by FLCC Team | Jan 29, 2025 | Construction Industry, Workplace Behaviors
As of the most recent data, the construction industry in the United States employs approximately 7.5 million people, including trade and non-trade workers. When focusing on non-trade employees specifically within general contractors and construction management firms,...
by FLCC Team | Jan 10, 2025 | Construction Industry
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and various industry reports, such as Engineering News Review (ENR), Construction Executive Magazine and others, 30%–40% of construction management bonus pay is paid out in December and January; 20%–30% is paid out...
by FLCC Team | Dec 31, 2024 | Career Development, Construction Industry, Workplace Behaviors
Watching my husband leave by boat, before dawn, this fairly warm, but rainy morning, to do the crossing from Bimini back to Florida, I held onto our morning prayers together asking for a safe crossing. Thankfully, he suggested I go by seaplane with our friend who...
by FLCC Team | Dec 5, 2024 | Construction Industry, Holidays
This year with the house all decorated as the calendar turned to December, I started my annual traditions for the holidays. Do you have traditions you repeat at holiday time, every year, outside the workplace? Have you ever thought about how the experiences attached...
by FLCC Team | Nov 21, 2024 | Construction Industry, Workplace Behaviors
On a recent trip to Barcelona for the first time, we visited the Barcelona Pavilion. The pavilion, designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and interior designer Lilly Reich, was the German pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition. The story of the...