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Students at today’s universities are getting used to waking up to the sound of drills, digging, and general construction as the race is on for the newest, highest-tech facilities. Higher education institutions are building blocks — both figuratively and literally — of the future, equipping students to take on the challenges of the "real world."
Keeping Pace
The...
Safety is more than just a word, it is a mindset — one construction companies must adopt not only to stay in business but also to be successful. It’s about building safe, working safe, and living safe each and every day because one lapse can change lives forever. A solid safety plan is one that continues to evolve as work practices and technology change job sites and how they are run.
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Part of being in business means investing. Investing in projects. Investing in the stock market. Investing in people. More and more, companies are realizing that perhaps their biggest investment — and the one that will secure their future — is in employees.
Corporate training programs have always been important for succession planning, but now more than ever, with the average...
Mike Chick is a vice president of operations at the MMC Contractors Kansas City office. He heads the service and special projects division, where his team provides HVAC project solutions with emphasis on the environment, carbon footprint reduction, and future energy savings.
The MMC service team is constantly looking for new, cutting-edge ways to add value to our client service...
Dennis Eden is the vice president of business development in the MMC Contractors Omaha office. Dennis oversees all business development efforts, proposal preparation, estimating, and preconstruction services for the office and focuses on building and fostering relationships with clients and business partners alike.
The building block of successful businesses, particularly in...
Tate Tyree is a safety professional with more than 20 years' experience in the construction industry. As safety director, Tate is responsible for the company's safety program, as well we identifying new regulations and technologies that will impact day-to-day operations on the job sites and in the office.
Our Company continues to work on ways to help improve and promote our...
The ripple effect of the Great Recession on the construction industry was hard to miss. Not only were workers leaving their jobs for other opportunities, but they were also abandoning job sites as suspended projects became yet another casualty of the downturn. The Wyndham Desert Blue in Las Vegas was no exception.
WINDING DOWN
Construction on the resort started in November 2007...
In recent years, headlines of a slumping economy and surging unemployment rate have dominated the news. Slowly but surely, the economy is improving, people are going back to work, and new construction projects are breaking ground every day.
While this is great news, the construction industry is faced with a new set of problems — a predicted labor shortage. With an uptick in new...
The IPD method is the ultimate collaboration among all parties on any given construction project. At its core, this delivery method relies on equal interest from the owner and all subcontractors. Established on shared risk (and reward) for all involved, this model encourages collaboration and communication across the board, as all are working toward incentives to stay on schedule and on budget...
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