Change succeeds when people help shape it. Give agency before directives. Explain the problem, the stakes, and the constraints, then ask for ideas. When teammates see their fingerprints on the plan, fear shrinks and commitment rises. Ownership replaces resistance. Your role is to create clarity and safety so smart risks feel possible and progress becomes a shared mission rather than an external push.

Design change as a series of small, testable steps. Define outcomes, nonnegotiables, owners, and dates. Invite dissenting views, turn them into experiments, and review results weekly. Replace status reports with brief demos and customer signals. Publish decisions and subsequent actions so everyone knows who is doing what by when.

Lead the cadence. Listen first, speak last, and remove obstacles within a day. Keep promises to the minute. Celebrate learning and early wins to build momentum. As transparency grows and participation deepens, change becomes less about compliance and more about pride. People move faster because they feel responsible for the outcome.

Over ninety days, involve stakeholders early, define outcomes, run weekly experiments, share learnings, remove obstacles quickly, and celebrate progress together.

Great places begin with great practitioners. The Association of Licensed Architects exists to elevate licensed professionals, emerging talent, and partners who shape the built environment. By connecting peers, sharing knowledge, and celebrating design excellence, ALA transforms individual careers into a community committed to better buildings and stronger neighborhoods.

Learning is the fuel. Through continuing education, credentials, publications, and events, members sharpen their judgment and expand their capabilities. Mentorship pairs experience with curiosity, while practical resources help small and midsize firms compete with confidence. The result is safer projects, clearer leadership, and clients who trust the process from concept to closeout.

Character makes the difference. ALA champions licensure, ethics, and inclusive opportunity so more voices can lead. When architects listen, collaborate, and deliver with integrity, communities gain durable, beautiful spaces that honor people and place. Join the movement to practice with purpose, grow your influence, and build a legacy that lasts.

Empower licensed architects through community, education, and ethics to elevate practice, strengthen firms, inspire design excellence, and transform communities together.

This week, north of Phoenix, crews are finishing night paving, striping, and barrier work to activate the I-17 reversible flex lanes between Anthem and Sunset Point. Brief closures and rolling slowdowns will let teams test gates, cameras, and message signs before the new median lanes open for peak and incident relief.

Reversible lanes add capacity without widening the whole corridor. Median barriers, overhead gantries, and remotely controlled gates create a center roadway that switches direction. Operators use traffic data and weather sensors to choose the flow, then close crossovers so drivers enter only from designated ramps with clear signage.

Final steps include calibrating detectors, verifying drainage, and emergency pull-off access. Expect pilot operations, enforcement, and public education while crews finish the fence, rumble strips, and striping tie-ins at interchanges. The goal is to reduce bottlenecks through steep grades, ensure more reliable weekend travel, and achieve faster clearance after crashes or rockfalls.

Leave extra time during testing, follow gate signs, skip closed crossovers, and hold speeds to protect crews, responders, and travelers.

This week, the Senate passed a major housing package aimed at expanding supply and reducing construction frictions. For residential builders, the bill’s mix of funding and process reforms could influence pro formas, trade capacity, and timelines as federal agencies convert the law into grant criteria and guidance.

Key planks include grants to encourage zoning and land use reforms, permitting modernization and digitization, incentives for adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of aging homes, and expanded support for rural and multifamily finance. Several pieces also target workforce training and building materials resilience through partnerships with education and industry groups.

Immediate actions include inventorying projects that could qualify, engaging municipalities on application steps, and readying documentation for site control, design, and environmental reviews. Build schedules that account for rulemaking and match funding cycles, and coordinate with lenders so term sheets can pivot when programs open.

Identify eligible projects, assemble documents, coordinate with municipalities, and monitor rulemaking timelines before committing to start, as well as pricing, procurement choices, and incentive budgets.

Good morning,

Team! Today, we’re covering how to prevent electrical contact with overhead lines during lifting, trucking, and material handling.

Why It Matters

Electricity can arc through the air without a direct touch. Contact or arcing can be fatal. Booms, ladders, pump hoses, long rebar, and raised dump beds increase the chance of line strikes.

Strategies for Safe Work Near Lines

Discussion Questions

Conclusion

Identify lines, post clearances, and control movement to prevent electrical contact.

Spot it, stay back, work smart!