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Thought Leadership
January 14, 2026 • By: Robert Puharich • 9 minutes

Building Relationships That Compound | Tim Bismeyer

THE NUMBERS TELL a story about growth. Ten years ago, a Vancouver property management company gave...

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Thought Leadership
December 31, 2025 • By: Robert Puharich • 8 minutes

The P&L Blind Spot: Business Strategy In Construction Leadership | Kristin Prudhomme

MOST CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS can tell you exactly how to pour a foundation, read a...

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Thought Leadership
November 17, 2025 • By: Robert Puharich • 9 minutes

Why Skilled Contractors Lose Work to Less Experienced Firms

It happens in construction markets across North America. A contractor with superior technical skills, a longer track record, and a better safety record loses a project to a firm with half the experience. The loss is not an anomaly. It is a pattern, and the reason has nothing to do with the quality of the […]

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Thought Leadership
November 13, 2025 • By: Robert Puharich • 12 minutes

Win Construction Bids Before You Submit a Proposal

The proposal is the last stage of a bid process that was largely decided before it began. By the time an evaluation...

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Construction Marketing
October 27, 2025 • By: Robert Puharich • 14 minutes

How to Turn Construction Expertise Into Published Authority

Construction leaders who have spent two decades solving problems that would stop most companies understand the gap between what they know and what the market recognizes. Winning on price is not the plan. But when your firm looks identical to competitors at the proposal stage, price is often what decides it. A published book bridges […]

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Construction Marketing
October 10, 2025 • By: Robert Puharich • 12 minutes

Internet Marketing for Contractors: Stand Out

The construction industry has reached a digital tipping point. Today’s potential clients research contractors online before they ever pick up the phone, yet many construction companies still rely on outdated marketing approaches that leave them invisible in search results and indistinguishable from competitors. This shift represents both a challenge and an opportunity. While 96% of […]

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Construction Marketing
October 4, 2025 • By: Robert Puharich • 15 minutes

9 Marketing Tasks Costing Construction Companies Leads

Most construction companies generate fewer leads than they should, not because they lack compelling work...

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Thought Leadership
September 29, 2025 • By: Robert Puharich • 10 minutes

Why Construction Leaders Who Publish Books Win Better Work

The construction industry’s most recognized executives did not get there by reading better. They got there by building a body of work that the market could evaluate independently. Most construction leaders spend careers absorbing knowledge from industry publications, certification programs, and conference sessions, and they apply that knowledge well on job sites and in boardrooms. […]

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Construction Marketing
September 29, 2025 • By: Robert Puharich • 11 minutes

What Construction Marketing Agencies Cannot Build for You

The construction marketing industry has no shortage of agencies promising digital presence, lead generation, and improved brand visibility. Most deliver on those promises to some degree. What they rarely build is the kind of credible authority that moves a contractor from the competitive bid pool into conversations where price is a secondary consideration. Understanding the […]

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