Construction Equipment Owner

The benefits of conducting one-on-one meetings with your key employees was detailed in Les McKeown’s article “When Is Your Next Key Employee Going To Leave?”

So how do you have effective one-on-one meetings and take advantage of this valuable employee retention technique? We brought Les back to the Construction Business Podcast to explain. In this episode Les talks about how to have one-on-one meetings, what to talk about and what the take-away value should be.

Guest:

Les McKeown, President & CEO - Predictable Success
Click here to contact Predictable Success

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The importance of surety bonds in construction and specifically for the contractor is the latest topic of discussion on the Construction Business Podcast. Bill Maroney, president of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers and Senior Vice President with City Underwriting Agency Inc., joins this episode to talk about the key aspects that contractors will need to know about surety bonds and how they fit into today’s economic climate.

Contact Bill Maroney

Click here to go the National Association of Surety Bond Producers website

Click here to go to the Surety Information Office website

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Heather Jones, construction economist with FMI, checks in with the Construction Business Podcast to discuss the latest Construction Outlook report from FMI. In this podcast we talk about the current status of the market and the construction forecast for 2009 and beyond.

Download FMI’s Construction Outlook Fourth Quarter 2008 Report

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Lisa-Jane Romer, Motorola Director of Product Operations - Sprint Account is the guest on this bonus episode of the Construction Business Podcast. Our third podcast of the week focuses on emerging technologies of mobile phones that can help construction business owners and their employers work more efficiently. Lisa also gives a sneak peak of the Motorola i776 and the Motorola i576.

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Despite the potential pitfalls for contractors, there is a growing trend toward wrap-ups on construction projects. Contractors are typically at the mercy of wrap-up administrators and are routinely held hostage by confusing wrap-up documents, additional paperwork and unexpected expenses.

Duke Mills, author of “Contractor Survival Guide for Wrap-Ups,” joins the Construction Business Podcast to address the issues of wrap-up Insurance Programs and aid contractors in their understanding of wrap-ups so they may successfully pass through this process.

Mills’ 37-page, easy-to-read guide, cites real company experiences, offers concise definitions and explanations, valuable forms and flow charts, and “killer tips” to help contractors protect their profits from bid errors and audit overpayments. This manual, in addition to a resource of wealth about wrap-ups is available www.wrapupexperts.com.

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Jerry Jackson - Senior Chairman at FMI - is the guest on this episode of the Construction Business Podcast. Jerry discusses a recent report from FMI which outlines the 10 significant drivers that will affect the future of the construction industry. He also provides insight on the implications of these issues and actions for construction business owners to take.

FMI’s 10 significant drivers that will affect the future of the construction industry:

• Energy Burns
• Capital Supply Suffers
• Talent Losses Likely
• Climate Changes Count
• Cost of Construction Climbs
• The Old Guard Changes
• Change Comes Faster
• Green Keeps Growing
• Customers Increase Construction Knowledge
• Global Acts Impact Local Markets

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Do you know what is the most-targeted piece of construction equipment by thieves? How about the “actual” cost of equipment theft? Did you know that according to a recent survey done by Cygnus Business Media on behalf of LoJack and National Insurance Crime Bureau that 71% of construction equipment owners have experienced equipment theft, 29% have had five or more incidents of equipment theft, 70% of recovered equipment incurred damages of $5,000 or more and 62% of the stolen equipment was never recovered? Mike Harrell, LoJack Corporation’s Law Enforcement Operations Liaison for the North Carolina area sits down with the Construction Business Podcast to discuss these and other trends affecting construction equipment owners.

Download the “Research Survey on Construction Equipment Theft” report for more details.

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Eric Herrenkohl, President of Clarius, Inc., is the latest guest on the Construction Business Podcast. Eric talks about the process of turning contacts into clients and how to overcome sales call reluctance.

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The guest on this Construction Business Podcast is Jim Burnett, Director of Business Development with Accruit. Jim shares tax strategies directly related to construction equipment owners and how they can take advantage of 1031 Exchange Transactions. Listen now and learn new ways to maximize the cash flow of your business.

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Sarah Hawk, part of Fisher & Phillips’ Global Immigration Practice, provides an overview of where immigration enforcement is now – recent enforcement practices, what the current status of immigration laws, and examples of potential recourse of non-compliance.

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