One of our bloggers, Pat Kiley, CEO of Kiley Advisors LLC and former president of the AGC in Houston, attended the recent screening of the Houston 2040 Scenarios presented by the...
Reshaping the Industry
Three actions are necessary to build a thriving, profitable and durable construction industry:
- Acceptance. Recognize current situations and challenges and accept they are real.
- Leadership. Embrace core values and principles as innovators and leaders.
- Solutions. Collaborate among owners, contractors and workforce for solutions.
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed two new bills into law that will address the misclassification and wage theft issues in a much stronger fashion. According to an...
In Jim Kollaer’s blog Your Scenario or Mine?, he told you about a gathering hosted by Marek Brothers Houston on October 19 for a presentation and conversation about two...
This week, on the Sunday morning news programs, I heard the first real indication of what is “coming down the pike” (as they say) for the construction industry, the economy and...
A favorite quote among training professionals is one from Zig Ziglar, “What’s worse than training your workers and losing them? Not training them and keeping them.”How...
Several weeks ago, 300 Houstonians gathered at the Bell Tower event center for the unveiling of the 2040 Scenarios for the Houston region. This unveiling to the community...
Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry and Mitt Romney exchanged heated words during Tuesday’s debate after Perry accused Romney of hiring illegal immigrants to work as...
Some employers who have been paying employees as independent contractors have now been given a chance to reclassify these workers and move forward without paying the penalties and...
On Thursday, October 6, the Houston Interfaith Worker Justice Center (HIWJ) hosted an event to raise awareness of the wage theft crisis in America. The Houston Wage Theft...
