Nick Howell

Nick Howell, president of T & N Asphalt Services, Salt Lake City, UT, has been a regular presenter at National Pavement Expo since 2008 and a member of the Pavement Advisory Board since 2007. Let him know your thoughts on "From the Owners Desk," a regular column in Pavement Maintenance & Reconstruction magazine, and if you have a question or topic you'd like covered, let him know that too!

From the Author
Seal Coating
10 Essential Sealcoating Strategies
T&N Asphalt Services
Follow these tips to exceed client expectations, and provide the very best in excellent sealcoating services.
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Coaching & Consulting
6 Tips To Make The Customer Experience A Breeze
T&N Asphalt Services
What can a pavement contractor and small business owners learn from a corporate Goliath like Amazon?
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The 3 Keys To Long-Term Success In The Pavement Industry
T&N Asphalt Services
If any of your clients has a problem, they should always know they can call and count on you to get it solved for them.
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Coaching & Consulting
How To Avoid Complacency, Growing Your Pavement Business
T&N Asphalt Services
In business, having ones needs met – a full schedule, quality crews, profit on target, for example – can lead to complacency and getting a little “fat and happy.” I see this so often and in so many industries, not just ours.
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Coaching & Consulting
Contractors: How to Handle A Changing of the Guard
T&N Asphalt Services
They say never to put all your eggs in one basket, but are you supposed to not take work from them in fear that they might leave one day? Of course not.
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Coaching & Consulting
Avoiding the “Sunday Scaries” is all about Changing Mindset
T&N Asphalt Services
According to a LinkedIn survey, 80 percent of professionals say they experience the “Sunday Scaries,” with more than 90 percent of Millennials and Gen Z reporting they feel it. What is that you say? Sunday Scaries?
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How Juggling Expectations Shows Professionalism On The Job
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Estimating and project management don’t need to be difficult, but they often can be.
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How Your Environmental Footprint Affects Your Pavement Business
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How can we handle and get a grasp of the environmental impact of what happens in our everyday lives – and in our business?
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Your Trailers are an Essential Piece of Equipment
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Why – and how – to become a trailer maintenance master!
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Labor & Workforce Development
Does Your Company Culture Value Its Labor?
T&N Asphalt Services
If there is one issue that we have all faced recently, it’s labor….or lack of it, but there are actions we as owners can take to ease and improve our labor situation.
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Business
7 Tips for Building Successful Business Relationships
T&N Asphalt Services
If you know it’s a high-maintenance customer or suspect it will be, as you inspect the property, you can start putting things into action right from the get-go to make things go more smoothly (and to protect yourself).
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It’s Show Time!
T&N Asphalt Services
8 reminders to make your next trade show visit easy – and successful!
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