Trim Your Tax Bill: Claim Your Innovations
You may already have qualified for a federal research and development (R&D) tax credit in the eyes of the IRS, but do not know it, since this tends to be an underutilized and misunderstood opportunity…
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Worth Doing: Job Costing
Turning a profit? Great! But, digging into the details of where you actually made and lost money can result in even more success. Insights about which types of projects are your real sweet spot,…
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Stronger Than Concrete: Building With Legos?
With the speedy completion of an apartment complex in Florida, builders have proof: Renco bricks, which are quite lego-like in appearance, and an alternative to concrete, have passed more than 400 performance tests. Communities…
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New Hires? Training Tips
Lucky the owner behind a growing construction business that is not having trouble training and retaining a solid team of employees. Retirement of baby boomers, the tight labor market, and a plethora of civic…
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What’s Old Is New: Innovation
What’s Old Is New: Innovation Although synthetic macrofibers have been available as alternatives to steel for several decades, the risks associated with innovating have kept builders away. However, the completion of several major projects in…
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Arbitration vs Litigation?
In construction, successfully fulfilling all contractual obligations is often way easier said than done. Before disputes over errors and omissions turn into costly and time consuming court battles, try arbitration. In addition to saving…
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Supply Chains: Adapting To New Realities
Supply chains might be improving, but the bigger reason stressing over material procurement has eased is likely that builders have gotten a whole lot better at “bobbing and weaving.” Creativity and collaboration are new…
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Growth Path: Proposal Specialist?
Clear goals, niche expertise, solid reputation, equipment upgrades, great workers, social media presence … .As a contractor, you can get all this right, and still find your business stagnating, unless you have the capacity…
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Really Big Builds
Red tape. Years of stop-go. Money. More money. Plans. More plans. Commitments. Back-outs. These are the challenges the biggest of big civil projects around the country face. Finally, some are seeing the actual light…
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