This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to listen in on approximately 4½ hours of testimony on workforce training programs in Texas. The hearing was held by the Senate...
Signals and Signposts
The current and future economy, trends in design and construction, political influence – sometimes we have something to say about topics which may be signs of things to come.
According to an article in today’s Denver Post, “The Denver-Aurora-Broomfield metropolitan area added 6,300 construction jobs from February 2011 to February of this year,...
Succession planning for family-owned construction firms is fast becoming the elephant in the room as owners age and the chances of successfully addressing the issue diminish with...
An article by Matt Warman in the United Kingdom’s newspaper The Daily Telegraph last month reported that Intel, the giant chip maker, has announced a $100 million fund to support...
Kerrick Whisenant, the president of the American Subcontractors Association, in his February newsletter to the membership, told of a meeting recently held in his offices with a...
This month, the Engineering News Record Technology column (subscription required) featured a Q & A with Shawn Pressley VP of IT at Hill International, an engineering firm...
The overall employment picture was flat, according to the latest employment figures released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The Bureau reported:“Nonfarm...
The latest article from Robert Charles Lesser & Co (RCLCO) shows an interesting chart of the demographic changes in the housing market and could be viewed as a predictor of...
The political follies are in full swing. We have another nine months before the “Great American Public” will select the 45th president of the US. No way yet to tell...
