Recently we wrote about the long odds of succession in family-owned construction firms. Basically, there is a 1 in 10 chance of a family-owned or closely held construction...
Signals and Signposts
The current and future economy, trends in design and construction, political influence – sometimes we have something to say about topics which may be signs of things to come.
CareerCast, an online career search firm, released its 2012 rankings of the Best and Worst jobs in the United States. Construction jobs have climbed out of the basement...
I attended the Bisnow – Office of the Future breakfast on Tuesday, April 3rd, and was once again impressed with the overall quality of the event and the information. I was...
Each year about this time over 400 species of birds that migrated south for the winter begin their Spring journey northward across the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coast flyways....
This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to listen in on approximately 4½ hours of testimony on workforce training programs in Texas. The hearing was held by the Senate...
According to an article in today’s Denver Post, “The Denver-Aurora-Broomfield metropolitan area added 6,300 construction jobs from February 2011 to February of this year,...
Succession planning for family-owned construction firms is fast becoming the elephant in the room as owners age and the chances of successfully addressing the issue diminish with...
An article by Matt Warman in the United Kingdom’s newspaper The Daily Telegraph last month reported that Intel, the giant chip maker, has announced a $100 million fund to support...
Kerrick Whisenant, the president of the American Subcontractors Association, in his February newsletter to the membership, told of a meeting recently held in his offices with a...
