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With a daunting industry-wide business failure rate, construction professionals need to manage risk and finances as effectively as they manage projects and people. The Secrets to Construction Business Success empowers contractors and other professionals to defy the long odds threatening their stability, growth, and very survival. Drawing on the authors'more than eight decades of combined experience turning around failing firms, this book provides a masterclass in structuring, managing, and futureproofing a construction business. Chapters on measuring and responding to dips in revenue equip executives to recognize and respond to the warning signs of financial distress while chapters on succession planning ensure that organizations survive their founders'departures. Sample documents and tools developed for the authors'consulting practice offer field-tested solutions to organizational structure, forecasting, and accounting challenges.A steady source of guidance in an industry with few constants, The Secrets to Construction Business Success makes an invaluable addition to any industry leader's library.

This collection contains 90 peer-reviewed papers on workforce safety and education in construction presented at the Construction Research Congress 2020, held in Tempe, Arizona, March 8–10, 2020.

This collection contains 143 peer-reviewed papers on computer applications in construction presented at the Construction Research Congress 2020, held in Tempe, Arizona, March 8–10, 2020.

This collection contains 147 peer-reviewed papers on project management and contracting in construction presented at the Construction Research Congress 2020, held in Tempe, Arizona, March 8–10, 2020.

This collection contains 101 peer-reviewed papers on sustainability and resilience in construction presented at the Construction Research Congress 2020, held in Tempe, Arizona, March 8–10, 2020.