It can be difficult for a construction worker to visualize what kinds of hazards they’ll face on a jobsite when they’re sitting in a conference room, watching training videos and slideshows.
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AGC and USACE – Partnering to Build a Better Future
GC of America and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have a long and successful history of working together to build and sustain our nation’s infrastructure.
Read More »The Right Prescription
Consumerism and technology drive healthcare design and construction as facilities become less sterile and more resort-like.
Read More »Problem Solver
Platform helps contractors improve the accuracy of drone mapping for a whole host of applications.
Read More »Austin AGC Goes Online with Training
As a metropolitan chapter with a little over 270 company members, the Austin AGC has struggled over the years with how best to offer educational classes — such as Supervisory Training (STP), Project Manager Development (PMDP), BIM and Lean — to area contractors while not losing money in the process.
Read More »Leading to Leave
Succession planning can be daunting — but if the current principals determine early on who can best lead the company after they leave, and if they groom them thoroughly, the transition to the next generation leaders can be smoother.
Read More »CONSTRUCTION CORNER
Earlier this year at the association’s annual convention in Las Vegas, Jeanie Clapp, Constructor’s editor-in chief, sat down with Bill Creedon, global head of construction, and Paul R. Becker, CPCU, ARM, director, global construction, to talk about the industry, its trends and the current challenges facing commercial contractors.
Read More »Returning to Work
After months of managing an ever-changing landscape of operational mandates related to working or not working during the coronavirus pandemic, enabling office-based staff to work remotely and adopting technology that supports social distancing requirements, construction companies are looking carefully at how to return to work as restrictions ease.
Read More »Want to Know How to Reopen Our Country? Look to Construction
As I write this column, the nation is in the middle of a debate about the best way to reopen our economy amid the coronavirus.
Read More »Crisis Response
COVID-19 caught the world off guard. But in a way, it’s as if the construction industry has been training for this moment. Rising trends like Lean, increased collaboration between design and construction, and modular pre-fabrication all apply well to the demands of this unusual moment.
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