Message from Eastern Contractors Association president and CEO,
Todd Helfrich
I
t has been almost a year since the pandemic disrupted and challenged our lives and changed the world forever. 2020 was a hard year for most of us, and the construction industry was no exception. While we are still navigating a new world in which we are currently co-existing with COVID-19, we at Eastern Contractors Association want to focus on resilience and rebuilding. Historically, events like this have
pandemic shouldn’t be any different. We encourage our member firms to do what they can to come out of this a better version of themselves. Whether it’s learning new things from articles in this edition of Construction Connections – such as “The Data-Driven Construction Business,” “Risk-Tolerant or ControlDeprived?” and “Jobsite Productivity and the Law of Diminishing Returns” – or by
proven to be opportunities for businesses
taking advantage of the various programs
to double down on training and revisit
offered by ECA or our Building Trade
and improve company efficiencies, and
partners, our members will become
those are the businesses that come out
better than ever.
bigger, faster, stronger in the end. This
be difficult to picture a world in which we return to our old habits. For example, workspaces can never be as congested as they once were. Luckily, the Building Industry Center recently underwent a major renovation with newly improved working spaces for all its tenants. You can read about it on page 10. Life will continue to be uncertain and strange for a while, but I believe the construction industry is resilient. We have faced and overcome challenges before, and we will keep doing so. b
Once COVID-19 is long gone, it will
A true partner to our diverse community of Taft-Hartley clients.
& N M
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