Increasing the capabilities of builders across the construction industry, with capabilities and strengths that directly address organizational and HR challenges in the construction and built environment. The world's population has doubled in the last 50 years and that population growth continues to drive construction, requiring talented engineers, project managers and skilled trades — attracting and keeping this talent has been the number one challenge for contractors over the last decade. Solutions span workforce planning and management, talent acquisition and retention, employee benefits and compensation, redesigning incentive compensation plans, and organizational effectiveness. Strategies and guidance contain implementation plans so that clients can begin making change immediately, covering competitive employee benefit and total reward programs, employee engagement and communication campaigns, succession planning, leadership development, performance management, M&A strategy, due diligence, change management, technology and infrastructure analysis, and cybersecurity insurance.

Supporting energy organizations as they grow and change, helping the organizations that keep America moving toward a sustainable future. Critical to infrastructure and relied on by nearly all industries, the energy sector is undergoing a multitude of transformations, including adopting new technologies, integrating the supply chain, and the rapid growth of renewable energy. Partnering with energy firms to address key areas of concern such as workforce planning and management, talent acquisition and retention, employee benefits and compensation, and organizational effectiveness. Work includes designing and implementing competitive employee benefit and total rewards programs, deploying employee engagement and communication campaigns, developing succession planning and leadership training, M&A strategy and due diligence, technology and infrastructure support, and brokering cybersecurity insurance and other risk mitigation tools.

Helping healthcare industries become employers of choice, with deep expertise in the latest healthcare industry trends and issues to serve needs ranging from attracting and retaining hard-to-find talent to developing new models of care to improve value. Healthcare organizations face numerous challenges: rising costs, flat or declining reimbursements, increased demand for services, cybersecurity, concerns about quality and access to care, and a shortage of healthcare professionals. Strategies provide the crucial tools needed to support culture in a highly competitive, constantly changing and complex healthcare system, covering M&A strategy and due diligence, competitive employee benefit and total reward program design, employee engagement and culture change communication campaigns, succession planning and leadership training, organizational effectiveness, technology and infrastructure, and compliance with HIPAA privacy, security, and cybersecurity risk mitigation.

Supporting colleges and universities as they grow our next generation, with a dedicated, cross-functional higher education practice that has a deep understanding of the dynamics of academic institutions. Colleges and universities are complex institutions balancing the needs of professors and tutors with leadership, administrative and support staff — all under constant economic pressure. Helping higher education institutions stay ahead through an internal database comparing more than 600 institutions to analyze the latest trends in benefits, and partnering on strategic planning, technology that automates cumbersome tasks, talent management to provide career paths that retain high-quality people, and communications to maximize everything on offer. Actionable answers to compensation and cost management questions, performance improvement challenges, and structural decisions form the backbone of a comprehensive strategy for managing people and institution.

Improving lives since 1939, hand in hand with multiemployer plans — having helped establish many of the original multiemployer plans and maintaining a deep and long-held commitment to today's multiemployer community. Beginning with health care for multiemployer plans more than 80 years ago and expanding into retirement with the Taft-Hartley Act, support has grown to include trustee assistance with member communications, fiduciary insurance, administration, technology, and more. Helping multiemployer plan trustees fulfill their tremendous responsibility on behalf of plan participants by creating retirement plans that work as circumstances change, designing health plans that manage costs while providing coverage members depend on, providing insurance coverage to protect both plan and trustees, enhancing technologies to improve fund office operations, and delivering benefits administration consulting that helps control costs, improve efficiencies, and increase member satisfaction.

Helping professional services firms deliver outstanding service, with deep experience across the fields of law, accounting, advertising, consulting, research and development, and others. Developing high-quality, leading-edge solutions to ensure client satisfaction isn't easy when faced with changing workforce demographics and expectations, employee mobility, and competitive talent acquisition — success rests with people and the knowledge, skills, and dedication they bring to every client. Whether competing for the best talent, supporting learning and development, or improving employee engagement, solutions address the full needs of professional services firms: designing and implementing competitive employee benefit and total reward programs, deploying employee engagement and communication campaigns, succession planning, leadership development and performance management, organizational effectiveness, M&A strategy and due diligence, technology and infrastructure, and cybersecurity insurance and other risk mitigation.

Helping public sector organizations create better futures, with deep experience across federal government, state and local government, higher education, public schools, transit and other public utilities, public safety, public sector benefit funds, and public and higher education library systems. A leading architect in the design, implementation and communication of retirement and health plans in the public sector, going beyond benefits into administration and technology, compensation and total rewards, talent planning, organizational effectiveness and HR. Helping public sector organizations adopt a strategic, comprehensive and integrated approach to their people — from health and retirement to total rewards — with cutting-edge approaches that provide secure retirements and quality health care. Support also includes communications, insurance protection, operational improvement through structural and technology changes, and addressing complex challenges with strong solutions aimed at improved lives.

