There is no doubt that the construction industry has been turned upside down during this economic debacle. Bodies have flown out the door in droves. The employee cuts were sometimes made in a coherent manner and at other times the cuts were emotional, reactive decisions to rapidly declining revenues and profits.

As the smoke clears, some owners and management are sifting through the remains of their organizational structures and are starting to believe that they might be able to salvage a business out of the people that remain.