Tag: 2007 June Issue

Construction Business Owner, June 2007

As most contractors already know, construction and demolition (C&D) materials are those items left over at a construction, renovation or demolition site.

Construction Business Owner, June 2007

Seventy-five percent of all accidents are preceded by one or more near misses, according to the National Safety Council. In other words, close calls should be wake-up calls for employees and employers to realize that something is wrong and needs to be corrected.

Construction Business Owner, June 2007

Rules surround us each day and drive more and more of what we do. Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, ever-changing tax codes, employment laws and local statutes--the list goes on and on, and that's before considering your own internal policies and procedures.

Construction Business Owner, June 2007

Is a contract "default" the same thing as a "breach" in relation to construction contracts? What is the difference between a "material" breach and a "non-material" breach of a construction contract?

 Construction Business Owner, June 2007

"I am a craftsman. Very few people can build what I build. Why do I need to know anything about marketing and sales?"

This is a question that has been asked by far too many new contractors who statistically have a very small chance of being in business five years after they started their construction businesses.

Construction Business Owner, June 2007

With an increasing number of baby boomers retiring over the next five to seven years and a "birth dearth" of sixteen to twenty-four year olds, the coming workforce crisis will present challenging times and will demand that organizations actively take steps to ensure they have the right talent in place.

Construction Business Owner, June 2007   

Editor's Note: This is the first article in an eight part series called "Better Next Year," by Fred Ode, CEO, chairman and founder of Foundation Software.

We learn over and over again that too much of a good thing can be a bad thing—case in point: Spreadsheets.

Construction Business Owner, June 2007

Editor's Note: Following is a continuation of last month's article in which a case study was presented of potential contract and procurement fraud. This month we learn how to effectively manage fraud and develop a solution for West Coast Construction (West Coast), a mythical construction company.

Construction Business Owner, June 2007

Editor's Note: This is the sixth in our 2007 series of The Business Owner Toolbox written by our regular columnist George Hedley. Each article is written to provide you with practical, immediately applicable business management tools to assist you on your path to building a successful, growing business.

I grew up in a home where my dad was an entrepreneur. He owned, managed, built and developed mobile home parks. He worked hard, lots of hours and often from his home office. After graduating from high school, I attended the University of Southern California (Go Trojans!) so I could play on the water polo team and get a civil-structural engineering degree.