Yesterday evening, I attended the General Contractors Association of Ottawa (GCAO) annual cocktail reception where the association presented its Integrity and Ethics Award to Mike Rushton, Algonquin College’s Director of Physical Resources. The event is an annual who’s who of this area’s construction industry and is held at the Rideau Club, an establishment where suit [...]

In a couple of days, we will receive participants’ reviews  of the content and ideas in Bill Caswell‘s Webinar, Taking Your Construction Business to the Next Level, but I know I must give myself a large “F” for preparation and testing.  I simply did not allow enough rehearsal time to fully understand the Webinar software, [...]

Tomorrow, Bill Caswell presents his special webinar, Taking Your Construction Business to the Next Level. Bill’s business background is unique — as an engineer he sent rockets into space before starting his own multi-national, successful high technology business with upwards of 300 employees before selling out, and moving on to the next stage in his [...]

Yesterday, while driving home and (mentally) reviewing some email communications relating to the Best Construction Blog competition, I heard a radio ad co-sponsored by Roots and MasterCard.  The announcer communicated an athletic and heritage theme, and reported on support for young Canadian athletes, but didn’t mention a word of the rather major event occurring on [...]

In a couple of hours, I’m travelling with Bill Caswell to visit a successful eastern Ontario construction company.  The business has agreed to its employees participating in “Taking your construction business to the next level”, Caswell’s special Webinar next Tuesday (Feb. 16).  In planning for the Webinar, Caswell decided he would be more successful online [...]

In both Canada and the U.S. some troubling government regulations and tax policy changes are causing grave concern for the renovation/remodeling industry.
In Canada (at least in Ontario and British Columbia, two of the largest provinces), the issue is the Harmonized Sales Tax, or HST.  The HST completes the transition for transaction-based taxation to a European-style [...]

At the recent Design and Construction Networking event in Washington, several guests enjoy posing for this picture.  I want to be sure I have every one’s name correct before identifying the individuals  in this group, however.
In a recent blog posting, Ford Harding asked:  “Are phone calls obsolete?”

Twice in recent weeks I have been told that [...]

Yesterday, in preparation for my presentation to the CSC Ottawa Chapter on Tuesday, Daniel Smith recorded this practice video.

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