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2021 March

What’s an Office For?

The spread of the novel coronavirus of 2020 has many people debating the role of the office, and I’m wondering how this will play out for our industry. Will we build fewer walls because the...

2021 February

The Lowdown on BIM

An important shift is underway in building design and construction. McKinsey & Company says that more projects are using 3D modeling for real-time project management. The design community is even starting to issue 3D construction...

January 2021

Must Do’s for 2021

The pandemic may have run out of control, but you don’t have to. How can you remain in sync with good business practices and come out the victor? Here are three ideas that...

2020 December

Slow to Change? No More

Some say our industry is slow to adopt new technologies, and in good fun we’ve had a laugh over this.      Way back when online ordering first arrived, distributors tried to push the technology...

2020 November

New Book Delves into Immigration Issue

A new book, “Deconstructed: An Insider’s View of Illegal Immigration and the Building Trades,” co-authored by Stan Marek, CEO of the Marek Family of Companies in Texas, and Loren C. Steffy, a former Houston Chronicle...

2020 October

Who Are We Hiring?

Wall and ceiling construction today is much like it was a few decades ago. The means and methods of our trade haven’t changed all that much.      Yes, building codes have evolved. Standards for...

2020 August

Design Thinking: Doing It Right

Twenty years ago, a now famous experiment in psychology showed participants a video of basketball players, and instructed them to count how many times the players passed the ball.      Less than a minute...

2020 July

What Is a Life Worth?

Calculating the trade-off between cost and safety happens all the time.      The NHTSA’s safety standards reduce vehicle crashes. The FAA stipulates the training and expe-rience requirements for commercial airline pilots. OSHA requires that...

2020 June

Testing for Infectious Disease

Should you pay for COVID-19 testing for your crews? The government may help care for these expenses, depending on where you live, but I also came across some research that shows this can be an...