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Workforce Management

Workforce management for contractors—hiring, training, retention and labor strategies to build a skilled construction team.

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    Establishing Ethics in the Workplace: Key Ideas for Eating and Sleeping Well!

    An old joke says that at some point we all need to decide between eating well and sleeping well. Whether you subscribe to that belief or not, solid professional ethics can help us do both.
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    5 Percent Faster Jobs = More Profit!

    How can you make your jobs finish only 5 or 10 percent faster?
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    Discover Your Weakness through a Gap Analysis

    Most owners of construction companies came up through the operations side.
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    The Business Owner Toolbox Part 5 : Get Results or “You’re Fired!”

    I hate to fire people. Last week, I was forced to make a tough decision on one of our construction and development projects.
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    The Art of Negotiation

    “Negotiation” defined is a “discussion aimed at reaching an agreement”-which is not always the simplest of tasks. Following certain guidelines is helpful to develop better negotiation skills.
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    Better Next Year No. 7: Owner, Open Your Eyes

    ‘The sky is falling! The sky is falling!’ Unfortunately, many companies operate their business with this style of crisis management. Busy with urgent details and pressing decisions for their growing businesses, lots of contractors can only react to problem and then attempt to fix them. Sometimes these fixes have good results, but many times they create even more problems, which must be dealt with in a hurry.
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    Retain the Best Construction Employees

    Follow these three steps to retain the best employees.
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    Win Public Works Projects and Stay Competitive with Prevailing Wage Benefits

    “Everybody’s going after it.” That’s what J.D. Mortimer, owner of Bedford, PA-based Mortimer Electric, says about public works projects like the ones being created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). “There are a lot of bidders and a lot of people looking for work.” Co-owner Tracey Mortimer concurs. “Bidding has been extremely competitive on the new government work brought about by the ARRA,” she says. “Sometimes jobs are won by just a few hundred dollars.”
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    How to Attract, Retain and Maximize Talent

    In today’s tough economy, top performers can be a company’s biggest asset.
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    Contract Labor: It Makes Even More Sense Now

    It’s no overstatement to suggest that construction is among the top two worst hit industries in the recession.
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    The 5 Percent Factor: Produce More to Make More!

    Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in our 2009 series, “Earn More, Work Less.” To read the previous article, click here. To read the next article in the series, click here. In the good old days, construction companies were owned and run by builders. These proud, tough, hard working men and women learned their trade in the field, had years of practical experience and knew what it took to get their projects finished on time. If they didn’t produce quality workmanship, they didn’t last long. Back then, it was all about getting the work done no matter what it took to meet obligations. It was about delivering solid structures with unsurpassed craftsmanship. The contracts were negotiated face to face and enacted with handshakes based on…
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    Why On-the-Job Training Isn’t Enough for Project Leads

    A guide to developing leadership skills for construction management
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