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A Contractor Speaks Out
Contractors are either selling finished buildings (highways, bridges, etc.) to ultimate owners or they are providing owners with construction services. Not both. The legal structure of construction contracts holds the contractor responsible not only for erecting a...
Belief Busting
I closed last week's blog with a plea to the industry to join me in my 2026 mission to double the construction industry's net profit margins. Let's begin by looking back at the double-digit profit margins that the industry enjoyed during the era immediately following...
My Mission
The NFL Draft The NFL draft is the perfect template for contractors to emulate when building the team of professionals that will eventually manage their construction business. The NFL draft is nothing more than a collection of college players who have demonstrated a...
Mature Management
The success of a construction company depends on the skill level of each team member and the coordination of their individual efforts toward a common goal. Most contractors realize this but may not be aware of the prerequisites required to accomplish this level of...
A Successful Construction Team
In the same way a Law Firm is a team of expert attorneys handling legal affairs for clients, a construction company is a team of construction experts providing construction services to clients. The way this team of construction experts is recruited, trained, and...
A Winning Team
Most construction companies start out as simple closely held operations that can be run by the seat of any rational person's pants. A unique feature of the construction industry, however, is that mom and pop businesses can grow very quickly into large complex...
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