Top Ideas to Show Appreciation for Your Employees
Employee retention refers to a company’s ability to keep their valuable talent and people. Not only is it frustrating to have to replace people, but it’s expensive! At MBI, we have put together a series of member retention resources … Continued
Six Things Today’s Employees Want From Their Workplace
MBI is pleased to announce a new monthly series of blog posts relating to “Employee Retention Strategies”. Each month we will highlight a blog posting from a variety of sources on the MBI blog. This goes hand in hand with … Continued
MBI Holds Webinar Titled “CMaR – 1 Year in Review – What Have We Learned?
On Tuesday July 18, our consultant Larry Cormicle held a webinar for MBI members that looked back at the past year since CMaR became an allowable option for public owners in Iowa. We have learned a lot and needed to … Continued
MBI Hires Professional CMaR Consultant to Assist with Projects
Beginning July 1, 2022, the majority of public owners in Iowa began to have the benefit of choosing different delivery options for their projects. It’s incumbent upon the MBI contractors and our design professional partners to educate public owners about … Continued
Competitive Bidding Threshold for Vertical Construction in Iowa to Increase January 2023
Pursuant to the authority of Iowa Code section 314.1B, the Director of Transportation has given an advisory notice of adjusted competitive bid and quotation thresholds for public improvement for vertical infrastructure. The adjusted competitive bid and quotation threshold values will … Continued
Using the Marketing Umbrella to Grow Your Business
Looking back 30 years ago, “digital marketing” didn’t exist – the World Wide Web had just launched, and the internet was hardly used outside of business landscapes. Marketing was still limited to print materials, billboards, and radio advertisements, and “high-tech” … Continued
Live in The Present, It’s a Gift That Can’t Be Replaced
In every situation, whoever is asking the questions is in control of the situation. As an executive coach, I ask my clients, are you asking the wrong questions? You can get the wrong answer from a negative question… “How stupid … Continued
Information on the Vaccine ETS
AGC of America has created a summary of the recent OSHA ETS on Vaccine Requirements and Testing. To date, this is the most recent and comprehensive review on this ETS. The ETS has established two separate dates for compliance with … Continued
Vaccinations in the Workplace
Guest blog post courtesy of Danielle Smid at BrownWinick Law Firm. As the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads, many owners have again begun looking toward additional safety measures to combat COVID-19 in the workplace. Such measures include but are not limited … Continued
Why Subcontractor Prequalification Is So Important
Not that long ago, general contractors who weren’t using a subcontractor prequalification process were taking a huge risk. We were in the midst of the Great Recession and good contracting opportunities were becoming harder and harder to find. This led … Continued