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Updated: March 18th, 2008 03:38 PM PDT

Teamwork & tracking

Cracksealer AnnSeal Inc.’s flexibility and attention to detail drive success.

AnnSeal’s crews did routing on 40% of its jobs in 2007, but the amount of routing varies year to year depending on what jobs are coming out and the bids the contractor is awarded.
AnnSeal’s crews did routing on 40% of its jobs in 2007, but the amount of routing varies year to year depending on what jobs are coming out and the bids the contractor is awarded.
Following routing and prior to any cracksealing AnnSeal’s crews blow the pavement clean using walk-behind blowers to remove any debris from the cracks.
Following routing and prior to any cracksealing AnnSeal’s crews blow the pavement clean using walk-behind blowers to remove any debris from the cracks.
AnnSeal’s stake trucks feature a compressor designed to send air to the front of each truck where the crew, using a quick connect, can attach a blow wand or heat lance to clean cracks ahead of the truck and ahead of the crew members sealing the cracks behind the truck.
AnnSeal’s stake trucks feature a compressor designed to send air to the front of each truck where the crew, using a quick connect, can attach a blow wand or heat lance to clean cracks ahead of the truck and ahead of the crew members sealing the cracks behind the truck.
Once cracks have been sealed, AnnSeal will often spray a light coating of water onto the material to help it set up more quickly.
Once cracks have been sealed, AnnSeal will often spray a light coating of water onto the material to help it set up more quickly.
Once the job gets in full swing crew members work from the stake truck, opening boxes of material.
Once the job gets in full swing crew members work from the stake truck, opening boxes of material.
At the start of the day AnnSeal’s crews might move material to the melter by hand.
At the start of the day AnnSeal’s crews might move material to the melter by hand.
At the start of the day AnnSeal’s crews might move material to the melter by hand (above), but once the job gets in full swing crew members work from the stake truck, opening boxes of material (top), and loading material onto an auto loader (right). Use of the auto loader enables AnnSeal’s crews to be safer, more productive, and more efficient, enabling it to compete better in its bids.
At the start of the day AnnSeal’s crews might move material to the melter by hand (above), but once the job gets in full swing crew members work from the stake truck, opening boxes of material (top), and loading material onto an auto loader (right). Use of the auto loader enables AnnSeal’s crews to be safer, more productive, and more efficient, enabling it to compete better in its bids.

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When bidding state, county, or municipal work where low bid gets the job contractors need to be efficient and they need to be accurate. Inaccurate estimates, crews that take too long, or crews that perform low-quality work that requires call backs leads to a company operating in the red, or maybe not operating at all.

AnnSeal Inc. understands that so has established processes that enable the company to be accurate in its estimates, efficient in its operation, and successful in the big picture. Located in Bible School Park, NY, six-year-old AnnSeal is able to mix and match employees and equipment to thrive, generating 100% of its sales from cracksealing work (including construction and repair of joints in concrete) throughout the Northeast. It is prequalified to bid in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, and Pennsylvania.

The contractor’s crews hit the road for days at a time, staying in hotels during the week and heading home for the weekend. A woman-owned business lead by Nancy O’Brien, president, AnnSeal employs more than 40 people from April through November - and many of those people have been with the company since it started.

“Our people do quality work, we are extremely efficient, and the crew members anticipate each other’s needs. It’s really artistic if you watch them do it,” O’Brien says. “We think that’s a strong testament to the way we run our business. We couldn’t do what we do without these people.”

True. But there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes that enables AnnSeal to be as successful as they are.

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