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Ten Tips to Prevent the Construction-Accident High Season

What to say, wear, stretch, eat, drink and do to anticipate and survive Spring’s annual spike in construction accidents

To enhance safety, make sure everyone on the ground is wearing high-visibility apparel.

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How to Be An Effective Leader in a Flat Economy

Construction Business Coaching

Effective leaders realize they must have the courage to change themselves first before anyone will follow their lead and innovative vision

Business owners should have a dynamic focused vision employees get excited about. People want to follow a leader on a mission.

Sequestration, Health Care Set Up Road Blocks to Profits

GB Financial Services, LLC

Prepare your construction business to weather both federal budget cuts and higher health care costs.

Focus on Increasing Profits

Detmer Consulting Inc.

Most customers don't purposely misuse equipment they've rented from your company. It's frustrating for you to have your equipment misused, but the good news is there are some ways to avoid some of this frustration.

Work Less and Do More

Construction Business Coaching

Learn to delegate and prioritize to get more work done without spending as much time working after official office hours

Steps, like taking vacation and prioritizing work at the office, can help you be a more efficient business owner and do more in less time.

Ahern Rentals' Ownership Struggle Intensifies

Ahern Rentals Inc.

When the bankruptcy judge welcomed creditors' proposals, Ahern's rhetoric escalated a simple reorganization into a fight for control of one of the nation's Top 10 rental companies

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Methods to Ensure Crews Deliver Top Quality in the Field

The Contractor's Business Coach

Tips to help ensure your crew is working properly without having to be in the field with every crew every day

Mix and match your approaches for driving quality. Different approaches will work for different crews.

Attract Future Customers with 'Bug-em' Mail

Construction Business Coaching

Create awareness and interest to keep your construction company top of mind with future clients through unique mailing campaigns

Get future customers to remember and call you with creative, different, unique and informative 'Bug-em!” mail. And once is not enough.

Fiscal Cliff Bluster Brings Tax Benefits

GB Financial Services, LLC

While little came out of the fiscal cliff debate, there are some positive results for construction businesses

Keep Two Sets of Books for Taxes and Borrowing Purposes

The Contractor's Business Coach

Keep one set of books for taxes and another set that more realistically treats depreciation

Keep one set of books for taxes and another set that more realistically treats depreciation. When you visit with your lender show both sets, and explain why you have two sets.

How to Determine an Abrasive’s True Cost

Cuviello Concrete and Terrazzo Polishing

Concrete polishing contractors should factor in purchase price, use and labor costs to arrive at the true end use cost of their abrasives for grinding and polishing.

A quick-change system requires less time for changing abrasives, shortening the time machines stand idle on the job.

Let Go To Grow

Construction Business Coaching

Build a great place to work where people can grow, take responsibility and be accountable

When you control the work, hold your people back and constantly tell them what to do, you hurt your company’s growth and profit potential. An effective leader’s role is to inspire others to perform at higher levels and maximize results.

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