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Construction Managers: Why Emotional Intelligence Matters
Studies show that having a high level of emotional intelligence can help you be a better manager. Effective managers possess more than just smarts. Think of someone you consider to...

Construction Managers: Humble Leadership Is the New Name of the Game
Construction managers require a specific set of skills and even personality traits, including confidence . However, to be a better, more inspiring leader — and develop workers who...

The 3 Non-Engineering Skills You'll Need as a Construction Project Engineer
The construction industry is hiring fast to try to keep up with demand, which means jobs are abundant for engineers entering the workforce. But to succeed in one of those jobs...

Does Your Company Culture Embrace Change?
Slowly but surely, the construction industry is changing, and companies that don’t embrace change will, later or sooner, be left behind. Contractors are realizing they must evolve...

10 Onboarding Tips that Set Your Employees Up for Success
Hiring the most talented candidates is only the first step toward being successful in the construction industry. Top construction firms also have extremely potent onboarding...

Companies to Future Construction Workers: Come Train With Us
The U.S. construction industry added 25,000 new jobs in May 2018, while unemployment in the industry stands at just 4.4 percent, the lowest rate in 18 years. In this tight labor...

Making the Jump from Specialty Contractor to General Contractor
Most general contractors started out as specialty contractors. “Some of the biggest companies in the world started out in a garage. Bechtel started off small and grew,” said Tom...

Growing Your Small Construction Business Part 3: Working with Subcontractors
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a three-part series on growing your small construction business. In part 1 of our series on growing your small construction business...

How to Launch IPD Teams Like a Rocket
While working with an IPD team on a large microchip plant a few years ago, we were feeling pretty good about their progress. A group of us from LeanProject were discussing the team...

Building the Construction Workforce with Pre-Apprenticeships
Despite rising construction wages (they increased 3.8 percent over the last year), contractors continue to have trouble recruiting enough skilled workers to meet their workforce...