Contractors with stellar safety and health plans aren’t trying to do the minimum; they’re working to develop a program that makes sense for their employees and make it something their employees can believe in. There is no silver bullet; it’s more about your overall approach to safety and health in the workplace….

You’ve finally landed that larger commercial job—and it requires a scissor lift. So, you figure out a way to build a rental into your costs without harming your profit line. Heck, maybe you even find a way to tack on a markup for renting the equipment. In time, as you see more…

A recent national survey by the Associated General Contractors of America found that 86% of construction companies are having a tough time filling jobs. At a time when demand for construction and remodeling is growing, the labor shortage may very well be your biggest obstacle to success and growth in the future….

How much time to do spend thinking about hiring the right employees? Now consider how much time to you spend on implementing creative approaches to recruiting new employees. Do you have a recruiting budget or are you still depending on a ‘help wanted’ ad on Craigslist to bring you in the abundance…

Even something as simple as the texture applied to a drywall surface can produce an irregular surface and have some effect on production rate and material consumption. On a smooth drywall surface you might expect to produce a spray-paint finish at 550 s.f. per hour. With a light texture you may only…

In the past two years, the U.S. has had the largest growth in apprenticeships in nearly a decade. And given the current labor crunch in both the paint and construction industries, the growth could not have come at a better time. According to Anton Ruesing, director of The International Union of Painters…