Twenty-five years ago, I remember organizing my desk preparing to leave the office after a 14-hour day. I wasn’t finished. I was never finished. I was leaving because my mental energy was exhausted and I could no longer be productive. The next morning I would return at 4:30 a.m. and do it again and again and again.
I felt as though I had been taken out to sea and dropped off in treacherous waters. Worse yet, I didn’t know which... [more]
The 2012 International Energy Conservation Code will go a long way to achieving the energy goals of the United States, and while some building systems and products could be severely hampered by the new code requirements, the EIFS industry should shine.
"We see very little downside and a lot to gain from it,” says Dave Johnston, executive director for the EIFS Industry Members Association, Falls Church, Va. "If there is a wall... [more]
Even at the best of times, managing a business is never easy. You may in fact spend many a sleepless night worrying about cash flow, profit margins, deadlines, overdue receivables or where to find the crew for that job you had not expected to win.
Enter, then, the worst of times—the biggest downturn in commercial construction memory—and the task of managing your business takes on shades of the impossible.
