Skilled Workers: Short Supply May Endanger Your Company Vision
One of the challenges I see facing so many CEO’s is finding people who can carry out their vision for their companies. Building or moving to a new facility, for example, is often so complex, so risky and expensive, that it requires people with very specialized skills. Skills that most companies don’t have. Here’s an […]
Scheduling Projects: How Top Project Managers Do It Differently
Do the best construction project managers approach scheduling differently than PM’s with little or only moderate experience? The answer is “absolutely!” That’s not to say they don’t use tools like scheduling software–it’s hard to do complex projects without it–but the leaders in the field tend to use it less than their less experienced peers. Why […]
Project Management: How To Shave 15% Off The Cost of Your Next Project
No doubt you’ve heard the old saw that ignorance of the law is no excuse. In project management, the same principle applies to the design, construction or expansion of your company’s facilities. What you don’t know could really jeopardize your project’s success, if not prematurely change your employment status. There are several solutions. Here’s one: […]
Apex Launches Revised Website
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA—1/20/2014—Apex Project Consulting today announced the launch of their newly redesigned company website at https://apexpjm.wpengine.com, according to the firm’s president, Tom Conzelman. The new design reflects the company’s mission to deliver results-oriented project leadership and A&E/construction management services to clients nationwide. The website highlights the firm’s focus on providing not just services, […]
Construction Workers: The Labor Shortage Continues
What makes a successful hire? One of the ongoing challenges to the construction industry–and therefore a concern to any business planning to build new offices, warehouses, factories, etc.–is the ongoing labor shortage of qualified construction workers. Young people are not entering building professions in the numbers they used to. So with a smaller labor pool, […]
Construction Site Video: Here To Stay?
Video cameras are everywhere these days. And now that they’re built into most cell phones, they’re even more ubiquitous than just a couple of years ago. Today, the increase in the number of construction site video cameras and the paybacks they deliver are almost as broad as the roles of people using them. If you’re not already familiar […]