Expert Columns: Page 101

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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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Business Services

What Is Your Company's Unique Value Proposition?

The Contractor's Business Coach

Your unique value proposition makes you stand out from the crowd.

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Concrete Anchoring

Tips to Protect Wedge Anchor Threads

Concrete Fasteners Inc.

Damaging the threads on a concrete anchor during installation is a common cause of escalating costs and diminishing longevity of applications.

Protecting this protruded area of the wedge anchor is crucial. If an installation tool, such as a hammer, damages the threads then the nut can no longer be put on or taken off.

Get Tough with Customers to Get What You Deserve

Construction Business Coaching

Should contractors continue to put customer relationships first, even though they’re treated as a commodity by customers who award solely on the lowest price?

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Lifting Equipment

Lights, Camera, Aerial Equipment!

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Because the entertainment industry is going to show strength again after overcoming the current situation, the industry’s demand for aerial equipment is going to grow.

Featured Equipment For The Entertainment Industry

Labor & Workforce Development

6 Ways to Keep Your Construction Crew Healthy

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Healthy workers are productive workers — less likely to call in sick and more likely to be alert, efficient and safe all shift long. Here are some things you can do to help them stay that way.

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The Hiring Fundamentals

Detmer Consulting Inc.

A spotlight on the hiring and retaining of fresh, talented team members – and strengthening the basics.

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Technology & Services

The How's and Why's of Concrete Curing

Discover ways concrete petrographers evaluate how well (or not) curing operations are done in concrete construction.

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7 Mandatory Management Meetings Your Construction Company Must Have

Construction Business Coaching

As the business owner and manager, meetings make life much better as you create a better run company, free yourself to do what you should do and allow for time to plan, strategize, sell, and focus on making more money.

Use mandatory meetings to get everyone on the same page and achieve your project and company goals.

Financing, Insurance & Leasing

How Financing Can Exponentially Grow Your Business

Contractor financing can open a world of opportunities for construction companies, allowing them to exponentially grow their businesses.

Through financing, you can take on projects with significantly less cash up front.

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