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Modern Construction Recruiting for a Diverse Workforce

Heavy civil contractors across North America are desperate for talent, but many wait until high school graduation to start recruiting. Amy Henningfield, Director of Workforce...

Culture is a System: Here’s How to Build It

Most contractors will tell you their people are their greatest asset. But construction has some of the highest turnover of any industry, and the workers walking off jobsites are...

Designing Safer Traffic Flow Inside the Work Zone

Most roadway contractors have a detailed traffic plan for the motoring public. Signs, cones and flaggers are carefully placed to comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic...

5 Signs Your Equipment Is Heading for Downtime

Downtime rarely comes out of nowhere. Most failures build over time. In reliability engineering, there’s a clear pattern—early warning signs show up before a full breakdown...

How Representation Helps Attract the Next Generation of Construction Workers

Contractors cannot recruit people who never consider construction an option. Yet students, career changers, women and other underrepresented workers have little exposure to the...

Find Your Lane: How Contractors Break Into Data Center Construction

Driving past a new data center site, it’s easy to assume the work is already assigned to national builders who bring their own trade partners. The money tells a different story...

Utilizing Electric Equipment at the Edge of the Grid

A contractor signs off on a new battery-electric backhoe, ready to cut fuel costs and meet a client’s emissions target. The machine shows up ready to work. Then the crew asks...

5 Components of an Accurate Equipment Rate

A machine rolls onto the job. There is no rental bill or fresh purchase order. It’s “already paid for,” so the cost disappears into the background.That illusion is expensive...

Mike Rowe on Rewriting the Story of Skilled Work

Mike Rowe knows where America’s skills gap began: in the disappearance of shop class from American schools in the 1970s.The Emmy award-winner, creator and host of the reality TV...