Helping sports organizations hit new heights, with deep expertise helping sports organizations meet their unique business and workforce challenges, including attracting and retaining the best talent, designing competitive employee benefit programs, succession planning, and managing risk. Sports organizations face unique challenges posed by the conflicting interests, perceptions and needs of owners, coaches, officials, players, the media and fans, and for decades the firm has worked with top management to find solutions to organizational issues. Delivering health and retirement plan design and implementation, employee benefits and communications, referee performance analytics through the proprietary REF360® system, compensation and total rewards programs including executive compensation and pay equity, comprehensive performance management programs, and cybersecurity insurance and other risk mitigation tools. Strong, lasting relationships stem from experience collaborating with sports organizations to tackle the industry's hottest issues and identify opportunities.

Helping high-tech firms lead global change, bringing cutting-edge approaches to workforce management, talent acquisition and retention, employee benefits and engagement, and M&A strategies to keep technology, media and telecom (TMT) companies at the forefront of the industry. Technology touches everything at home and at work — TMT companies are change leaders, improving the way we communicate, do business, and lead our lives, yet face fierce competition for new skills and capabilities, growing demand for talent, and high turnover. Understanding the culture, excitement, and need to stay agile and creative in this constantly changing environment, solutions delivered include employee benefits and total rewards, employee engagement and communications, performance management, organizational effectiveness, compliance, and cybersecurity insurance and other risk mitigation tools — working with numerous firms at different levels of workforce maturity to help them succeed and focus on what's next.

Helping training funds develop the next generation of skills, strengthening the way they serve union members, union leaders and employers, and the way they operate their training schools. Training funds are vital to the construction industry and the labor movement in general, providing a competitive advantage to contractors and unions — but navigating new laws and requirements issued regularly, as well as new technologies and methods to add to curriculum, has never been more complicated. Working with training funds across the country to better align resources and improve results, addressing common challenges including automated processes to register and track members and training, effective communication channels, full utilization of technology including Learning Management Systems (LMS) for course registration and scheduling, annual budgeting and business planning, tool and equipment utilization tracking, security and data management training, insurance coverage, and documented policies, procedures, and clear roles and responsibilities for all training fund employees.

Advises organizations on benefits administration processes and supporting technology to improve operational efficiency. Encompasses process optimization, technology platform evaluation and implementation, performance analytics for administration functions, and excellence in benefits delivery operations.

Helps organizations apply AI strategies and tools to HR, benefits, and workforce challenges. Provides guidance on AI strategy adoption, tool implementation, and transformation of HR and benefits operations through intelligent automation and decision support.

Reviews and audits employee benefit programs to identify errors, inefficiencies, and cost-saving opportunities. Delivers comprehensive program assessments, compliance reviews, and operational improvement recommendations to optimize benefit program performance and cost management.

Provides brokerage and advisory services for commercial insurance needs across various lines of coverage. Delivers insurance advisory, coverage assessment, carrier relationship management, and risk transfer solutions across property, liability, and specialty insurance lines.

Provides compensation design, job architecture, and career framework consulting to attract and retain talent. Delivers workforce compensation strategy, job evaluation, career development pathways, and talent strategy expertise to align compensation with organizational objectives.

Guides organizations through complex regulatory and legal requirements affecting benefits and HR programs. Provides regulatory advisory, compliance program development, and support for navigating intricate legal frameworks impacting employee benefits and human resources.

Develops programs and strategies to support employees' financial health and security. Delivers comprehensive financial wellness strategy encompassing education, planning tools, and organizational programs to enhance employee financial outcomes and well-being.

Designs and manages employer-sponsored health benefit programs to optimize cost, quality, and employee outcomes. Provides benefits program design, cost management strategy, plan governance, and employee outcome optimization for health benefit programs.

Designs and delivers communications strategies to help employees understand and engage with their HR and benefits programs. Develops messaging frameworks, internal communication channels, and engagement campaigns to drive employee comprehension and participation in HR and benefits offerings.

Delivers investment consulting and advisory services for institutional funds and retirement plans. Provides portfolio strategy, asset allocation, investment governance, and fund performance advisory to optimize returns for institutional investors and retirement plan sponsors.

Advises organizations on structure, culture, and people strategies to improve performance and employee engagement. Delivers organization design, culture transformation, leadership effectiveness, and organizational performance improvements to enhance business outcomes and employee experience.

Offers consulting and brokerage services for property and casualty insurance programs. Provides risk assessment, coverage design, claims management support, and advisory services for property and casualty insurance portfolios.

Provides design, funding, and governance consulting for defined benefit, defined contribution, and other retirement plans. Delivers retirement plan strategy, actuarial advisory, plan funding optimization, governance framework development, and benefit design consultation for employer-sponsored retirement programs.