Construction Law
Dealing with Anger in the Workplace: Avoiding Liability for Workplace Violence
Approximately two million violent crimes occur at work each year, and workplace violence costs employers more than $4 billion annually.
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CBO Editorial Staff
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Construction Marketing
Strategic Marketing: A Short Story
In this continuing story, business development issues are examined in the context of a typical design/build construction company. -
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Construction Law
Psst…Have You Done Smart Estate Planning?
When you think of "estate planning," do morbid thoughts come to mind that you can't get past? -
Business Management
Flawless Business Fundamentals
Michael Moore gives you essential construction business management tips. -
Accounting
Strategies for Managing Your Debt
For many contractors, liquidity is becoming increasingly stretched due to growing backlogs, ever-slowing collections, and retainage requirements. -
Safety
Develop an Eye for Safety
Want to know the surprising truth about most OSHA inspections? The findings usually don’t come as a surprise to management. Unsafe jobsites don’t just happen overnight. Chances are you and your supervisors already know if your jobsite is safe and which safety standards are not regularly practiced. Since business owners set the pace for their companies, how do you make safety a daily priority at your jobsite? The answer comes in the form of a question. The most important habit you can develop in supervisors and employees is developing an eye for safety, and the best way to do this is to ask, “What do you see?” When I started a supervisory position at UPS, I went on a facility visit with my manager. As... -
Workforce Management
Are You Being Held Up?
Business development and marketing issues are examined in the context of a typical design/build construction company. -
Workforce Management
Laying the Proper Foundation to Fire a Trouble Employee
Covers every concern from how to build a results-oriented team to providing health benefits for employees and managing administrative paperwork. -
Software
Keep Downtime to a Minimum
If a contractor had an arch nemesis, "Downtime" would be his name. Whether it's Mother Nature or broken down equipment keeping the guys from the job, nothing brings the ax down on productivity-and profit-faster than workers sitting around doing absolutely nothing.