Progress plateaus when yesterday’s habits steer today’s work. Advancement demands new skills, clearer priorities, and the courage to unlearn. Replace autopilot with intentional practice, reflection, and curiosity. Name the next level clearly, then choose the behaviors that belong there. Recognize that prior strengths can become constraints when goals change.

Audit routines and results weekly. Create a stop doing list to free time for high-impact actions. Design a morning plan for the three highest priorities. Seek specific feedback and feedforward from teammates, mentors, and customers. Convert insights into small experiments with short deadlines and visible owners. Measure progress by outcomes, not busyness or politics.

Lead visibly. Model the new behaviors, share context, and acknowledge tradeoffs. Equip people with training, tools, and time. Remove friction from decision paths. Promote those who learn fast, collaborate, and finish. Celebrate small wins to reinforce change and build trust. When habits align with ambition, performance compounds, and the future arrives faster.

In ninety days, replace three limiting habits, run weekly experiments, request feedback, and model new standards to accelerate team performance.

Every community thrives when power is present and dependable. Chain Electric’s story is the story of teams who rise before dawn, walk right of way, and transform plans into lines that carry possibility. Their craft connects hospitals, schools, farms, and front porches, turning unseen effort into everyday comfort.

That promise begins with people. Crews earn trust by preparing thoroughly, stopping when conditions aren’t right, and communicating clearly so everyone returns home safe. In the field and in the office, discipline meets innovation as they inspect, measure, and learn from each job to deliver work that stands up to weather and time.

Partnership is their power source. By listening first and acting decisively, they help customers navigate complexity, meet urgent needs, and build resilient systems that serve the next generation. When you anchor decisions in safety, integrity, and excellence, progress becomes predictable and communities shine brighter.

Powering communities starts with people committed to safety, communication, and craftsmanship, turning complex work into reliable, resilient, everyday progress forward.

This week in Salt Lake County, the Utah Department of Transportation will reopen east and west travel on 13400 South and shift traffic onto the new 2700 West interchange at Bangerter Highway. The changes restore business access and remove a stoplight on a corridor that carries about 62,000 vehicles daily and is projected to reach 128,000 by 2050.

Crews are converting at-grade intersections into grade-separated interchanges. A new bridge allows 13400 South to cross over Bangerter, separating crossing movements, lowering conflict points, and improving reliability. For final preparation, UDOT scheduled a weekend closure of eastbound 13400 South to tie in pavement and striping before reopening and then restoring two-way movements.

Interchanges improve safety and throughput by removing signal delay and smoothing speeds. Staged construction keeps lanes moving as crews pour decks, set barriers, and shift traffic. When the current interchanges open later this year, Bangerter will operate as a free-flowing route from I-15 in Draper to 4100 South in West Valley City, reducing stops and travel times across the southwest valley.

Plan for weekend closures and traffic shifts, follow signs, and use detours to protect crews and benefit from safer commutes.

Framing lumber prices slid again. NAHB reports its composite price for the week ending September 19 hit the lowest level in more than a year, down 11.2% in a month and 6.5% from a year earlier. In August, Commerce raised the countervailing rate on Canadian softwood to 14.63%; combined with 20.6% antidumping, the overall rate near 35.2% can still influence delivered costs.

How does this reach a jobsite budget? Lower mill prices typically take weeks to months to pass through distributors and yards. NAHB explains relief tends to arrive slower when prices fall and faster when they rise, reflecting inventory cycles and the relative power of wholesalers and retailers.

For projects bidding now, verify quote validity periods, add indexed escalation language, and compare spot buys with contract volumes. Track weekly composite readings and futures alongside local yard quotes to judge real relief, and model sensitivity around currency and duty shifts when forecasting stick-built component costs.

Build budgets with lag assumptions, require supplier transparency, time purchases strategically, and hedge exposure using indexed clauses and staggered commitments.

Introduction

Good morning, Team! Today, we’re covering safe entry into confined spaces such as tanks, vaults, manholes, and pits.

Why It Matters

Low oxygen, toxic gases, engulfment, and entrapment can become fatal within minutes. Conditions can change quickly, and rescue is difficult if not preplanned.

Strategies for Safe Entry

Discussion Questions

Conclusion

Correct identification, energy isolation, continuous monitoring, and disciplined oversight prevent fatalities.

Test it, ventilate it, enter smart!