Membership in Trade Organizations is Beneficial – if you Participate

Aug 20, 2010     Topics: Surveys

Craig Noble

The value of belonging to a trade organization is obvious to the majority of companies in the commercial construction and design industry.  At least two reasons are: 1) networking opportunities and 2) the credibility that comes with memebership in a prominent Org.

How many business/trade organizations does your company belong to?
7%    None.
10%  1 Org.
17%  2 Orgs.
22%  3 Orgs.
45%  More than 3 Orgs.

How many business networking events does someone from your company attend each month?
20%   0 Networking Events
35%   1 Networking Event
20%   2 Networking Events
13%   3 Networking Events
12%   More than 3 Networking Events

It’s interesting that 93% of companies in the industry belong to at least 1 Industry Org, but a full 20% don’t participate in it.  Just belonging is not enough…you have to participate in order to get a good return on the expense of your membership dues.

Our survey database of commercial construction and design companies throughout the U.S. includes 3,000 architecture, engineering, general contracting, specialty contracting, material supplier, and related vendor/corporate service companies.

Tags: architecture, commercial construction, construction industry organizations, engineering, general contracting