ABC Report: Safety Best Practices Can Make Construction Companies 680% Safer
Associated Builders and Contractors released its 2019 Safety Performance Report today, an annual assessment that furthers the construction industry’s understanding of how to achieve world-class safety through its STEP Safety Management System. Published in conjunction with Construction Safety Week, the report documents the dramatic impact of using proactive safety practices to reduce recordable incidents by…
Greenbuild International Conference & Expo Releases 2018 Sustainability Report
Informa and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the release of the 2018 Greenbuild Sustainability Report, highlighting valuable metrics and key benchmarks regarding the impact on sustainable sourcing, community involvement, and carbon footprint reduction at the 2018 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, held last November at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event achieved an…
Characteristics of a Marketing Centric A/E/C Firm
No real big surprise to the marketing professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry that when it comes to marketing, our industry is often behind the curve of most other industries. Part of this is because marketing was outright illegal for professional services until the 1970s. Another reason is because there is a possible…
Designing with Employee Welfare in Mind
The design plan we put together, was thorough, even by the most rigorous standards. The first level called for a series of process rooms, totaling 140,000-square-feet, to house complex proprietary production equipment, as well as clean rooms, development, testing and QC labs. The building’s process flow design, efficiency and overall environment prioritized the high-performance battery…
Thomas & Hutton Volunteers Helps Protect Charleston Shoreline
Giving back to the communities where it works is a core value of Thomas & Hutton (T&H), which provides comprehensive solutions to complex engineering and design challenges to a diverse group of private and public clients. T&H’s Helping Hands program is an internal monthly service-based volunteer program where employees donate “sweat” hours to help local…
60+ Companies Led by Lowe’s Unite to Launch ‘Generation T,’ a Movement to Fill Skilled Trades Gap that is Expected to Reach 3 Million Job Vacancies by 2028
Movement seeks to change perception, show possibility of economic mobility with skilled trade education; website WeAreGenerationT.com provides bridge to apprenticeships, jobs More than 60 organizations today announced Generation T (“Gen T”), a movement intended to help fill the skilled trade gap that analysts predict will leave 3 million jobs open by 2028. Led by home…
Succession Planning Transforming in the Construction Industry
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Public Law No. 115-97, affects many industries in many ways and a great deal of the changes are providing significant impacts to small businesses in the U.S. Inherent in the modifications is an effort to keep more business in the U.S. and foster continuous economic growth. As many…
Estimating Construction Labor Costs
How to estimate construction labor cost can be a daunting task with extreme pressure for the commercial estimator to get it right or face severe consequences. Working under pressure is right. The results of miscalculations producing an inaccurate quote or estimate can lead to many business outcomes all bad – lost money and new business,…
Upstate S.C. Firms Honored for Inspiring Youth to Consider Career in Construction Trades
CarolinaPower, a leading electrical contractor, and regional general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie were jointly honored by the Benjamin Franklin Experience (BFE), on March 27 in Greenville, S.C., for their coordinated efforts last summer that successfully inspired area youth to strongly consider a future career in the construction trades. Benjamin Franklin Experience (BFE) is a non-profit…
The Construction Workforce Shortage and How We Can Overcome It
Over and over again I hear about the construction workforce shortage. I hear about it in the office. I hear about it during meetings with commercial real estate developers. I hear about it on project site visits. I turn on the news and hear that the industry is going to take a hit and that…
