Dive into the innovations. As we near the half-point of this year, take the chance to enhance your welding skills, upgrade your welding technology knowledge and just have a bit of fun at these June 2011 welding events. didn’t include events that already took place or are no longer open for registration. Picture Credit: Alyson Hurt via Flickr Welding Events in the United States Society Of Manufacturing Engineers Annual Conference– Bellevue, WA “SME Annual Conference provides insights and connections to accelerate you and your company. Welding News & Noteworthy MORE >>

In addition, some web sites talk about exciting welding jobs in exotic locations that pay big money or require extraordinary qualifications such as diving certification for underwater welding. Everyone knows that prior to pursuing a career in welding it’s important to seek out the necessary education and certification in order to pass the tests given by prospective employers. However, what should the average welder who wants to stay in his or her hometown and raise a family look for in a welding career? It’s one. Welding School & Job Info MORE >>

Scaffolders under siege from dive-bombing seagulls gave their attackers the bird – by drafting in a hawk to scare them off. Shaken scaffolder Kenny Crighton told the Tele: “It was a pretty crazy situation – the gulls were actually dive-bombing us and whacking us with their feet and squawking like mad. huge flock of adult gulls, which have wingspans of up to 40 inches, swooped on scaffolders working more than 80ft up at Greenock’s Municipal Buildings yesterday. “It was like something out of the Hitchcock movie The Birds. MORE >>

This is a benchmark, that can help you communicate with management why you need marketing budgets, or why you need to dive into social media. The results are in from our September Survey of construction marketers to determine marketing budget outlook, top marketing priorities, and tactical emphasis for the upcoming fiscal year! The anonymous survey, conducted via online tool SurveyMonkey posed four (4) questions: 1) For the coming fiscal year, do you intend to increase or decrease marketing activities and budgets? 2) What is your most important marketing priority for 2011? Survey Says. MORE >>

Without diving into the need to define all of these terms (you should), the main point of this post concerns the effect of this clause. Does your warranty work the way you want it to work? Here is another simple contract hint to remember next time you consider updating your construction agreements. Almost every builder includes an express warranty for labor and workmanship. But is it working the way you want it to? More often than not, I read construction agreements that lack a properly effective warranty clause. Have you considered what this clause does? MORE >>