Construction and Real Estate

  Using Benefits to Improve Retention of Construction Employees ''Employee satisfaction is a process, not a product''. Sunday , 16 Jan 2022 Employee retention is a critical issue for most construction businesses. But because   employee satisfaction is a process, not a product , it pays to revisit the idea on a regular basis. One of the primary elements in the employee satisfaction equation is employee benefits.  Satisfaction of employee is directly proportional to the progress (turnover )of the company.  Many construction firms have well-established, comprehensive employee benefit programs. This is especially true for medium and large companies. But it’s less common with smaller firms and with younger contractors just starting out. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ARE MORE THAN JUST HEALTH INSURANCE For those just getting started, let’s look at some basic definitions first. With all the attention on the Affordable Care Act and Repeal and Replace, it’s easy to get caught up in think...

  Always Aware, Always Prepared! On National Earthquake Safety Day on 16 January, let us remember that the 2015 quake taught us to be better prepared. Sunday,16 January 2022(2078 Magh 02) E arthquakes are inevitable in Nepal. It is not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’. And ‘when’ was 2:28PM on 15 January 1934. It was  11:56AM on 25 April, 2015 . Another memorable and tragic date in future is certain. But Nepalis have short memories. As long as aftershocks shook us, we were reminded about the horrors. But seven years after 2015,  the fear has evaporated . This is not panic-mongering, or crying wolf. It is reality: every part of the central Himalaya is hit by a megaquake above 8 magnitude every 500 years or so, and a moderate intensity quake every 100 years. The 2015 disaster was not a Big One, 1934 was. Nonetheless, both released some of the built-up tectonic tension underneath us. What worries Himalayan seismologists is that there has been no  major earthquake in ...