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Framing Your Future Success
" You won’t get an argument from any family-owned plumbing, roofing, or concrete business that family-run companies are the backbone of the American economy. In fact, family businesses account for...
5 Things You Should Never Leave Out of Your Estimate
" Conley Smith, Sr. Business Writer It’s Bid Day and do you know how accurate your numbers are? Construction industry insider George Hedley estimates 80 percent of construction owners don’t...
Build a Killer Hiring Process!
" So, you’re looking to hire a great estimator. How hard could it be? Actually, it’s gotten pretty hard. You have two choices: A) Get in line (everybody needs a great estimator!). Or B) Start...
Survey Says: Estimators Still Lean On Excel
" Conley Smith, Sr. Business Writer As always, the annual JB Knowledge Construction Technology report (2017) is chock-full of fascinating details. Translation: it’s pretty long at 70+ pages!...
The $10 Billion Question: Is Construction Ready for New Tech?
" What started out as a faint buzz about the construction industry needing to digitize is now loudly reverberating from Silicon Valley all the way to Wall Street. Yes, that cha-ching sound you...
On-Screen Takeoff is No. 1 for 6 Straight Years
" It’s always nice to be No. 1—especially if it’s your sixth year in a row! That’s right, On-Screen Takeoff® (OST) once again ranked at the top of the takeoff and estimating software sector in the...
Estimator Q&A: Technology Transforms the Job
" Technology is revolutionizing the construction industry. From grappling with a tsunami of emails to hunting down details and specifications, today’s estimator has a new role that requires...
Piecing Together Your Multi-Generational Hiring Puzzle
Think of today’s hiring landscape as a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Sure, finding the puzzle’s edges may be easy if you’re anchored by the Baby Boomers who run many construction sites and the...
Pressure Mounting for Skilled Labor
" With construction employment increasing by 228,000 jobs in March, it would appear 2018 is shaping up to be another strong year for the construction industry, placing even more pressure on the...
On Center Software Scores in FrontRunners Leaders Quadrant
" When you’ve spent nearly 30 years helping contractors transition from manual to digital takeoff and estimating, you’re pretty confident your solutions are best-in-class. But it’s still great...
How to be a No. 1 Draft Pick On Bid Day
" When the Cleveland Browns are asked for their first-round selection of the NFL Draft on April 26th, their team leaders will likely be hunkered down behind closed doors weighing their options....
Construction Industry Poised for Technology Disruption
" Call it the era of two steps forward, one step backward. When it comes to widespread adoption of technology, the construction industry appears to be at a crossroads. On the one hand, we are...
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Ready to Disrupt
" No doubt, there are many moving parts to any construction project—whether it is a high-rise apartment tower or a housing development. As a contractor, a big part of your job is to document the...
Look Backwards to Move Profits Forward
" Allen L. Crowley, Jr., FAIC, On Center Software Let’s face it, the ebb and flow of construction work means jobs will overlap. Projects will intersect. Crews and equipment will be spread thin....
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