Newsletter I August 2023

DISCA Scholarship Awards Presentation at Summer Membership Meeting

DISCA recognized the four recipients of the 2023 DISCA Scholarship on July 18, 2023. The awards were presented by former NFL Player, Joe Klecko, at the Yogi Berra Museum & Education Center on the Montclair State University campus. These four students have earned a four-year, merit-based scholarship to offset some of the college and educational expenses at their chosen collegiate institutions.

In the photo: from left to right: Erin Takach (Sloan & Company) , Carly Coble (E.C. Provini), Connor Oates (Jacobson & Company) & Nicolas Leyra (Excel Construction Company).

The DISCA CARES Program provides financial support to Contractor members of our association in times of financial crisis. DISCA CARES (Caring Action Relief (in) Emergency Situations) is a financial assistance program to help the employees and families of the DISCA member companies who have experienced a major illness, accident or hardship beyond their insurance and financial capabilities.

Industry News

Email Isn't Dead, but It Needs a Facelift

Email remains the predominant form of communication for construction projects, both within a construction team and between the team and external stakeholders. In fact, a recent study conducted by Newforma and Dodge Construction Network cites email as the primary communication method across the project lifecycle.

For example, 60% of survey respondents indicated that project decisions are tracked and documented through email. Another 67% reported that model clashes or issues are also communicated via email. 

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Transitioning From Hard Hats to Safety Helmets

How Your Choice in Headgear Can Have Major

Repercussions for Your Workers

Over the course of a century, the construction industry has become synonymous with the sight of workers proudly donning brightly hued hard hats. Serving as an iconic representation of the industry itself, these hard hats have come to symbolize a rite of passage for new entrants into the field of construction. However, this traditional jobsite staple is on the brink of transformation as more construction firms across the country are choosing safety helmets as superior alternatives to hard hats. 

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8 Future-Proofing Business Strategies 

From Jonathan Brill

The Industrial Revolution took 80 years. The Digital Revolution took 46 years. Today, the speed of artificial intelligence (AI) computing power doubles every three months. Take this unprecedented pace of technology and add financial shocks, supply-chain disruptions, natural disasters, cyber threats, and a pandemic into the mix, and you have a perfect storm of business disruption.

What will it take for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms to adapt, survive, and even thrive in the face of accelerating change and in unfamiliar territory? Success starts with digital maturity.

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How to Onboard New Hires With

No Construction Experience

Ah, the good old days. Remember when practically every operator or technician you hired grew up running tractors on the family farm? Or spent evenings with dad or grandpa in the shop tearing engines apart and putting them back together?

For better or worse, we’re not passing on those skills from generation to generation like we used to. That’s been tough on the construction industry, where the worker scarcity and skills shortage are well-documented. And that means many contractors are now hiring workers with little to no construction background

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Events & Programs

Supercharged Racing

Fall Social

Thursday, September 14, 2023

5:00PM - 9:00PM

Supercharged Entertainment

Edison, NJ 

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