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Coaching & Consulting
The Contractor’s Best Friend Podcast
Pinnacle Development Group,Inc
June 28, 2018
Coaching & Consulting
What is the Difference Between Change Order, Change Directive and Construction Change?
When you are dealing with changes on a project, they can be classified, treated, reviewed and compensated on a different basis
June 6, 2018
Changes
Coaching & Consulting
Get Your Workers to Excel at Ordinary Tasks Then Reap the Benefits
Getting your workers to be exceptional at ordinary things helps your construction company achieve the needed quality and safety and meet critical schedules
January 31, 2018
Success Key
Coaching & Consulting
Contractors Need to Know, Understand Construction Accounting to Make a Profit
Construction Business Coaching
Knowing and tracking your numbers must be the number one priority for construction business owners to be successful
January 24, 2018
Take two to four hours a week to review and understand your costs and how much you need to charge to make a profit.
Coaching & Consulting
Third Party Certification Benefits Contractors and the Construction Industry
The American Institute of Constructors’ Constructor Certification can help contractors enhance their image, professionalism, marketability and more
January 10, 2018
Certified
Coaching & Consulting
Peer-to-Peer Sharing Can Help Contractors Make Money with Idle Construction Equipment
Peer-to-peer equipment sharing network DOZR aims to help contractors profit from idle equipment
December 4, 2017
If you have downtime during a winter season and your equipment is sitting idle, consider the option of renting it out to other contractors who are doing snow removal work.
Coaching & Consulting
Why Construction 'Value Engineering' is About to Become True to its Name
Contractors need to focus on value engineering not just as a cost cutting measure but as a process to provide additional value to the finished project and the project owner
August 16, 2017
Contractors need to find the balance between cost cutting and providing 'value' to a project through the 'value engineering' method.
Coaching & Consulting
Construction Cost Reduction Playbook: What’s in Yours?
Caterpillar - Cat
Our goal is to reduce fleet owning and operating costs. If I were creating a cost-reduction playbook, here are some of the roles and responsibilities I’d include
August 2, 2017
Cat Blog
Coaching & Consulting
Show Me the . . . Data!
Caterpillar - Cat
In 20 years since Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. made 'Show me the money!' one of the best-known movie quotes, data has become the surest way for contractors to help themselves to the big money
July 24, 2017
Catallday
Coaching & Consulting
Why and How Social Media Can Boost Construction Business
Some key insights US commercial construction contractors can use to take advantage of the globe’s largest social media advertising market
June 5, 2017
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Coaching & Consulting
Four Techniques to Help Construction Contractors Prevent Over-processing
Reducing over-processing -- applying more resources than are required, needed or requested -- is a great way for contractors to move towards leaner, more profitable construction
May 22, 2017
Take to heart the potential pitfalls of over-processing within your operation, then begin to apply these four practices. You’ll see an impact in productivity, job clarity and bottom-line performance.
Coaching & Consulting
Chasing New Construction Work in 2017? Here’s Where to Look
Caterpillar - Cat
Seventy-three percent of construction firms plan to expand payrolls in 2017 to keep pace with expectations of both private and public growth. Forecasts favor the broadest recovery in four sectors
March 28, 2017
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Business
Thousands Attend Largest National Pavement Expo Ever!
March 3, 2017
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.
Business Services
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
February 27, 2017
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.
Coaching & Consulting
Precast and Prefab Give Walbridge Profitable Steps into Lean Construction
General contractor Walbridge focuses its crews on adding project value and slashing waste and time by building with precast and prefabricating university residence-hall bathrooms off site
February 17, 2017
Walbridge convinced the University of Michigan to foresake steel and cast-in-place construction, assembling walls and floor for the $131-million Munger Graduate Residence Hall from more than 1,000 precast panels. Sixty were delivered each day, and panels were picked off the trailer and set directly in place on the building.
Personnel Management
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
February 13, 2017
It’s never too early to get started on considering who your next generation of leaders and key performers will be.
Business Services
2017 Contractor of the Year
February 2, 2017
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Business Services
Sales Follow-up Is Key for Construction Contractors
The Contractor's Business Coach
Follow-up efforts by construction sales people is extremely important, and mastering this part of the sales process could improve results drastically
December 7, 2016
Your results will change dramatically if you do the sales follow-up. It will enhance your pocketbook and your reputation.
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