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Coaching & Consulting
Schlouch: Why Price is the Worst Place to Start a Negotiation
Schlouch Inc.
Central-Pennsylvania site-prep contractor, Barry Schlouch learned that price competition might make you cheaper, but after a certain point it doesn’t make you any better
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Trimble’s New Construction Logistics Mobile App Provides Real-Time, Visual Data to Improve Operations
Trimble Inc.
Trimble has introduced Trimble TrimView Direct, a mobile application that leverages existing real-time data collected by Trimble’s TrimFleet Suite for the ready mix concrete industry.
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Paving
On-Boarding New Clients
On-boarding new clients is your strategy to maintaining new clients for as long as the relationship can possibly exist.
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Business Services
[Video] How to Bring In and Hold On to New Employees
Business consultant Brad Humphrey says companies need to be prepared to orientate and train new employees early on to get them invested in the company in order to keep them from leaving the company quickly.
Video: How to Bring In and Hold On to New Employees
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Bringing Drivers under Control with Telematics
This asphalt contractor uses its telematics system to curb speeding, idling and out-of-the-way driving
Michael Bloom is a director, marketing and product management at Navman Wireless (navmanwireless.com).
Excavators
Hybrid Hoes More Than Halve Schlouch’s Trenching Fuel Burn
Schlouch Inc.
Pennsylvania site-work contractor shares risk of trying new technology and cuts more than $15 per hour from pipelaying costs
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Coaching & Consulting
Schlouch Turns Vendors into Partners with Care, Trust, Help
Schlouch Inc.
Business Services
Schlouch Puts Dealer on its Team to Slash Equipment Costs
Schlouch Inc.
Central Pennsylvania contractor fields more competitive equipment by focusing on fleet basics and coaxing cost-reducing expertise from dealer relationships
Schlouch Inc. replaced two of its asphalt pavers with new Caterpillar AP555E tracked models (such as the one shown) and featuring extended warranties. The replacements cut the company's paving costs significantly.
Construction Technology
Video: How Autodesk BIM 360 Layout Helped PCL Construction Streamline its Process
Autodesk
In its use of the BIM 360 Layout app, which is connected to BIM 360 web services, PCL Construction has streamlined the process of checking and verifying its sub trades’ staked and installed components resulting in time and money efficiencies
Video: How Autodesk BIM 360 Layout Helped PCL Construction Streamline its Process
Construction Technology
LexisNexis Study: Fleet Managers Want Telematics to Cut Insurance Costs
Despite low awareness of usage-based insurance facilitated by telematics, 27% of commercial fleet managers who know about the programs buy them
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Construction Technology
Caterpillar Evangelizes Contractors with Free Technology
Peoria hopes to make technology converts by offering free trials of integrated grade control on their new 25-tonne excavator and payload measuring system on mid-sized wheel loaders
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Personnel Management
Why It's Important to Measure Employee Performance
The Contractor's Business Coach
Use a five-point scale to measure the performance of each position and employee in your company to help you build a high performance business
Use a five-point scale to help measure employee performance with 1 meaning frequent failure, 3 as average and acceptable performance, and 5 meaning near perfect performance.
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