How Do Home Sales Affect Your Contracting Business?

Starting a career in new home construction can be easy or difficult, depending on the timing. But even if you stay out of this part of the industry, the sale of homes (and property in general) can affect the kind of business you get and how much people are willing to pay. This guide identifies … Read more

Is Your Contracting Business Contributing to Traffic Congestion?

Traffic in California is a problem. Even people who live out in the middle of nowhere understand this. A large population with limited housing options that are generally too expensive creates a level of sprawl with huge commutes and a heavy dependence on personal vehicles. Yet, this situation isn’t intractable. Construction business owners do have … Read more

Airbnb vs. Hotels: How the War for the Best Place to Crash Affects Your Contracting Business

There’s nothing like a little competition to get businesses working harder to build bigger and better. And the competition between hotels and short-term private rental companies like Airbnb is anything but little. Airbnb, which began as a way for owners of existing properties to rent them out for money, is now delving into construction. Hotels … Read more

Building Construction’s Future: How the Industry Is Working to End the Labor Shortage

You read a lot about construction’s labor shortage and ways that the industry is trying to get around it. Although new approaches like automation and modular construction can decrease the numbers needed for a particular project, eliminating jobs isn’t sufficient. In order to survive the thousands of professionals who retire from construction each year, the … Read more

Is Your Contracting Business Too Risk-Averse?

Working in construction is full of risks. Even if you ignore all the safety concerns (which you shouldn’t), there are all kinds of risks you take in your business each day. Although you want to minimize the effects of taking chances, this can sometimes make you too eager to avoid taking risks at all. Here’s … Read more

How Your Contracting Business Can Use Technology Without Letting It Eat Your Lunch

It’s a fear that people have had for centuries. Develop a piece of technology that replaces a skilled worker, and soon it starts replacing skilled workers. This is why industries like construction tend to be so hesitant to adopt innovations. But staying stuck in the 19th Century or even the 20th Century isn’t the best … Read more