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Construction Labor Productivity: The $20 Billion Opportunity

FMI Corporation has released the 2023 Labor Productivity Study. The study explores current trends, challenges, management best practices and innovations for optimizing labor productivity. Here are some of the study’s key findings: Many of the top...

Women’s Safety Vest

Pyramex® introduces the Women’s RVZF61 Safety Vest, a meticulously designed safety garment offering a custom fit and an array of practical features tailored to meet the unique needs of women in the workplace.    The Pyramex...

Leaders, Safety Reviews and Prefabrication

Here we are in fall already—a good time for me to remind members that AWCI’s Industry Leaders Conference is Oct. 17–20 in Boston at the Boston Park Plaza, the largest independent hotel in the city....

Get Started

Don’t turn away from the feature article on page 44 when you notice the “alphabet soup” in the second paragraph: UL, ANSI, ASCE, USGBC. This one is all about ASTM and the standards that wall...

The Dreaded PTO, Part 3

Yes, there is a consensus belief among estimators that vacations, or even PTO in general, should be avoided like the plague—held with the same regard as a root canal sans Novocain. For most bidmeisters, the...

Mental Health in Construction

The Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry is among many groups that have pledged to stand up for suicide prevention in the construction industry, part of a coalition organized by the Construction Industry Alliance for...