Construction Business

A Scientific American Favorite Book of 2025 The riveting story of the McKissack family—the founders of the leading Black design and construction firm in the United States, from its beginnings in the mid-1800s to its thriving status today—in a moving celebration of resilience and innovation...

Design and construction industry practitioners collaborated to bring you Transforming Design and Construction: A Framework for Change, the first of LCI's Transforming Design and Construction series, to encourage discussion, learning, and experimentation around Lean processes. The short chapters focusses on various Lean topics. They are not designed as a "how-to" for Lean tools, but as a framework for learning and to guide you along your Lean journey.

BUILD A PROFITABLE CONSTRUCTION OR TRADES BUSINESS THAT WORKS FOR YOU. In Build and Grow , Alison Warner shares her proven BUILD system which enables tradespeople and construction business owners to get 'off the tools' and develop a profitable and rewarding business.

Agile in Hardware, Engineering, Construction, and Linear Environments is a comprehensive guide designed to bridge the gap between traditional project management practices and the Agile methodologies that have revolutionized software development.

As a manager or executive working in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, you’re under pressure to do more with less, reduce waste, produce faster, and still turn a profit.

As the CEO, board member, and executive of an architecture, engineering, and construction company, you are under pressure to lead your company in the age of AI disruption. Not knowing AI’s impact on your business and how you should respond is challenging.

This audiobook will take you through some useful tips for making money behind your keyboard. You'll be taken through the important pointers in each method, and, where applicable, you'll be given reviews of relevant resources (complete with pros and cons) you can use to increase your output. You'll also gain valuable insights on existing strategies you may have to exploit.

In this section, you'll be taken through the basics of creating quality content. About 10 years ago, it was enough to have a mildly interesting site bloated with banner ads and links because of pay per click (PPC) advertising and spammy/blackhat SEO. Today, people are becoming more critical and vigilant of the sites they visit. It's easy to mislead people and trick them into visiting and viewing your blog, but as the cliché goes, you can fool people only once.

Are you fed up running your construction company? Sick of not being paid what you are worth? Stressed out with poor cashflow and low profits? Would you like to have a proven strategy to give you more time, freedom and money? Building Your Future is a practical business guide designed specifically for business owners in the construction and service industry who want to grow a highly successful and profitable business while reclaiming more time and freedom.

In this audiobook, you'll learn about web analytics, with particular focus given on the different technologies and methods used for on-site analytics.

In this section you will learn all the key information you need about web hosting and hosting services in order for you to get your WordPress site up and running. After giving you a general look into what it is and what it can do for you, this section will also explain the most important factors that you have to consider when looking for the best hosting services that will complement your needs.

Building a good website using WordPress is only the first part of making a presence in the online market. You also need to improve its online visibility to drive traffic, which is crucial for your goals in marketing and brand building. Among these goals are driving traffic to your site, improving your conversion rates, and ultimately getting the visitor to buy your products or services.

This audiobook is a discussion on how to choose and buy domain names. It includes a simple explanation of what a domain name really is and why a monetized blog needs to have its own domain name. Other important topics include how to choose the best domain name for a website or blog, registering one's chosen domain name, and what to do when the domain name is already taken.

At the end of this audiobook, you would have found your niche in the industry, which is the first step to venturing into a successful business online. You will know why niche marketing is viable. You will learn why you should focus on a specific target audience to ensure success in the business.

This audiobook will teach you how you can market your website in order to drive traffic and get your content spread to a wider network. You'll learn how to make use of popular social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn in promoting your content, as well as other sites such as Reddit and Digg.

In this audiobook, you'll learn the advantages of email marketing, the various types of email messages, the basics of copywriting, and how to build an email list. You'll gain an understanding of why email marketing is important in setting up a website, especially if it's for business purposes. You'll also learn to create different email marketing messages and try to come up with your own based on the given models.

Applying the dozens of lessons and practical advice will save you the time, energy, and cost of learning them the way I did—the long way and the hard way. Adopting these principles early in your business career will significantly improve your chances of success and move you ahead of your peers who are not as well informed.

In this book, author Chris Penasa shows you how to attain consistency, profitability, and scalability in your construction or trade business. As the cofounder of the industry-leading coaching practice Small Business Growth Partners, Chris has helped develop a proven system for unlocking organizational growth. Whether you’ve been struggling with personnel issues, marketing, sales, processes, or anything in between, this book will help you transform your pain points into strengths.

This book provides a detailed, step-by-step account of how fraud can be committed in the construction industry, narrated through the experiences of Robert, a former project manager who orchestrated a sophisticated scheme to siphon funds using a fake vendor. Combining his personal story with actionable insights, Robert reveals the vulnerabilities that allow fraud to thrive, the devastating consequences of unethical behavior, and the strategies businesses can adopt to protect themselves.

'I had never seen a cement plant in my life. I had no idea about limestone deposits or the cement industry in Gujarat. And I had never negotiated an industrial agreement. Yet, in the next few weeks, I would need to be ready for a substantive meeting with Gujarat government officials.' The year...