Construction Salary Survey January 11, 2010
Posted by carolhagen in Construction Industry - Software, budgeting.Tags: construction, salary, survey
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The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) Valley of the Sun Chapter in Phoenix AZ has compiled the 2009 comprehensive salary survey as a resource for the construction industry. With commercial, industrial and residential participation from general contractors, highway heavy and specialty trades, the survey addresses office, field and executive compensation and has added specific questions about the economy to help contractors see what the industry is doing with staff, wages and compensation. Here’s a sample of the report to wet your appetite:
The survey will be available for purchase for non-participating firms online January 15, 2010 at http://chapters.cfma.org/ValleyOfTheSun/publications.html and the table of contents can also be viewed there. The survey was open to all contractors, calls for participation were conducted with the help of numerous construction associations in the state of Arizona and the survey data was collected during November and early December 2009.
Thank you to the many associations and their members who participated in the survey for recognizing the value you add to the community. I was humbled by the expertise of my fellow survey committee volunteers and their dedication to the industry.
- Rayleen Colletti, CPA Chair – Hunter Hagan & Company LTD
- Dave Goris – D. P. Electric Inc.
- Moni Lalonde – Lovitt & Touche’
- Gina Nelson – Hire Resolutions/Hire Impression
- Phil Taylor, CPA – Taylor, Duffy & Associates
A special thanks goes to PerfectForms and their employees who automated the data collection and made our efforts paperless and green.
I’d be interested in knowing if any other construction salary surveys have been conducted recently and if their numbers are congruent with the Arizona survey. Please let me know if you run across other resources (local, regional or national) in the comments and share the links liberally.
Top 5 Tweets of Free Construction Education Opps @carolhagen December 29, 2009
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Everyone wants to improve themselves. Why not consider these educational freebies for the CFO, controller, project manager, BIM expert, etc.
- Webinar 1/26/2010 Lean Accounting: Aligning Financial Business Controls With Lean: http://bit.ly/5ZHobi #kaizen #SAP
- RT @Revitspace is opening it’s family libary up to all existing/new members for Free http://tiny.cc/oipBi #bim #cio #aec
- Project Managers need continuing education too. Have you listened to these free PM Podcasts? http://bit.ly/5syRng #aec
- RT @AIANational: RT @imadnaffa: What does 2010 have in store for the construction industry? Find out today at 1pm. http://tl.gd/19744
- FREE Virtual Design and Construction webinars from ENR editors http://bit.ly/3jmIQ2 save the dates 1st one 12/9 #aec
If you want to know when more of these opportunities come up, please consider following me on Twitter or subscribing to my blog.
Here are a few articles you may also be interested in:
Construction IT Email Records Retention can be Tricky http://bit.ly/OJNQV
http://twitter.com/carolhagen/status/3720760632
New on Business.com Answers: How are minority business owners affected by todays economy? http://tinyurl.com/yjz24pj
http://twitter.com/carolhagen/status/5036248550
The future of plan reviews http://bit.ly/DP6C8 @imadnaffa Reduce paper use 10% equals 280,000 fewer cars in US. #constructionIT
http://twitter.com/carolhagen/status/4723873067
My article, “Are Your e-policies in Place?”, as published in ConstrucTech http://bit.ly/3elBcR #aec
http://twitter.com/carolhagen/status/5783730147
Have more suggestions? Add them in the comments section!
The Free Droid Apps have me Hooked December 10, 2009
Posted by carolhagen in Construction Industry - Software, Document Imaging, communication.Tags: apps, construction, Droid, iPhone, Smartphone
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Ok, I had told everyone that I was waiting to buy it, but like a kid waiting for Christmas, my techie side got the best of me. In an earlier post I noted app faves for Blackberry and iPhone. Now I have to give you my Droid list.
Google Navigator with Voice Search – for Hands free navigation (Garmin-like GPS with voice recognition) – Found my way to appointments in Tucson with no glitches the day after I purchased. Since it’s Google its updates are simple and the app is Free on the Droid.
Voice Recorder - up to 2 hours of record time, when you’re driving and have something you need to remember or you have a complex meeting discussion for reference, record it then drop it into your Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system.
Pixelpipe Lite – for sharing stuff, and sending it to EverNote or an ECM system.
Swift – for those that need to Twitter, it’s better than TwitDroid unless you want geo locations annotation. There’s an app called Google Maps for Twitdroid for that.
Bizkit – for tracking expenses on the road, meetings, events and finding my nearest contacts.
BabelDroid - to translate from English to Spanish, German, Italian or French using voice recognition - will eventually offer call an interpreter. It works well for phrases and comes in handy here in Arizona with construction personnel in the field.
Congress – to find your legislator based upon your current location, by state, or zip. Being able to email or call them immediately is handy.
Google Goggles – it’s easy and fun to aim your camera and know what you are looking at. Great for landmarks, artwork, etc.
Google OCR – good for printed text that you need to edit.
Google Sky Maps – for you wanna be astronomers.
National Anthem – for when someone wants to have it played and there are no musicians or singers volunteering.
Trapster – for reminding you of where all those photo radar cameras are on the highways and intersections (they are everywhere in Tempe, I-10, SR 51, etc in Arizona).
I realize that like the iPhone, the Droid will create a few hurdles for the IT department (that I hope to address in an upcoming blog post) since they have Blackberry Enterprise Server already deployed and now the owner wants the latest toy (again). Let me know if I should add any other apps to my “free” list. I will be trying out the paid stuff over the holidays and focus on construction and business related apps in a future post.










