Expert Columns: Page 85

A Stable Rental Workforce Requires Retaining, Training & Appreciation

Detmer Consulting Inc.

For equipment and general tool rental businesses, it's important to have an effective employee retention and training system. What is being done at your rental company to keep your staff from drifting away? Here are some suggestions moving forward.

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Caterpillar

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Cat® Soil Compactors: Quality Results Made Easy

The (Not So) Clear Benefits of a Payroll Tax Holiday

GB Financial Services, LLC

For construction contractors, this short-term “loan” program may prove more trouble than it’s worth.

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Don't Settle for Low Construction Margins

Construction Business Coaching

Decide what you need to do to build a high margin business by deciding how you want your company to operate in the future

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5 Tips for Selecting the Best Construction Accounting Software for Subcontractors

Intuit QuickBooks

Cloud-based accounting software is a powerful and flexible option designed for construction subcontractor businesses like yours.

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Profit Depends on Properly Calculating Equipment Costs and Value

GB Financial Services, LLC

Ensuring profit on projects requires knowing the true cost of the construction equipment on your jobs and in your fleet.

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Bid to Punchlist: Managing the Concrete Slab Package

Structural Services Inc.

Defining the RFP with a clear vision of the scope of work, job site conditions and work restrictions will go far in minimizing confusion and potential conflict.

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Make the Right Construction Bids and Make More Money

Construction Business Coaching

Bidding more work, at low price, is never the answer to growing a successful construction business and making money.

Continuing to go the easy route bidding any project against any competition at any price to any customer won’t improve your bottom-line.

Concrete Slump Should Not Be Specified

American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)

The concrete producer and contractor should determine slump requirements.

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How General Contractors Choose the Winning Sub

The Contractor's Business Coach

Familiarize yourself with the buy-out process many project managers go through and use these steps to make you the most desirable subcontractor for a job

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Florida Studies Support Sweeping as Stormwater BMP

Studies of 14 Florida communities support sweeping as stormwater best management practice

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A Sales Compensation Plan that Supercharges Profits

The Contractor's Business Coach

The single most powerful trick for supercharging your bottom line.

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Avoid Surface Defects on Exterior Slabs

The proper finishing techniques will help you avoid defects like premature wear, scaling, mortar flaking and plastic-shrinkage cracking.

Scaling, above, and premature surface wear typically occur when contractors mix bleedwater into the surface or trap bleedwater and air directly beneath the surface.

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