Profit Matters: Blogs

How-to information, tips and case studies to squeeze the most profit from your construction projects and improve your company’s bottom line.

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Choosing the Right Wheel Loader Bucket In Three Easy Steps

Among all the options to weigh when choosing a wheel loader – size, power, technology, comfort and safety features – the most important one may be which bucket

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When It Pays to Be Picky: Jobs Not Worth Taking

But some projects actually end up costing you more than they’re worth and keep you from spending time on profitable work. How do you determine if a job’s not worth taking?

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How To Weather Any Storm: Tips for Disaster Planning

Pandemic wasn’t the only calamity of 2020 – 22 billion-dollar weather and climate events also set a US record for natural disasters

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The 4 Most Common Construction Injuries (And How To Prevent Them)

Despite increasing focus on construction safety, the latest numbers aren’t great. Here are the keys to avoiding the four main hazards that keep adding injuries

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8 Simple Tips for Summer Safety

Warm weather and plenty of daylight make summer a busy season for construction. But with hotter temperatures and longer days come increased health and safety risks.

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Buy or Rent: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself

How to determine which of your construction equipment needs could be filled most cost effectively with rented machines

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7 Site Hazards You Don't Want to Overlook

It's important to be vigilant about safe practices on the job. Here's seven site hazards that construction crews often overlook.

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How to Find Great Subcontractors

A good subcontractor can be hard to find. Caterpillar's Jason Hurdis shares tips for finding reputable subcontractors in your area and how to vet them to make sure you get the expertise you want.

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4 Technologies Made to Enhance Construction Productivity and Safety

No company can afford to increase productivity without working ‘smarter.’ Here are four machine technologies that can help boost your productivity AND safety performance.

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Putting Technology to Work on a Mixed Fleet

Caterpillar says you don’t have to invest in different machine control and guidance technology for every brand you own, thanks to interoperability

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Clean Machine, Healthy Bottom Line

Simple tips for sanitizing equipment cabs in a couple minutes to keep your employees healthy and productive on the job

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Coronavirus Pandemic Accelerates Construction’s Opioid Addiction Problem

The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to daily life hit those with substance-use disorder hard, with deaths by opioid and methamphetamine overdoses increasing 38% and 35%. Construction is among three industries with the most abuse of the drugs

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5 Tips for Onboarding New Employees

Orientation and onboarding are critical not only in introducing new hires to your company’s way of working, but also in making them feel like a valuable part of the team

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Resolve to Stop Doing These 5 Things in 2021

Rather than New Year’s resolutions that add things to your already full plate, why not stop doing some things that are eating up your time and money?

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2020 Is a Wrap!

Don’t overlook reviewing the year while its hard lessons are still fresh. Here are 5 things to study closely to make sure you’re ready for anything

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Is Your Crew Prepared for an Emergency?

2020 is teaching us an important lesson: we need to be prepared for pretty much anything to happen at any time. From pandemics to natural disasters to accidents and injuries on the jobsite, there’s a lot we need to prepare for.

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4 Ways to Get the Most Done With the Fewest Machines

Every piece of equipment added to your fleet brings revenue opportunity, and here’s how to balance that with owning costs and operating expenses so it eats the least amount of profits

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3 Simple Ways to Earn a Quick Payback from Your Data

With nearly 7 million construction machines equipped with built-in digital connectivity will be sold between 2018 and 2025, you’ll want to pare down the data stream to just what’s important.

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Cutting-Edge Capabilities Brought to Life Through the Cat® Trials

Caterpillar Inc. is celebrating 95 years and they are bringing back their engaging video series.

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Take a Break for Scheduled Maintenace

Follow these four steps to put a plan in place for regular scheduled maintenance breaks.

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3 Ways to Get More Bang for Your Technology Buck

Three low-cost (even no-cost) ways to realize productivity gains with technology.

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6 Ways to Keep Your Construction Crew Healthy

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.

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Rent Your Way to Better Cash Flow (And Other Benefits)

This $93 billion industry is growing at 5% per year because of the effects it has on cash flow, risk, flexibility, technology and labor demands. Time to count your costs.

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Why It Pays to Invest in Operator Training

How much benefit do you get from a couple hours or days of training? Here’s how investing in training pays you back — right away and down the road.