By Jordan Ross, Senior Preconstruction Manager From record-high costs of lumber to historically long lead times for steel, our industry has experienced more volatility in the...
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The Human Side of Preconstruction: Building Success Through People Skills
By Zack Schneider, Senior Preconstruction Manager For a lot of people in our industry, the word preconstruction might conjure up images of people hunched over keyboards and...
The 5 Non-Negotiables for Speed to Market in Multifamily
By Eric Brown, Senior Project Manager In commercial development, speed to market is crucial. I don’t think I’ve ever had a client tell me that it isn’t one of, if not the, top...
Coordinating Power Shutdowns in an Active Hospital
By Jason Sneed, Project Manager Power shutdowns in active hospitals are a common and necessary feature of most renovation, addition, or improvement projects for healthcare...
Value All Voices: Empowered Employees Speak Up
Empowering someone to speak up isn’t something you can accomplish with words alone. If you walk around on site telling everyone it’s their job to say something if they see a...
Office to Apartment Conversions: Creating Value from Vacancies
Empty office space in the United States is at an all-time high. In fact, we last wrote about options for developers to turn abandoned office properties into profitable leasing...
What Companies Are Looking for During an Interview
Campus recruitment is in full swing. Our employees are visiting college campuses across the country, manning booths at career fairs, meeting students, and interviewing potential...
Building on Core Values: The Golden Rule in Action
Our core values are more to us than buzzwords on an “About Us” page. They’re principles we live by every day through the work we do. The Golden Rule is a core value we truly...
Why Healthcare Systems are Focusing on Growing Outpatient Care
2024 is going to be an interesting year for healthcare development and construction. Trends we’ve been tracking are now widespread growth strategies by healthcare systems, and...
Meet Our Experts: Jessica Yarbrough
Jessica Yarbrough is a preconstruction manager who has a background in both field leadership and project management. Get to know more about her in just 10 questions. 1. What’s...
How Our Industry is Evolving By Embracing Technology
I was recently asked on a panel, how has technology changed in the construction industry. If you look at just the last 20 years, our industry has gone from using virtually no...
Why Job Seekers Should Consider Construction
I made a career change when I joined the construction industry, so I know firsthand the kinds of growth opportunities that exist in this industry. But right now, the construction...