July/August 2026
The Trap of Doing It Yourself
A superintendent starts the day with a plan. By 10:00 am, it’s gone. A last-minute redesign derails production. He defaults to action. He steps in to do the work.
A superintendent starts the day with a plan. By 10:00 am, it’s gone. A last-minute redesign derails production. He defaults to action. He steps in to do the work.
As I write this column, the economic signals are not particularly reassuring.
Walk a jobsite under pressure, and you’ll recognize the signs immediately.
The dry-erase board at many drywall contractors’ offices may soon require an update.
When a 10-story building rocks and rolls on a giant shake table—and doesn’t collapse—that’s news. That’s also opportunity. CFS10 Breaks New Ground I’m talking about cold-formed steel 10 (CFS10)—this past summer’s Natural Hazards Engineering Research...
According to researchers, one of every five people on your team is neurodistinct—someone whose brain processes the world differently.
The other day, I spoke with a wall and ceiling contractor who had just promoted a 26-year-old to foreperson. This person had been hanging board for five years.
I recently visited a jobsite—a 20-story tower where prefabricated exterior panels were being lifted into place by crane.
Job crafting—allowing individuals to define and structure how they work on projects—ought to boost construction productivity.
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