CURT Blog
Planning and Foresight are Keys for Success as Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Stokes Construction, Development
By Marc Gravely, Gravely Attorneys & Counselors Make sure to pick up a copy of CURT’s magazine The VOICE at the CURT National Conference to read more from Marc on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. One year after the passage of the historic $1 trillion Bipartisan...
2022 Shows Positive Gains in Hiring and Cash Flows, Contractors are Ramping up for 2023
By Anne Hunt, Trimble Viewpoint With the passage of the U.S. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law back in November 2021, many contractors hoped it would usher in a resurgence of new projects as the country embraced a renewed focus on updating and modernizing critical...
Managing Generational Gaps in Construction
By Brian Poage, Senior Solution Sales Manager at Raken The construction workforce is made up of a wide variety of age groups. From new professionals just starting their careers to seasoned veterans with decades of experience, you’ll find employees from nearly every...
Four Ways Digital Transformation is Benefiting the Construction Industry
By Tony Nicoletti, VP of Business Development, DPL Telematics The necessity to transition to digital construction is pressuring businesses to act as the uncertainty and complexity surrounding construction projects grow daily. In truth, the construction industry is...
Material Pricing Inflation & Uncertainty: How Contractors & Subs Can Better Manage the Bottom Line
By Ro Bhatia, CEO, PlanHub Contractors and subcontractors face an increasingly difficult challenge: skyrocketing inflation is bleeding their bottom lines. General inflation is raising the cost of everything, from food to fuel to office supplies, maintenance, and rent....
Projects are Short Term Investments in Long Term Assets
By Nicholas Johnson, Chief Evangelist, Kahua For over 40 years, I have been involved in the project planning, design, and construction of facilities and infrastructure, including stadiums, roads, factories, utilities, schools, hospitals, and even a water park or two....
Modern Building Codes Could Prevent $1.6 Billion in Natural Disaster Damages Annually
By Ben Breiner, ValuePenguin Each year, buildings across the United States suffer more than $100 billion in damage from earthquakes, hurricanes, flooding, and wind, according to the National Institute of Building Sciences. The pace of major events causing $1 billion...
Trimble Viewpoint’s Q1 and Q2 Construction Metrics Index Show Wide Variability in 2022
By Anne Hunt, Trimble Viewpoint Trimble Viewpoint recently released its latest Q2 2022 Quarterly Construction Metrics Index, which provides trends related to project starts, hiring, contract values, and cash flow metrics pulled from roughly 1,000 Viewpoint clients...
Three Ways to Overcome Construction Supply Chain Woes
By Jack Aspenson, S3 Surface Solutions There has never been a more challenging time to succeed in construction. With materials like cement in short supply, combined with the impact of ongoing skilled labor shortages and increased demand for construction projects, many...
Making the Most of Your CURT Investment
By Nicholas Johnson, Chief Evangelist, Kahua Since the summer of 1978, I have had the good fortune of working in some capacity in the field of engineering, design, and construction. That’s long enough to have learned a few lessons and hopefully honed a few skills....