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Over the course of my years in this industry I’ve witnessed many changes.

Employers should be familiar with the I-9, or Employment Eligibility Verification, form since some variation of it has been mandatory since 1986.

For years I have talked about the four stages of business organizations: wonder, blunder, thunder and plunder.

Like getting your child’s cold, changes inevitably happen. When it comes to changes in how the OSHA standards are implemented, what we choose to do about them may not be quite as important as how we plan to go about changing our mindset.

In an effort to improve the coordination of roofing systems and PV solar installations, we have established an ongoing Rooftop PV Task Force that is developing useful guidelines for the mounting and anchorage of PV systems to both low-slope and steep-slope roofs.

In the realm of building environmentally responsible rooftops, there are a number of means to an end: high R-value insulation layers, highly reflective roof surfaces, vegetative systems, photovoltaic arrays and solar thermal (i.e., hot water) systems. All

 I recently toured three large scaffold rental yards.  

 Successful contracting is more about dealing with people than it is about using the tools.  

 Lawsuits are expensive and inconvenient, but employee litigation can be even more painful for companies, executives, and managers.

Business was really beginning to boom in the mid 1990s when we (three majority owners) paid the final check to our previous owner and took possession of our 200-employee company. It