Jan 13, 2021 | Industry Trends, Insights
By Turner Burton, President Let me start by saying Happy New Year. In our personal lives, the start of a new year is a great time to leave negative behaviors, attitudes, or experiences behind and start 2021 with a fresh mindset. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy to...
Jan 7, 2021 | Industry Trends, Insights
As we head into a new year, here’s a look at our most popular blogs of 2020: 5 Qualities Construction Companies are Looking for in an Intern The pandemic didn’t stop college recruitment, it just changed the way students and companies connected — from from...
Dec 3, 2020 | Industry Trends, Insights
By Mark Winters, VP of Preconstruction A year ago, I wrote about some of the factors that can drive up the cost of construction. The common thread between the 7 factors (tariffs, materials, labor, site logistics, code issues, design changes, and foundation) was that...
Dec 1, 2020 | Industry Trends, Insights
Giving Tuesday has become a global movement and a call to action to give time, money, talents, donations — whatever we can, to help others around us. On this day of giving, and with the holidays fast approaching, we thought we’d use this platform to share a few ways...
Nov 12, 2020 | Industry Trends, Insights
By Randall Curtis, EVP & COO When I was 17 years old and a senior in high school, I talked to a military recruiter. I knew I wanted to go to college and that it would be my responsibility to pay for it, but I also had always been interested in joining the...
Nov 6, 2020 | Industry Trends, Insights
We examine the current market and how increased safety regulations and materials shortages have created challenges. We discuss balancing financial concerns with planning for the future. And, we take a look at the skills and lessons-learned that will help us move...