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Management
Equipment Price Pressure is Building
GB Financial Services, LLC
Construction equipment costs are going up in 2011 whether you buy new, used or rent. Here's why.
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Management
Smart Options to Get Needed Equipment
GB Financial Services, LLC
Rental or buying used can be an effective means to get construction equipment when you need it.
Purchasing used can be a cost-effective means to obtain equipment needed to complete projects or increase productivity.
Management
Keep It In the Family
GB Financial Services, LLC
Steps to take to ensure smooth succession of a family-owned construction business without overburdening the next generation.
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Tough Times for Good Companies
Superior Tire & Rubber Corp.
Unfortunately sweeper professionals, along with anyone else who buys things needs to understand that as the price of fuel goes up, so goes the price of many other things we need to get by.
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8 Ways to Retain Your Best Customers
The Contractor's Business Coach
Grow Consulting's Guy Gruenberg works through 8 key steps contractors can take to help develop repeat customers
Management
Can You Control Health Care Costs?
GB Financial Services, LLC
Turns out the answer is "yes" - if you do your homework.
Management
Does Your Field Time Card Work For You?
Construction Business Coaching
Designed properly, your time card can become an invaluable tool to track labor production, field quantities installed, company and rental equipment usage, and materials consumed on the job
Figure 1: This example time card shows the work broken down exactly as the estimator bid the job.
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A Cultural Comparison Between Rental Businesses in the U.S. and Ireland
Detmer Consulting Inc.
I've been to well over one thousand rental companies in North America and every now and then I get the rare treat to venture to far-away places. This summer I had the pleasure to visit several rental businesses in Ireland.
Management
It's Time to Increase Rates
GB Financial Services, LLC
Steps to raising your rental rates and improving your bottom line and cash flow.
Increase Rates
Workforce
Why Safety Programs Fail to Deliver
Timmons Group
The truth is there are a lot of moving parts to a well-designed program and the components all need to mesh.
Invest in quality personal protective equipment (PPE), then teach your crews how to use it, how to care for it and to be conscientious about it.
Management
Tips to Keep Employees Disciplined to Follow Systems
The Contractor's Business Coach
Four tricks to help keep employees following the systems you need to keep your business successful
If you are going to grow your business, keep it profitable, and free yourself from it, your team is going to have to stay disciplined to the best practice systems.
Safety
12 Tips to Survive Another "Nuclear Summer"
Timmons Group
How construction companies and their workers can plan for and endure the annual "flat-iron" heat season.
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