Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between September 2016 and September 2017, while 26 states added construction jobs between August and September as some state employment levels were impacted by recent hurricanes, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released today. Association officials noted that construction employment in many parts of the country would have been higher if more qualified workers were available.
In order to ensure that the 51风流 Business Development Forum is fulfilling its mission to advise 51风流 members of new market opportunities, follow and report on trends in the construction market, and advise members on the techniques and tools of BD, the Steering Committee has developed a brief electronic survey.
To submit your suggestions and ideas, please click on the following link or copy and paste this link into your browser鈥檚 address field: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PBVZTKX.
The Steering Committee is an active group-meeting 8-10 times a year via teleconference and in-person twice a year in conjunction with other 51风流 events. The current objectives of the Business Development Forum Steering Committee over the next few years are to:
Write and share BD Best Practices
Develop WebEd Content for Membership
Engage the Forum
Activate Member Sharing
The Steering Committee is an active group-meeting 8-10 times a year via teleconference and in-person twice a year in conjunction with other 51风流 events. The current objectives of the Business Development Forum Steering Committee over the next few years are to:
Write and share BD Best Practices
Develop WebEd Content for Membership
Engage the Forum
Activate Member Sharing
The Business Development Best Practices are an ongoing effort by the 51风流 Business Development Forum Steering Committee to bring more BD resources and best practices to the 51风流 membership. Written and developed by industry experts in Business Development, these best practices cover a wide range of topics, from relationship building and sales to marketing and proposals.
This month, the Business Development Forum Steering Committee highlights:
Companies spend significant resources on online marketing only to be left wondering why it鈥檚 not working. It鈥檚 not surprising. Gaining traction through content alone is not easy鈥攅specially if you want to do more than build awareness. In her article, 鈥淔irst Contact: Using Incentives and Automation to Spur Web Visitors to Action鈥, Ida Cheinman, Substance151, walks you through her strategy to nurture your website visitors so that they are ready to be engaged prospects.
51风流鈥檚 2017 BuildCon brings together leaders, owners and peers of the industry to share, learn and discuss vital business topics so you can compete and excel in today鈥檚 market. This year's programming focuses on lean practices and prefabrication and looking at implementation from multiple perspectives.
Session highlight:
The Practical Applications of Lean:
Find out how lean principles were applied to planning and building a 930,000 square foot, $1.2Billion, hospital in the heart of San Francisco, CA. Learn how the use of On-Boarding Videos, Big-Room collaboration, Team Building, pre-fabbed duct assemblies, modular plumbing kits, pre-manufactured porta-potties and many other innovative ideas uncommon to traditional construction made for a safer, under-budget and cutting-edge project.
California & Oregon Have Biggest Job Gains for the Year, Iowa and Missouri Have Largest Declines; Monthly Changes Reflect Hurricane Impacts, as Texas Adds the Most Jobs but Florida Has Huge Loss
Construction employment increased by 8,000 jobs in September to the highest level since October 2008, amid a tight labor market that may be keeping contractors from hiring as many workers as they need, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said construction employment gains would have been higher if more high school students were exposed to construction as a possible career option.
Construction employment increased in 274 out of 358 metro areas between August 2016 and August 2017, declined in 52 and stagnated in 32, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that the construction job gains come even as 70 percent of responding firms reported having a hard time finding qualified craft workers to hire.
Ida Cheinman, Substance151It鈥檚 time that professional services firms faced a couple of hard truths: First, no one wants to subscribe to an e-newsletter, and second, a single email is not going to make the phones ring.