Policies also need to be implemented providing better communication with the public in the form of improved job site signs and community information that lets the public know what benefits are being provided through the inconvenience of the project. We cannot ask young people to enter a profession that lacks the respect of the general public. And we cannot ask the public to respect us if we do not show respect for each other and for the public. We might build the biggest, grandest malls, airports and skyscrapers in the world. But if we treat one another and the public who comes in contact with us boorishly, we cannot expect them to want to join our ranks.
Respect begins with the owner and the managers for each and every worker.
Then, and only then, can the contractor demand that each worker respect each other, the public and most of all, themselves.