Category: Managing Your Business

2017 MCAA-Focused Construction Technology Report

MCAA sponsored the 2017 Construction Technology Report, produced by MCAA’s Technology partner, JBKnowledge. As part of our sponsorship, MCAA published an MCAA-Focused report that segments out responses given by MCAA members and compares them to the rest of the construction industry. With this new report, MCAA members can not only see how their companies compare to other MCAA members, but how our membership compares to the industry at large. A companion webinar is also available.

MCAA Robotic Total Station Report

This sixth report in the MCAA Technology Research Series was written by our partners at JBKLabs exclusively for MCAA. When used in concert with BIM, robotic total stations have the potential to drastically improve productivity. A companion webinar is also available.

Exposed: Keeping Your Data to Yourself After an IT Breach

Keep your data private after an IT breach. Three types of cyber threats have been on the rise in business; each requires your leadership skills to help your company avoid them or emerge unscathed. Find out what you can do as an executive to protect your company if your website is hacked and defaced, if your files are held for ransom or if your Data Center goes offline with no estimate for restoration.

2017 Construction Technology Report Webinar

This webinar offers additional insights into the 7th Annual Construction Technology Report written by JBKLabs exclusively for MCAA’s Technology Research Series. James Benham, the CEO of JBKnowledge, joined Sean McGuire to discuss the findings from the study.

The Next Generation of Data Security

Anything related to technology or cyber security can no longer be taken on faith. It should be protected like any other company asset, but with different tools and strategies. This article is intended to provide guidance and insight of current tools and techniques to protect your data and operations.

Concurrent Delay

This bulletin provides an overview on the subject of concurrent delay. In some instances, contractors or subcontractors may be able to recover extended performance costs. They may also receive an extension of their performance time and as such, relief from liquidated damages.

Value Engineering

This bulletin explains the Value Engineering approach to optimizing value for each dollar spent.

Retention of Professional Staff

This bulletin outlines specific strategies that contractors can implement to increase their ability to retain employees as well as metrics that can be used to measure the effectiveness of these initiatives.

Credit Card Payments

This bulletin reviews the advantages and disadvantages of making payments via credit card.

Unit Pricing

This bulletin provides an overview of the “Unit Price” basis for pricing changes. It also highlights the pitfalls a contractor can expect in the implementation of a unit price change or contract.

Robotic Total Stations Webinar

This webinar offers additional insights into the MCAA Robotic Total Station Report written by JBKLabs exclusively for MCAA’s Technology Research Series. The report’s principal author, Josh Bone, reviews findings from the report and provides additional information about how robotic total stations, when used in concert with BIM, have the potential to drastically improve productivity.