Building the Future: Tackling the Construction Superintendent Shortage

The construction industry is booming, with infrastructure projects, housing developments, and commercial endeavors sprouting everywhere. But beneath the surface of this growth lies a hidden crisis: a severe shortage of construction superintendents. These crucial field leaders, responsible for overseeing every aspect of a project, are in critically short supply, creating a bottleneck that threatens to … Read more

Increasing Diversity: Women in Construction on the Rise

A woman briefs a man on a construction site with technology diagrams superimposed over them.

Achieving diversity in the workplace is an important goal for many businesses, but for the construction industry, it’s been a struggle to create opportunities for women. A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report revealed that might change quickly.  Some quick facts about the growth of women in the construction industry:  Since 2016, the share of … Read more

Ryan Companies Bests COVID-19 and Project Performance with SiteKick’s SiteSupt

Software integration sounds like an issue for IT nerds, but for Ryan Companies’ VP of Insights and Innovation, Mike Ernst, it’s a key step in getting the general contractor’s people using information tools to drive construction efficiency. And OK, underneath the 21st-Century title, Ernst may be a bit of an IT nerd, but the story of … Read more