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The real value of working in the building trades with Dave Ianucci, EAS Carpenters Chris Martin
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Construction companies win when their insurance broker is construction-centric! Building PA Podcast
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Director of Safety and suicide survivor shares how his experience is helping others in construction Building PA Podcast
Don Tracy of Quandel provides a safety stand down talk for construction workers. KCA encourages all construction companies to participate in an opioid stand down talk at least once a year and the 2020 Construction Opioid Awareness Week is an excellent opportunity. Held the last full week of July, this […]
Rachael Cooper of the National Safety Council provides a safety stand down talk that addresses stigmas associated with drug addictions. Due to labels, fears, punishment, etc. that some feel may come with an addiction, those suffering from addiction may be slow to seek help, or not seek help at all. […]
Heading into 2020, the construction industry was making strides in the battle against the opioid epidemic, but then the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. Major concerns became apparent and we started trending in the wrong direction. As an industry, let’s all do our part to raise awareness and provide the education needed […]
Many employers want to do the right thing and get help for their workers but the system is not always set up for employers to do the right thing. Listen as one construction contractor expresses his issues when he tries to help workers. The responses from Rachael Cooper of the […]
Join Brian Fraley of Fraley Construction Marketing as he speaks with Chris Martin and Jon O’Brien about social media use among contractors. Topics include how to allocate marketing dollars, use of social media to grow businesses and brands and how the industry has evolved with digital platforms. As much as […]
Holly Lubart, Director of Government Affairs for the Pennsylvania News Media Association shares information about Pennsylvania’s Right to Know laws on the Building PA Podcast. The focus of the discussion centers on the value of right to know for contractors and how access to public information can be useful for […]
Join co-hosts Jon O’Brien and Chris Martin as we discuss succession planning for the construction industry with representatives from CLA. “It’s really about what your goals are and how to design a plan to make those goals a reality,” said Emily Gunther of CLA. Her definition of what succession planning […]
The Building PA Podcast profiles one of the newest healthcare projects in the Central Pennsylvania region – The UPMC Pinnacle York Memorial Hospital. Co-hosts Jon O’Brien and Chris Martin speak with Greg Quandel, President and CEO of Quandel Construction and Joe Chicora, Senior Project Manager at Quandel Construction. The two […]
The Keystone Contractors Association (KCA) conducted a virtual meeting to review and discuss the current state of the Separations Act. The legislation addresses the contractual delivery method for multi prime projects throughout the Commonwealth. During this episode join KCA members as they discuss the Act and current pieces of legislation that will […]
