In today’s construction market, one of the riskiest decisions a contractor can make doesn’t happen on the jobsite: It happens during subcontractor selection.

Skender is an innovative, quality and safety-conscious commercial general contractor headquartered in Chicago, with a second office in Indianapolis. Skender was founded in 1955 as a residential ...

For builders navigating constant volatility, procurement isn’t overhead: It’s margin protection. Rising costs, unstable lead ...

Editor's Note: This is the seventh in our 2007 series of The Business Owner Toolbox written by our regular columnist, George Hedley. Each article is written to provide you with practical, immediately ...

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All right class. Time for a little quiz. Questions? Yes, I know it was a bad idea to invite a lawyer. No, you cannot use a carpenter pencil. No. 2 pencils only. Another question from the back row? No, ...

BEDFORD, Mass. (Nov. 14, 2024) — Dodge Construction Network, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates “Clearlake”) and STG Partners, LLC (“STG”), has ...

Rising input costs, persistent labor constraints and tighter project timelines are forcing construction leaders to rethink how work gets done. For many, the answer isn’t a single technology investment ...

As we settle into the final quarter of the year, contractors across the construction industry are bracing for a perfect storm of challenges that threaten both their bottom line and their ability to ...

Job costing is a fundamental principle in construction accounting, as it involves allocating all costs associated with a specific construction project. Job costs include direct costs (material costs, ...

The architecture, engineering and construction industries are chock-full of buzzwords and terminology that—although they may be used casually and often—can have different meanings depending on the ...

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