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Good and bad news for Houston’s post‑Harvey rebuilding efforts

Michelle R. Matisons Construction & Building Materials

Recovery efforts are still underway after the devastating hurricanes and wildfires in late summer and early fall. For all of the rebuilding efforts in California, Florida, Louisiana, Puerto Rico and Texas, the phrase "one step forward, two steps backward" is rather fitting.

6 ways to offset the dip in job leads during the holidays

Kaitlin Krull Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

The holiday season is a lucrative time for businesses across the retail industry, with an increase in orders coming in and production soaring to meet demands. However, professionals in other areas often see a dip in trading over the holidays — this is certainly true for the home improvement industry.

Housing industry gaining momentum

Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

Housing construction roared back in October, quickly recovering from the setback in September resulting from hurricanes, floods and fires. New home sales continued to rise, as did sales of existing homes.

10 tips to create a safer workplace

D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Protecting workers should be a priority for every employer. This article lists 10 tips for employers who want to create a safer workplace.

Making do with multis

Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

With no end in sight to the nation's housing shortage, occupants are increasingly turning to doubling or tripling up to get more out of the space they have. Traditional single-family homes are especially scarce, and along with them traditional single families. At present, the trend in housing is toward "multi": multifamily, multipurpose and multigenerational.

Burned California neighborhoods consider production-scale home rebuilding

Michelle R. Matisons Construction & Building Materials

As people begin to recover from entire neighborhoods destroyed by recent California wildfires — approximately 14,700 homes — innovative home-rebuilding approaches may aid Sonoma County.

Technology driving construction changes in Europe

Andrew Gaved Facilities & Grounds

One of the defining questions in the European construction industry at the moment is how to reduce time on site. This comes from the logic that the quicker a construction program is completed, the higher the profit margins for the contractors and the quicker the customer can get to making money from whatever use the building is being put to.

The importance of project governance and tactful decision-making

Daniel Waters Construction & Building Materials

Project governance is a topic applicable to all projects, large or small. The difference is that the scale and formality will grow as the project increases in size. Commonalities of good project governance structures include signing the owner's representative first, establishing a project leadership team early, following defined criteria for success, managing stakeholders effectively, resolving conflict in a positive manner and using vendor resources.

14 success tips for project partnering

Sue Dyer Construction & Building Materials

We have facilitated partnering for more than 3,000 projects. This allows us to see patterns. We see what works and what doesn't work to really make partnering successful on projects. We hope that you will shorten your learning curve by utilizing these 14 tips when partnering your projects.

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