bring more technology capabilities closer to the business’s strategy and operations. Fulfilling this mandate, however, can be...
How to Be a Leader Everyone Loves to Work With
We all want to work for a leader who is motivating, inspiring, visionary, and brilliant at making plans and carrying them out. But unfortunately, many of us have had leaders who made our lives hell and turned coming to work into a challenge.Good leaders inspire people...
How Robots Are Changing the Construction Industry
Along the banks of Lake Michigan, 20 masons lay bricks for a huge dorm, as big as three football fields, at the Naval Station Great Lakes in Illinois. Compared with those in years past, these workers are doing far less laying and “buttering” and, instead, are focused...
Julie Neph, Chief Engineer of the Mackinac Bridge Authority, Keeps 4 Million Motorists Safe Every Year
Julie Neph always had an appreciation for buildings. As a student who excelled in math and science, Neph recognized that engineering would be her likely career path. "I knew I wanted to work with buildings," Neph said. "I wanted to know why a building was standing the...
3 Dangers to Coverage Hidden in Many Standard Construction Insurance Policies
Many contractors, subcontractors and developers believe the purpose of having commercial general liability (CGL). Insurance policies is to cover injuries to workers on-site or defective work causing property damage to the construction itself. But they do not realize...