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Evolving Landscapes: Women, Unions, & the Trades

…My daughter is eight years old. Since she was in diapers she has told me and anyone else who would listen that she is going to be a construction worker. Her favorite TV shows include Ask This Old House and the such. She plans to open her own construction company and build me a house […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles July 15, 2012 By SLS

RIP: Let’s Blog Off

Let’s Blog Off, June 22nd 2010 – May 8th, 2012, after 48 topics with 800+ posts contributed by a 134 different contributors the Let’s Blog Off will officially be laid to rest tonight at 9PM EST when the proud parents Gerard & Paul pull the plug. While its rise was like a rocket, it unfortunately […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off May 8, 2012 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: The edge of your world

Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492… Ahh, but his friends said – you must not go as everyone knows the world is flat & surely you will fall off. {Bah, go ahead you fool, just make sure you pay me back before sailing} Thus starts this week’s Let’s Blog Off, what is your […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off April 24, 2012 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: Psst… you want a job?

This week the Let’s Blog Off crew goes off on an interesting tangent – “In an era where everyone who’s anyone publishes content to the internet, the English language is being abused like never before. While it’s true that English is a remarkably adjustable tongue, there are some rules. We pride ourselves around here with […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off March 13, 2012 By SLS

Construction Marketing Idea’s: Best Construction Blog Contest

For the third year in a row, we have been nominated to Construction Marketing’s Best Construction Blog Contest. This year there are a total of 30 blogs listed & the competition looks to be pretty tough. With that said, not only would we love for you to vote for us, we would like you to […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: HTRC Updates February 1, 2012 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: Warning, objects maybe closer than they appear

Well, well, doesn’t time just fly by? It seems like just a few days ago we were doing our final post for 2011, preparing for the Holidays & now we are already a few days into the New Year. This week the Let’s Blog Off crew asked a pretty simple question, “What are you looking […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off January 3, 2012 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off – What makes a House a Home?

This week’s Let’s Blog Off question is posed to us by the famous (or is that infamous) traveler Paul Anater, which in the last month has seen him in places like London, Vancouver, San Francisco and now in Pennsylvania.  For someone who seemingly appears to be more home on the road, he states “this time […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off October 25, 2011 By SLS

What is Let’s Blog Off – an FAQ

If you have been following the HTRC for any length of time, you know that every two weeks we generally participate in something called a “Lets Blog Off” which started up just a little over a year ago. Since it started, this will be my 24th Blog Off out of a total of 33 ones. […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off October 11, 2011 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off Anniversary, SWAG, Random Thoughts and the Future

In just a little over a year, there have been a total of 29 “Let’s Blog Offs” ranging from topics like Shoe Shaped Bath Tubs, to writing you’re own Obituary’s & for this anniversary Blog Off, everyone is asked; What will your life look like in 20 years? To some extent, this feels a little […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off August 16, 2011 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: TV Shows & Advice

This week, the Let’s Blog Off crew decided to ask – What’s your Favorite “Guilty Pleasure” TV Show? Well as many of us occasionally like to do, we are going to take this one off the rails a little. I would have to say my favorite show that falls into their criteria (in a roundabout […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off June 7, 2011 By SLS

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