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Perhaps even more than a 60 Minutes camera crew or the Internal Revenue Service, a visit from an OSHA inspector can strike terror in the heart of a construction project manager. Like Morley Safer and the IRS, OSHA often shows
If there’s anything worse than not being able to land a construction project, it’s getting the job, performing admirable work, and then not getting paid. Cash flow issues are perhaps the single biggest contributor to construction firm failures, and a
It seemed like a good idea on paper. President Obama’s recovery act sought to put a big percentage of the stimulus where it would help the economy most (and, cynics would say, provide the biggest boost to Democrats heading into
Like a runaway locomotive, the recession of the 2000s seems to have applied the brakes, but inertia will keep the recession screeching down the rails for some time to come, most economists agree. Speaking at Reed Construction Data’s webcast economic
Construction companies that survived the Great Recession can take solace in one silver lining – the economic turmoil has thinned the field competing for the few current jobs and those that will emerge as the market strengthens and the pool
Some economists predict the worst is over for private-sector construction, though the numbers have yet to lend much credence to such optimism. Nevertheless, savvy contractors must start preparing their companies now for a return to private building, even if their