As skills shortages across construction industry disciplines create challenges in filling open positions, industry leaders must lean into comprehensive solution options to upskill and reskill current and future talent. The construction industry comprises of not only craft and trades laborers but administrative and management occupations as well. In 2020, construction and extraction occupations...

Technology is one of the topics discussed in CMAA’s Professional Construction Management (PCM) Course, of which I am an instructor. In previous years, the course focused primarily on Building Information Modeling (BIM), but now focuses on the overall transition to technology in the construction management industry, the role of construction managers (CMs), and the use of technology in each project...

You did it! You got promoted to project manager and were assigned your first construction project. You’re in charge, and the excitement is pumping through your veins as you sit at your new desk. After grabbing your first cup of coffee and adjusting your nameplate, you sit back, take a sip, and then realize…."Now what?” In your last job as a cost estimator, you remember the PM talking about a...

Full confession: I am a big Bruce Springsteen fan. Growing up as a teenager in New Jersey in the ’70s and '80s I didn’t realize in his early days that he was primarily a regional talent. I have only seen him live once, in an amazing show at a soccer stadium in Frankfurt, Germany.

When developing a master plan, security managers should consider strategic objectives that have proved to be effective in the past:

One segment of Anser Advisory’s branded Leadership Development is the Myers-Briggs Type II Indicator® (MBTI®) assessment. The results are designed to identify a person's personality type, strengths, and preferences. This helps trainees understand their own communication preferences and how they interact with others. Awareness helps you adapt your interpersonal approach to different situations and...