Construction Business Owner

JUNE 29, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites » Better Project Management through Better Communication. Project Collaboration. STRATEGY |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Rarely does a finished project exactly mirror the original plans. If you could improve one area of communication and collaboration on your construction projects, what would it be and how would you do it?

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JULY 12, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Top 5 Trends in Construction Software » Committing Intentional Project Communications. For example do you know how easily your project team can access construction plans and specs? STRATEGY |.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 at 12:21 pm and is filed under Fred Ode Blog. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. John Chaney Blog.

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JULY 26, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. « Committing Intentional Project Communications. Anyone who regularly reads this blog or keeps up with technology can tell you that software, especially software for construction companies, is changing.

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Construction Marketing

JUNE 13, 2022

LEED’s Five Main Categories. LEED certification verification means a building has been designed and constructed using strategies to improve performance across all metrics under LEED’s five main categories. The categories include the following. Manage Performance. Sustainable Sites. Water Efficiency.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011 at 11:29 am and is filed under Fred Ode Blog. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. John Chaney Blog.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. » Integrated Project Delivery (IDP) – What is it? Sometimes, as you know, project documents can devote an entire plan sheet or spec section to a list of abbreviations and acronyms. STRATEGY |.

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MAY 29, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Connecting within the Construction Company » Free Webinar: Managing Information Overload. Managing this information overload can be difficult. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. New Year’s Resolutions for Construction Management » Merry Christmas! This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 11:51 am and is filed under Fred Ode Blog. Categories. Management.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Managing 401Ks. This entry was posted on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 2:26 pm and is filed under John Chaney Blog. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Without spending money bidding projects, you can’t get jobs to make money building them. Document Management. Use a system to manage the documents you and your subs use to prepare bids. STRATEGY |.

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JUNE 29, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. « Better Project Management through Better Communication. Committing Intentional Project Communications » Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. Categories.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. » 3 Tips for Better Construction Fleet Fuel Management. This week I’m pleased to turn over the blog microphone to my friend and colleague Curt Westberg. STRATEGY |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |.

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JUNE 7, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. In the last blog, I mentioned that I saw an informal LinkedIn poll that asked if people were going to move to the cloud in the next year, to which 70% said “Yes, we are.” Categories. David Brown Blog.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. E-mail overload » Construction Equipment Management: Finding the Sweet Spot. 4 Categories of Equipment. STRATEGY |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. Construction Law.

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APRIL 19, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Connection between our company and our customers, between industry peers, between contractors and their project teams. STRATEGY |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |. Construction Law.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 7, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. From applications that make your meetings and webinars more collaborative to document management and social media apps to help you and your team organize, it seems collaboration is everywhere. Categories.

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JANUARY 26, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. I don’t usually discuss Dexter + Chaney’s products, but I am too excited after the many months of hard work and interviewing industry experts not to introduce Venture Project Collaboration Software. STRATEGY |.

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APRIL 2, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. This entry was posted on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 at 7:30 am and is filed under Fred Ode Blog. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. John Chaney Blog.

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MAY 31, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. At Foundation Software, we try to avoid inmate takeovers by first assigning a lead analyst to oversee design for each project. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

OCTOBER 20, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Not too long ago, or so it seems, we were more than ecstatic at the idea of being able to call our project managers in the field on mobile phones. STRATEGY |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |.

Construction 136

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. The education sessions covered technology, applications, leadership, sustainability, and management of public works projects. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. STRATEGY |.

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MAY 24, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Free Webinar: Managing Information Overload » Silos: Great for Grain, Not so Great for Business. One of our clients does industrial electrical work on projects around the country. STRATEGY |.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. I was talking with John Chaney this week, and he mentioned that he was going to blog about how change orders affect construction management. He replied, “Well, that depends on the project manager.”.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. 3 New Year’s Resolutions for Construction Operations » New Year’s Resolutions for Construction Management. Know your cost to complete and keep track of how far along in a project you actually are.

Construction 120

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 10, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. Jaron Stone Blog. John Chaney Blog. John Meibers Blog. Julie Smith's Blog. Mark Reich Blog. Michael Moore Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 1, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. According to a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project , “nearly 90% of Americans now own a cell phone, computer, MP3 player, game console, e-book reader or tablet computer” in 2011. Categories.

Mobility 120

Mobility Cash Flow Construction Software 120

Construction Business Owner

APRIL 26, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Just about every contractor has been there — a project starts out strong but, as it moves forward, delays and incidental added work and changes knock dollars and cents off of the bottom line. STRATEGY |.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 2, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. And when we launched a new web-based project management product recently, we decided that a client should be able to let their subcontractors and other partners use aspects of the system without having to pay to play.

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 22, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. This week, I thought I’d take a break from discussing the usual construction business management topics, and focus on marketing your business. Marketing can seem a bit mysterious to a business owner or manager.

Construction 120

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Construction Business Owner

JUNE 20, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. For years, I tried to generate momentum with my managers to get them on board with starting a payroll service just for construction. Categories. David Brown Blog. Fred Ode Blog. STRATEGY |.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. I’m pleased to announce that this week’s blog is written by Gregg Shoppman of FMI. Gregg is a consultant with FMI and specializes in the areas of productivity and project management. Categories.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 5, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Green Construction & Construction Software » The Business of Construction Risk Management. This entry was posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2012 at 9:14 pm and is filed under John Chaney Blog.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 12, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. « The Business of Construction Risk Management. So what exactly does getting LEED certification have to do with business management or even construction software? STRATEGY |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 5, 2012

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. « New Year’s Resolutions for Construction Management. There are fewer projects to bid and what projects are available are being bid by more people. STRATEGY |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 9, 2011

MANAGEMENT |. General Management. People Management. Equipment Management. Home » Blogs. Some project managers tend to think of safety in the workplace as one of those things that we do “when we get a chance.” STRATEGY |. ACCOUNTING |. SOFTWARE |. MARKETING |. INSURANCE |. EQUIPMENT |.

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