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Labor shortages are rippling across Colorado’s robust construction economy due to the lingering effects of the pandemic and the inevitable consequences of Baby Boomers leaving the construction workforce ahead of schedule.   The Baby Boomer retirement rate was a...

People are living longer, healthier lives and that has Baby Boomers questioning whether it’s wise to end their careers at age 65. Many potential retirees would prefer to extend their careers by hunkering down in their current jobs. Unfortunately, when that’s no longer...

I recently passed the 100-day mile marker in my new venture, and I want to share the most remarkable observation I’ve made so far. The Covid-19 virus was a slingshot that propelled people’s views and attitudes in many different directions, but there is one reaction...

Even though the construction industry’s overall economic outlook for 2021-2022 is difficult to predict, many construction businesses were lucky enough to perform quite well over the past 16 months despite the pandemic, and they continue to maintain solid project...

Roughly 46% of the construction sector workers recently surveyed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh said they would probably or definitely decline the Covid-19 vaccine, according to Construction Dive on May 5, 2021. Their...

The pandemic has taught us it’s critical for all businesses to prepare for a smooth future ownership and leadership transition that is sustainable even when the best of plans become threatened by unprecedented economic and public health disruptions. Approximately 40%...

Historically, the legal industry has been much less cost-effective with its use of office space than its corporate peers. But over the past several years, an increasing number of U.S. law firms have begun to view this financial discrepancy as an opportunity to reduce...

The ten years prior to 2020 produced the longest period of sustained economic growth in the United States since World War II. But the devastating loss of life and economic crash caused by Covid-19 will go in history as a generational disaster. The year 2020 will be...

The Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate released their annual business assessment for the U.S. construction industry on January 7, 2021, which includes the survey results provided by over 1,300 construction businesses of...

Gene’s thoughts on the December edition in The Colorado Lawyer.