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Milling
Mills Match Momentum
Equipment selection is key to efficient, productive jobsites
January 19, 2016
In 2015, Costello acquired three new Wirtgen W 220 cold mills with 8-ft. drums.
Quality Control
Pounding the Pavement
VDOT’s new heavy vehicle simulator will provide pavement test results in months rather than several years.
January 11, 2016
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Sweeping
Matching Sweeping Equipment to the Job
Determine your application needs in terms of debris removal, maneuverability, transport speed and off-loading in order to ensure you’re using the right street sweeper for the right job.
January 6, 2016
Waterless dust control mechanical sweepers are starting to be required by many municipalities in order to meet rigorous environmental specifications, such as air pollution. In states such as California, Texas and Oklahoma, where water conservation is a crucial issue, there has been a sharp increase in the purchase and use of waterless dust control sweepers.
Paving
Using the Internet to Grow Your Business
How one small striping company climbed to the top of Google, and their market, with the help of search engine optimization and social media.
January 6, 2016
Lear uses platforms like Instagram and Twitter to communicate to more clients. Adding hashtags to these photos gives them an broader reach as potential customers find his business through these keywords.
Paving
Piloting a Successful Pavement Maintenance Business
Jason Perry gave up his career as a pilot to grow Brite Line Asphalt Maintenance.
January 6, 2016
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Paving
Understanding Engines in the Age of Tier 4 Paving Machines
January 4, 2016
The Tier IV installation provides a challenge to the commercial paver operator due to the added components.
Business Services
How to Start a Safety Program
Timmons Group
Leadership commitment, customization, written program mean success.
January 4, 2016
Business Services
How Pavement Maintenance Can Be Fun and Successful
January 4, 2016
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Paving
Education Best Strategy when it Comes to Sealcoating
It’s essential to inform your client about services you will provide and products you will use on the job so there are clear expectations.
January 4, 2016
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Training & Education
5 “Self-Defense” Seminars that Can Save Your Business
These sessions, presented at National Pavement Expo 2016 in Charlotte, NC can help contractors prevent or avoid key these issues before they arise and potentially ruin your business.
January 4, 2016
At NPE 2016 in Charlotte, Grow Consulting’s Guy Gruenberg (pictured at last year’s NPE in Nashville) will cover topics ranging from question-based sales, job costing, and how to execute business strategies to “Confronting 2016’s Critical Issues,” presented jointly with Brad Humphrey, Pinnacle Development Group.
Business
How to Fix a Struggling Company
Survival for Petra Paving depended on learning and implementing what it didn’t know.
January 4, 2016
Chris Tammany not only enjoys being in the field but he knows Petra Paving is a better company when he’s guiding the crew. “My forte is out in the field,” he says. “Our square-foot-per-hour is much higher when I’m out there on the job than when I’m not on the job so I need to be out there.”
Seal Coating
How QuickBooks Can Help Ease Your Business Operation
New NPE2016 session teaches contractors how to take full advantage of this business management software.
January 4, 2016
QuickBooks Basics & “How-to’s” will teach attendees: • How to set up and create inventory, accounts receivables, accounts payables, payroll, estimates and financial reports • Teach contractors how QuickBooks can be used to set up and run bank and credit card reconciliations • Ensure contractors know how to take full advantage of QuickBooks’ ease of use, flexibility, variety and ability to integrate functions
Paving
How to Create an Apprentice Program for Your Workers
January 4, 2016
“One of our focuses is to hire from within the company, and to hire family members,” Randy Larson says. “We now have three brothers. That started with one and that turned into three and now we have three of the cousins too so that turned into six. They are the backbone of my labor force.”
Sweeping
New Year a Time for Internet Check
January 4, 2016
Business
6 Steps Every Contractor Needs to Take for Growth
January 4, 2016
When scheduling jobs ACI Asphalt provides foremen with as much detail as possible on their iPad including location, job components, which employees will be working, and what equipment and traffic control is needed among other specifics. The information is accessible through the foreman’s app.
Sweeping
We Are Becoming a Little Egocentric
NAPSA announces rebranding
January 4, 2016
Business Services
Stop "Selling Price" Alone!
December 22, 2015
Seal Coating
The Sealant Controversy at the Grass Roots
December 21, 2015
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