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50% of Women in Executive Positions: A Workable Goal?
by Beth Margulies, NECA Director, Communications My job at NECA is communications for both our members and the public, which has me going through different sources to see what’s working for other shops. I thought members of the NECA Women’s Peer Group (and their male colleagues) would appreciate this blog post from Richard Edelman, president … Read more
Posted in Contractor Business, Employee Relations, Industry Trends, WOSB and tagged NWPG; women executives.
Dan Walter Sees the Future: BIM on Every Project
NECA Transmissions features posts from CEO John Grau and other NECA staff and leaders about industry projects or issues they are following. Today’s post comes from Dan Walter. Building Information Modeling has been around for a while, starting with 2D CAD and continually evolving as better software and hardware became available. But, 2011 might be … Read more
Time to do what we’re not doing
The annual IBEW Construction Conference was in town last week. I dropped by to hear IBEW President Ed Hill address the business managers from IBEW local unions across the country. Ed threw some slides up on the screen showing the number of IBEW-signatory electrical contractors versus the total number of electrical contractors. He broke the … Read more
‘Tis the Season
No. not that season. At least not quite yet. It’s the season for 2009 construction economic forecasts. The reports are coming across my desk, and they don’t paint a pretty picture. I mainly rely on the annual forecast produced by McGraw-Hill Construction. Other groups that try to crystal ball the construction economy are the U.S. … Read more
A Tie to Future Success
In case you missed the news, the Men’s Dress Furnishing Association (MFDA) is shutting down after 60 years. MDFA is the trade group for American necktie manufacturers. The group decided to close its doors when its membership dropped from 120 to under 25. Their leaders blame competition from manufacturers outside the U.S. and, more importantly, … Read more
Posted in Employee Relations, Industry Trends.
