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Why Customer Research Should Shape Your Business Strategy

Construction Business Owner

Why Customer Research Should Shape Your Business Strategy ccapoccia Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:20 In the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry where projects are complex, collaboration is key and customer satisfaction is critically important, the relevance of your customers’ opinion carries significant weight.

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How to Use Driver Accountability to Increase Profitability

Construction Business Owner

For any company with a fleet of light- or medium-duty vehicles, from service contractors to vendors and those in the transportation industry, increasing profitability often comes down to fostering an environment of greater employee accountability.

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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Construction Industry

Construction Business Owner

Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Construction Industry. This has been true for every industry, but few have been as broadly affected as the construction industry. This has been true for every industry, but few have been as broadly affected as the construction industry. Greg Ragsdale.

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Seven Traits of Profitable Specialty Contractors

Fieldwire

Anyone who has managed a construction company, department, or project knows profitability can be challenging. Intense competition, fluctuating market conditions and other factors often result in tight profit margins. Even with numerous challenges, specialty contracting can be profitable. In-Demand Expertise. Healthy Culture.

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The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment

Construction Business Owner

The New Preconstruction Advantage: Connected Quantification & Model Coordination in a Common Data Environment. For example, if each clash costs $3,500 per instance (PWC, 2018), it’s difficult for estimators and project managers to ensure each project is profitable during the planning phases of a project. Greg Ragsdale.

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Best Value / LEAN Construction and LEAN Production are NOT the Same

Job Order Contracting

Best value / Lean construction is an integrated planning, procurement, and project delivery process that uses robust workflows, a common data environment, and collaborative teams to increase productivity, profits, and innovation in the industry. Lean production is a philosophy targeting and improving flow and reducing waste.

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Prospering thru Green Building in a Changing Environment

Green Building Law Update

I spoke to a gathering of construction industry attorneys the other day about that t he changing environment of Federal government regulation portends huge business opportunities for green building. This blog post is my prepared remarks for that talk. Billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, a reduction of $2.6

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