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- Five Home Renovations That Pay Off
- Whether you're staying in your house because you love the place or because the housing meltdown left you no other choice, this is a great time to consider a home renovation. For the first time in years, contractors actually need your business, and are willing to deal. Here are the...
- Articles 2009-10-15
- Project Management: The Contractor's Design Specification
- It is well known that there are often several different design approaches proposed solutions by which the desired end results of a project can be achieved. There are therefore likely to be considerable technical differences between the proposals submitted by different companies competing for the same order. Since the contract...
- White papers 2007-02-20
- What Makes A Good Outsourcing Contract
- You made a deal with someone to complete a project for you. When you were talking, the requirements of the job were clear and the contractor said he understands fully what you wanted from him. However, after several weeks into the project, the kinds of job that the contractor gives...
- White papers 2008-01-21
- Speed, Flexibility, Precision: The Age Of The Agile Contractor
- Agile contractors will embrace a key lesson from the commercial world: Rapid product development is significantly enhanced by proximity to the customer. With Combatant Commanders playing a growing role in providing real-time feedback that informs product requirements, those Aerospace & Defense (A&D) companies that can get closest to forward-deployed customers...
- White papers 2006-06-20
- Becoming A Practical Buyer: Knowing The Essentials When Buying Used Construction Equipment
- In these days, being practical is a must. This is the reason why most of the independent contractors prefer to rent construction equipment instead of buying their own. Most of the contractors tend to believe that by following this practice they are already saving themselves a good amount of sum....
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Construction Prequalification Using Data Envelopment Analysis
- Contractor prequalification is essential in most construction projects, and the process has been performed by many different methods in practice. Data Envelopment Analysis DEA had been recognized as a useful technique to prequalify contractors by assigning relative efficiency scores. Data envelopment analysis, however, usually requires a large amount of data...
- White papers 2006-07-26
- Offshore Outsourcing - Legislative Outlook And Business Risks
- Outsourcing offshore - or, as some say, "Exporting jobs" - has become a leading issue in this political year. Companies have long entrusted data centers, networks and the like to contractors who promise better performance and lower cost. Human resources, customer care, logistics, procurement, accounting and other business processes have...
- White papers 2004-05-24
- Sharing Property Rights With Contractors In Outsourced New Product Development Relationships
- Research, development, and engineering tasks are central to new product development, yet are increasingly contracted to outside parties. Structuring the governance of outsourced development arrangements is complex since, in addition to transaction specific investments and incomplete contracts, the tasks involved are creative in nature and sensitive to outside control, and...
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Top 10 Federal Contractors By Product/Service Category
- This is a list of the largest federal contractors doing the most business with the government.
- Tools & templates 2002-12-26
- How to Manage Independent Contractors
- Federal Express is just the latest company to face big IRS fines for mishandling contractors. Here's how to manage ICs the right way. Decide Whether You Need One Goal: Learn what contractors can do for you — and...
- Articles 2008-01-07
- Minefinders Corp. Ltd. Wall Street Analyst Forum Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionUnidentified Audience Member Question Inaudible Mark Bailey There were several, I would say the weakest area in the construction was the contractors. I wouldn't say we got the 18 from our various engineering firms that we hired and contractors. We have numerous contractors. There are 600 employees and...
- Earnings calls 2008-03-27
- 5 Tips for Directing Outside Contractors
- Steven DeMaio once directed contractors, now he is one. Both perspectives are on display in his valuable tip sheet on How to Give Feedback to Contractors. For example, when giving positive feedback, don't stop at "Great job," DeMaio says. "Telling the contractor precisely why you found...
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Internal British Report Recommends Privatizing Acquisition Workforce
- The British Government of Gordon Brown is facing serious issues when it comes to defense spending. The recession has greatly affected tax revenue and required expansion of social spending to counter the effects. This has led to more borrowing like in the United States. This shortage of...
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Contractors and the Obama Administration's Defense Budget
- Over the last several years Congress has initiated a variety of reforms to both contracting and the acquisition process for Major Defense Acquisition Programs MDAP. While the two are not directly related they do go hand-in-hand. Some of the law and regulatory changes are due to specific program...
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- Treasury Department to Pay Significant Costs to Manage Financial Bailout
- We had written in the past about the U.S. Treasury Department having to hire contractors to help manage the TARP financial bailout passed by Congress last year. Now The Wall Street Journal reports on the costs incurred to do this. The Department predicts that by the end of...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Contractors to the Rescue
- Yes, it's a leap of faith. But when head count is impossible to get, you sometimes have to let your fate fall into the hands of a part-time team. Here's how to make sure they don't drop the net.In an economy full of problems, let's assume you have a high-class...
- Articles 2009-08-17
- Payment Plans for Contractors and Consultants
- How you compensate a part-time Web designer differs from how you'd pay a management consultant. Here's a guide for both. ...
- Articles 2009-08-17
- Maximum Work Flow, Minimal Head Count
- How can you do more work with fewer people? It's easy. The recession has created a huge pool of eager part-time workers. Define the Skill Set GOAL: ESTABLISH PARAMETERS AND CREATE A PROFILE OF YOUR IDEAL CANDIDATE. ...
- Articles 2009-08-17
- Contractor Nightmares (and How to Avoid Them)
- No one foresees workplace nightmares. But when you hire contract workers, they're even more likely to occur. The Disappearing Contractor Barring, say,...
- Articles 2009-08-17
- SCORE Offers Sage Advice To Staffing Service In Columbia, MO
- There's nothing like experience, and lots of it. Just ask Jo Manhart of Columbia, MO. Jo, the former executive director of the Missouri Poultry Federation, was preparing to start Available Jones, a staffing agency that would specialize in placing older and retired workers in short-term jobs. But before Jo could...
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