Tag: analysis
These items have all been tagged with the tag "analysis", You can see other tags in the Tag CloudConstruction Business Owner, April 2008
Most owners of construction companies came up through the operations side. They were in the field early in their careers, learning their trade from the ground up.
Today, many contractors find themselves owning a business that has grown significantly from where it started. They generally aren't experts in organization structure and therefore aren't aware of the need to assess the organization they have in place to handle the current and future volume of the business.
Construction Business Owner, January 2008
In today’s tough economic climate, it can be a real challenge to survive until things improve. In good times, work is plentiful, and even marginal or poorly managed firms can be successful. Tough times present an opportunity for you to review your operations, make an effort to understand what works and doesn’t work for you and intitiate constructive change that will make you a better managed operation. This will not only help you get through today’s tough times, but it will also better prepare you to thrive and grow once things get back to “normal.” In a nutshell, you need to revisit some basics and be open to change.Construction Business Owner, November 2007
Editor’s Note: Following is a continuation of Construction Business Owner’s June article, “Handling Contract and Procurement Fraud,” in which a case study was presented of potential contract and procurement fraud and the ensuing investigation of that allegation. Now learn how to build effective controls and monitoring systems to help prevent and detect that type of behavior in the future.
Construction Business Owner, December 2006
For many people, listening to a safety lecture or following safety rules is viewed as an infringement of their freedom, questioning of their intelligence or just a plain waste of time. But for Jerry Bach, vice president of the Sacramento, CA-based Safety Center Incorporated, teaching safety and having a safety plan in place is important.
Construction Business Owner, February 2007
The role of the construction estimator has changed dramatically over the years, particularly for those employed by general contractors (GCs) or construction managers (CMs). It used to be that the estimator's primary responsibility was to perform a complete quantity "take-off" and price the entire project before accepting subcontractor and vendor bids. Now, particularly for large GCs and CMs, estimators are expected to do much more. Expectations now include "filling in the blanks;" defining scopes of work; assessing alternative materials, systems or methods; and managing the intent of the design team and desires of the owner.
Construction Business Owner, May 2007
You have excellent human resource and legal departments, sophisticated and well-publicized policies prohibiting discrimination and retaliation and effective internal complaint and mediation processes. You have eliminated or reduced the number of charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and lawsuits alleging discrimination. Are you in the clear?
By definition, an employee is: “A worker who is hired to perform a job.” While short and to the point, this definition gives us minimal insight into why employers sometimes spend countless hours interviewing and ultimately hiring the wrong person.
