Last month, I talked with Quincy Gibbs, who had just completed a “boot camp,” a Ready for Industry (RFI) program, offered by ABC Houston’s Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF). Gibbs learned about the opportunity at Dr. Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School (CTHS),...
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The following article was authored by Holly Welles. Holly Welles writes on real estate and construction across the web, covering the latest in innovation and industry growth. She also maintains her own blog, The Estate Update, and shares more of her work over on Twitter.According to the...
How companies in the commercial construction industry are addressing the worker shortage in their respective organization varies greatly. From compensation to prefabrication, they are doing what is necessary to meet their needs in recruiting and retention. So, with July being National Retirement...
Designers and structural engineers have likely all played Jenga, the children’s game, with their kids and then took the idea to their studios and the street. They are having a ball with the new Jenga towers and are building them in several cities around the US and the globe. Revised height...
With less than two weeks to go before the comment period for the new proposed Department of Labor (DOL) rule on Registered Apprenticeship Programs, or RAPs, will be over, it appears that the construction industry organizations have gotten the proverbial “short end of the stick” from a union-backed...
One of the most important determinants of an organization’s success is the perception of its brand in the marketplace. A company’s “brand” is defined as the perception of a product, service, experience or organization. Brand in the construction industry is heavily influenced by a Contractor’s or...
The following article originally appeared in the May newsletter to clients of FMI Corporation. Reprinted with permission.There are exciting projections for the Greater Houston Area Economy. The most recent Perryman Group projections for 2040, revised slightly downward in 2017, still put...
