2025 May/June
Mind Games of General Contractors
At the risk of offending several of my esteemed superiors, I am now prepared to address the delicate topic of general contractors (GCs).
At the risk of offending several of my esteemed superiors, I am now prepared to address the delicate topic of general contractors (GCs).
To attract, motivate and retain top quality employees, employers are retooling their benefits to meet the needs of a changing workforce.
A new study from Dodge Construction Network, in partnership with GCPay, reveals that currently only one in three (34%) general contractors automate fewer than half of their subcontractor management processes. The report details data-based...
The U.S. Department of Labor and the IRS renewed a memorandum of understanding and added a streamlined process for joint referrals and closer coordination to stop businesses from misclassifying workers and denying them their...
A survey released Oct. 24 from DEWALT, a Stanley Black & Decker brand, found more than half of U.S. contractors (55%) feel a lack of skilled workers is a barrier to growing their current...
Construction and manufacturing industries’ employees use shockingly weak passwords, as revealed by new research from NordPass, a password manager for both B2B and B2C clients. This alarms security experts since weak passwords make it very...
On June 24, the ConsensusDocs Coalition published the ConsensusDocs 431, the industry’s first standard contract document that tailors Lean practices to work with the design-build project delivery method. Lean practices are growing in importance to...
Autodesk, Inc., in partnership with management consulting firm FMI Corporation, released findings from an industry study, “Trust Matters: The High Cost of Low Trust.” The study measured the costs and benefits of different levels of...
Seventy-five percent of contractors feel left in the dark about their payment terms or payment timing and wonder whether they are getting a fair shake on the job, according to the 2019 National Construction...
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