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Project Uptime
Project Uptime
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To Keep Employees Engaged, Provide More Feedback
Plus, four ways to make your feedback more effective. Kim Ruyle, a member of the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) talent expertise panel, remembers the first time a...
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3 Keys to Learning Lean Practices for Continuous Improvement
In his keynote address at the recent 2018 Lean Coaching Summit in Seattle, Charles F. Murphy, senior vice president of the New York business unit of Turner Construction Company...
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5 Reasons to Empower Your Foremen to Make More Decisions
Granting authority along with responsibility is strategically smart. You rely on your foremen to keep crews in line, keep daily work on schedule and maintain tools and equipment...
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Problem Solving: The 5 Why Approach
When Adam Hergenrother discovered that most of the bathtubs in a 56-unit Alzheimer’s care facility his company built were installed improperly, he didn’t immediately look for...
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What it Takes to be a Strong Mentor
Passion, personality and availability all count. In the construction industry, lessons learned from a book can take an employee only so far. Most skills are honed on the job over...
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5 Tips for More Accurate Takeoffs
Doing a material takeoff right means you'll order only the materials you need, in the quantities and types you need. This can not only save you on money and labor costs, but also...
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7 Tips for Defusing Conflict on the Spot
Conflicts are inevitable. It's how you handle them that counts. It’s no secret that conflict happens on construction projects. Most flareups — whether between a project manager and...
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6 Secrets to Communicating More Clearly with Any Stakeholder
Get your message heard — and get the outcome you want. In a fast-moving business like construction, with its countless moving parts and multiple stakeholders, miscommunication can...
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Mechanical Project of the Year: How They Did It
How do you get the job done well, and finish on time, when you’re installing 5,600 tons of cooling equipment and 25 miles of piping in the second-largest facility in North America...
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3 Secrets to Shrinking Your Punch Lists
Delivering a fully completed project on schedule is the goal every time, but punch list items can make it seem unattainable. Wrapping up — and getting paid — faster requires...