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Construction Contractors Who Think Big Make Things Happen

Construction Business Coaching

Five steps to follow to think big and gain an edge over the competition

Thinking big means making a decision to set your sights higher, grow and do what it takes to make a profit in any economy.

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Why Construction Contractors Should Focus on Strengths Not Weaknesses

The Contractor's Business Coach

Instead of spending time on development activities that will strength your weaknesses, spend your available development time on becoming even better at the things you already do well

Positioning for strengths and leveraging each other's strengths is the reason why well balanced teams always out-perform groups of individuals. Apply these truths to your construction business.

A Look Back at History and Preserving Your Company’s Legacy

Detmer Consulting Inc.

Some of you started the rental company while some of your parents, grandparents or other relatives were the founders. It would be great to capture all of these wonderful success stories to preserve them for future generations to learn from.

Get Maximum Value from Aerial Assets

GB Financial Services, LLC

Follow a program to effectively obtain aerial lifts and recover their costs.

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How Construction Contractors Can Improve Their Bid-Hit Ratio

Construction Business Coaching

Contractors need to focus on setting themselves apart from the competition through means other than just being the lowest bid

When prices are about the same, customers make decisions on who to hire based on things that set them apart like the extra things the company offers to do for them.

Why You Should Care About Resilience

Heidelberg Materials

Concrete is the most widely used man-made construction material in the world. It is versatile, economical, durable, recyclable, environmentally responsible and most importantly, it is resilient.

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3 Steps to Create a Self-running Construction Company

The Contractor's Business Coach

To build a self-running construction business, contractors must figure out how to be profitable, perfect key business functions and systematize the business

Creating a self-running business is the single most challenging task a business owner will ever face, and to do so one must progress through three stages including figuring out how to be profitable, perfecting key business functions and systematizing the business.

Does Cold Curing Water Cause Concrete Surfaces to Crack?

Concrete Industry Management

Do contractors ever heat curing water? Does the surface temperature of flatwork often exceed 75 degrees Fahrenheit to 85 degrees Fahrenheit? Yes. But if the curing water wasn’t heated, would the concrete crack?

One form was was filled to the top. An immersion thermometer was inserted in the slab and the concrete temperature was recorded for two hours and 40 minutes until right after curing water was applied.

CFA Helps Members Manage Total Cost of Risk (TCOR)

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Managing risk and insurance is always in the top three expenses for a contractor and is much more than just purchasing an insurance policy. The deceiving part about purchasing insurance is that the only visible number is the premium.

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Construction Contractors Must Remove Poor Performers to Increase Bottom Line

Construction Business Coaching

Re-evalute your construction crews and remove any poor performers who are bringing down their co-workers, you company and your bottom line

When you don’t remove or clean out poor performers, other employees have to put up with them, work around them, cover for them, and make excuses for them. Additionally, your good employees lose respect for a boss who won’t do what’s right in a timely manner and accepts less than the best from his people.

Credit Conditions Ease for Equipment Buyers

GB Financial Services, LLC

Equipment financing is now readily available, but come armed with information to keep it on track.

Out of Plumb May Not Mean Damaged and Unsafe

Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)

The Concrete Foundations Association explains the process of reviewing tolerances and considering the integrity of a properly built foundation wall and discusses cracks in an out of plumb wall following a backfill operation.

Pictured here is a foundation fully backfilled without a top connection in place. Short walls, corners, offsets and a yard wall provide stability for the backfill before the top connection is in place.

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