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The facility will feature areas for welding, painting, and assembly, as well as an on-site warehouse and office space.

Bobcat Expands CTL, Skid Steer Manufacturing Footprint With New Factory

This new location was selected after extensive review and consideration of expansions at existing Bobcat locations, along with the potential for new developments at locations across the globe.

Soaring home prices, the nation’s most expensive property insurance market, high interest rates and increases in construction costs are all contributing to a housing affordability crisis in a state that cannot keep up with the demand.

3 Construction Trends You Can’t Ignore: Why a Former Congressman Sees a Building Revolution Coming

Soaring home prices, the nation’s most expensive property insurance market, high interest rates and increases in construction costs are all contributing to a housing affordability crisis in a state that cannot keep up with the demand.

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Construction Adds 16,000 Jobs in September

Several economic indicator reports relevant to the construction industry were released today, helping to paint a picture of the outlook moving into the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Customer Education is Key to Growing Your Business with Infrared Technology

You can greatly expand your opportunities and margins with infrared asphalt repair, but you need to be ready to answer customer questions and demonstrate its advantages.

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Setting Up Your IT Infrastructure Keeps Your Business Organized

It’s important that you don’t get bogged down because you’re unorganized. Organization starts with your IT infrastructure.

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How to Develop an Organizational Structure That Scales with Your Growth

A strong organizational structure is important for any business from the very beginning. You may be starting out on your own or with very few team members. You should build out your organizational structure in a way that will scale with your business.

Staying on top of monthly cash flow reports and projections will take a construction business far in 2023.

Keep Cash Flow Reports, Projections Current in 2023

If you do not have the time to update financials monthly, outsource the process to a consultant.

Buying a unit and financing it works if you have used units to trade-in or sell off to apply the proceeds to the purchase. It also helps if business is strong and generating taxable profits that you would like to avoid.

Consider the Construction Equipment Financing Options Available

There are contractors and rental companies needing to upgrade their fleets with either new or late model used equipment. Many of you reading this are probably in this situation; figuring out what you may need, what you can sell off or trade-in, etc.

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Ways to Improve Construction Workforce Productivity in 2023

No matter what size your company is, you have to assume competitors are looking for ways to improve productivity and leaving you in the dust.

If total sales increased by 20%, then expect the Sales Per Employee number to increase by that same percentage.

Calculate the Productivity of Your Construction Business

How are your productivity stats standing up to the test of time?

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Max Cash From Your Operation

Cash is king, but more cash is even better.

There are few companies that have an organized education program for this very critical level of the company. Few business owners and senior leaders take an active role in the development of their own leaders.

5 Steps to Improving Leadership Skills among Mid-level and Senior Leaders

How to lead your leaders to minimize the risk of having poorly developed leaders who are incapable of achieving more profitable results.

Using Technology to Achieve Workforce Diversity in Construction

Hosted by ForConstructionPros.com technology editor Charles Rathmann, this inaugural episode of the HR Punchlist Podcast focuses on workforce diversity in construction.

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Overcoming Time Wasters at the Job Site

Consider these techniques that you can integrate into your own approach to maximizing the amount of time spent by workers working.

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What to Say When Your Customer Says 'Your Price is Too High'

When a customer responds with, “Your bid is too high,” try the following response; remember to be respectful.

Initiative Helps Engineering & Construction Industries Restart Projects Stopped by COVID-19

Project Slowdown/Restart planning initiative is designed to help engineering and construction industries restart projects stopped by the pandemic.

It takes a team to complete a job and you need everyone on the job to work together.

10 Simple Tips for New Managers

Build your skills as a supervisor and prepare yourself for future leadership responsibilities with these tips.

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10 Marketing Tips that Drive Sales

Follow this 10-point marketing plan to generate new business and encourage repeat sales.

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A Sales Compensation Plan that Supercharges Profits

The single most powerful trick for supercharging your bottom line.

10 Tips to Fast-track Your Leaders

There is a commitment you must make as a contractor or senior leader in your efforts to bring along a new leader as fast as you can.

6 Steps to Getting Generations to Work Together

Make the effort to positively impact and influence your workers, no matter the generation, to see the greatness of your company.

Improve Your Preplanning Agenda for On-the-job Success

6 tips to set preplanning meeting agenda

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The Trifecta of Mentoring

Effective mentoring includes a motivated HR leader, a motivated mentee and a committed mentor

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Teaching the Basics…Again!

Reality is that training new employees is an ongoing task as new workers continue to enter the industry and your company; these six tips can help

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Client Retention 101: 6 Steps to Keeping Good Customers

A company whose customers take 90 days to pay typically need six times more cash to float the project/job costs than a company whose customers paid their bills in 30 days.

Slow Payments Cost the Construction Industry $64B in 2019

When you get paid can have a huge financial impact on your company, and a 2019 report shows just how much late payments cost contractors

As difficult as many areas of employee relations has become, it is more critical than ever to scrutinize how you are promoting individuals. Be proactive in using these eight points and you will inspire greater confidence in your new leader and their followers.

How to Avoid Challenges When Promoting Your Construction Employees

Eight best practices and strategies when promoting a worker into a position of greater authority and responsibility

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Develop a Plan to Avert the Employee Shortage

Market your industry and company to potential employees

The reason you want to pursue continuous improvement mindset is that it leads to a business that can almost run itself.

Continuous Improvement Drives Long-Term Competitive Advantage

Contractors need to systematize their processes to create improvement in a controlled and predictable manner

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The Making of a Leader: Construction Foreman

Vision (1-2 weeks), state of their crew, and proper equipment and tool management will point any construction foremen in the right direction

The 2017 National Pavement Expo, Feb. 1-4 in Nashville, featured the largest exhibit floor, greatest number of exhibitors and largest number of attendees in NPE history.

Thousands Attend Largest National Pavement Expo Ever!

Construction managers need to motivate their employees to make sure they do not simply go through the motions but ensure that they want to get the job done well.

8 Ways Construction Managers Can Motivate Their Teams

A successful project manager must strongly grasp how to keep their employees motivated; here are eight tips directly from construction project managers

It’s never too early to get started on considering who your next generation of leaders and key performers will be.

10 Ways Construction Leaders Can Ease Succession Planning

Ten proven, easy-to-use steps every contractor can use to start or advance the succession planning every company needs to implement