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Once you know the current state and the wastes in your processes, you can start improving with the foundational tools of Lean Construction.

Selecting a quality surety professional is of utmost importance. When researching a firm, consider their years of experience and amount of bonds written, current relationships with underwriters, and the memberships they hold to various professional
associations, as well as their overall knowledge of your unique industry. By partnering with a reputable consultant, you can ensure reliable performance that maximizes your bonding capacity.

When the subject of workforce development arises there are many opinions on how our dwindling labor pool has become what it is. There is likely some truth to everyone’s response, but the real question should be: How do we help fix this mess? The reality of our labor shortage is that it’s our problem and each of us can play a part in helping to fix it. Kids need early exposure to the offsite construction industry.

With the global economy poised for further weakness and recession highly likely in America at some point over the next 12 months, there could be
additional downward pressure on input prices during the year ahead even as more infrastructure projects break ground.

As part of Tremco’s Rising Stars program, students from the East Career & Technical Academy attended World of Modular to learn from industry experts and meet representatives of companies from across the modular construction industry. Their instructor, Tremco’s David Hutchinson, led the morning-long program on the conference’s third day.

At a luncheon hosted by MBI’s current executive director Tom Hardiman, CAE, and operations director Steven Williams, CAE, on the final day of the conference, nearly half of the association’s former board presidents were joined by Judy Smith, MBI’s former executive director who retired in 2004. There were warm greetings, old stories, and new insights into an
industry poised to grow like never before.