Frontline Leadership Under Pressure: Strengthening Supervisor Support to Improve Safety and Performance

Nonresidential contractors are navigating workforce shortages, compressed project schedules, evolving regulations and increasing scrutiny around worker wellbeing. At the center of these pressures is the frontline supervisor, leaders accountable not only for safety compliance and productivity, but also for communication, conflict resolution and issue escalation. National research surveying more than 600 full-time construction supervisors across […]

How Profit Is Lost Before a Construction Project Even Starts

You just won the bid. The numbers look good. The margin is there. Everyone in the office feels confident about this one. Three months later, your superintendent is calling. The job is bleeding money. The crew is burning hours trying to figure out what the estimator actually meant. Scope that looked clean on paper is […]

Trends in AI and Estimating

With more than 2.9 million square feet of exhibits and thousands of contractors walking the halls in Las Vegas, the STACK team spent the week talking with estimators, project managers, and business owners about how they’re approaching takeoff, estimating, and preconstruction.  From conversations at the booth to live demos of STACK, a few clear themes […]