​Contractor Marketing 101: How to Market Yourself as a Contractor
November 2020
If there’s one thing you know, it’s your trade. You can tackle any home project from building kitchen cabinets to renovating master bathrooms, and you know your team is the best around. You know your value. But how can you prove it to potential clients? That’s the first goal of contractor marketing: positioning yourself effectively. Constant Contact article: 7 min read. To learn more, click here.

How to Advertise Your Construction Company Online
November 2020
When you’re running a construction company, chances are your days are packed with scheduling, inventory, networking, managing, and a million other responsibilities that take precedence over advertising. But your business simply won’t grow without putting efforts into construction marketing. Constant Contact article: 7 min read. To learn more, click here

​Kaiser is Offering Free Self-Care Apps for Kaiser Members
July 2020
Kaiser is offering two FREE apps,  MyStrength  and Calm. Members must sign on to the Kaiser portal to download the apps for free. Consider these apps as digital tools to support emotional wellness during difficult times or can be simply used for self care.

​Contractors, Do You Know That CTCNC offers FREE Onsite Job Training?
August 2018 / Winter 2020
The Carpenters Training Trust Fund offers a variety of Professional, Safety and Skills Training (such as FA/CPR, Fall Protection, Scaffold User, Fork Lift, Aerial Lift, OSHA, ICRA) to UBC contractor members at no cost to union contractors. Trainings are also available at job site and/or contractor companies. To read more, click here.

Integrating BIM for Long-Term Benefits
The Quarterly / Fall 2018
In a nondescript warehouse and office building in the rolling foothills about 45 minutes northeast of San Jose, California, two associates are charting a next step in drywall and plaster project management by envisioning how to harness the potential of building information modeling — or BIM — in a new way. To read more, click here.

Basic Crafts Workers' Compensation Program
May 2018
Each Collectively Bargained Workers' Compensation program is unique in certain ways, however, all contain the same basic components that form the basis of their operation and success. To read more, click here.