March 2024

Markets

Closeout: Underneath It All

by Construction Executive

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Forsyth County Courthouse, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Safety

Where’s the Fire?

by John Heinen

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Fire safety on construction sites is at a crossroads. It’s time for an approach based on collaboration, education and training—and powered by wireless digital solutions.

Culture

Structural Integrity: Patching Up Group Homes and Transforming Lives

by Ken Budd

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Building New Foundations has evolved from patching up group homes for disadvantaged youth to helping transform the lives of the people living there.

Workforce

Building TeamBuilder

by Patrick Hennessy, Russell Tipton

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After experiencing chronic problems with workforce planning, Harkins needed an easy-to-use solution that would support not just staffing but training and development. So the general contractor designed and developed one itself.

Business Markets

Shipping News: The Rise of the Ecommerce Warehouse

by Christie Chapman

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Brinkmann Constructors’ $40-million warehouse project in a new Denver-area logistics hub opens for business amid the pandemic-sparked ecommerce boom.

Business

Waging War: Why Ignorance of Wage Theft Is No Excuse

by Matt DeSarno

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Does it matter that many if not most of the contractors that engage in wage theft do so unknowingly? Not at all. But new technology solutions can help you avoid it altogether.