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The Best Way to Motivate Employees

Cassell Construction Estimating

When I was hired to be the bookkeeper at Cassell Consulting last July, I didn’t bring a lot of construction industry experience to the position, but I did bring expertise in employee management. This article was written by Laurel Cripe, who started at Cassell Consulting in July of 2014. and he says “You can’t. Digital Dry Shack Blog'

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: ?Negotiating? JOC

Rory Woolsey

Fit the job or don’t fit; a unit price line item is to be applied (remember we are dealing with public funds). Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. construction consultants.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Costing Construction

Rory Woolsey

In the long run it is easier to put the time in up front to establish a correct budget then it is to deal with the project in a crisis mode as the job unfolds. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972.

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: Mark It Up!

Rory Woolsey

We deal with them all the time. Rory Woolsey has worked in Management and Engineering for the construction industry for 35 years, starting as a construction laborer in Billings, Montana, in 1972. construction consultants. He is also affiliated with The Wool-Zee Company, Inc.,

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Rory Woolsey's Construction Estimating Blog: A Savings Analysis!

Rory Woolsey

Many of these contractors have expressed great frustration in dealing with the low bid multipliers and in-turn jocitization of proposals. Even if it costs you something to have a consultant set it up there is still a potential for 10% savings. construction consultants. He is also affiliated with The Wool-Zee Company, Inc.,

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A DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE: KEEPING UP WITH THE CHANGES

Safety Services Company

How do employers deal with employees carrying a medical marijuana license? In Montana, Johnson vs. Colombia Falls Aluminum Co., LLC resulted in a Montana Supreme Court iteration that “the Medical Marijuana Act provides it cannot be construed to require employers to accommodate the medical use of marijuana in any workplace.”.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Yurts: Living in.

Natural Building

Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design. She even addresses the issues of financing and insuring yurts, and dealing with building code officials. We are thinking of this as we will be dealing with -30 degree temps, snow loads, high winds, and small children.