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How Preformed Thermoplastic Can Extend Your Season

Pavement marking doesn’t have to stop when the temperature drops

When considering adding preformed thermoplastic to their business and when selling it to customers contractors have to consider more than the up-front cost of the material. They need to take into consideration other factors and talk about those factors with the client.

Enhance Your Fleet Management Skills at The Work Truck Show 2013

NTEA | The Association for the Work Truck Industry

The Work Truck Show 2013 will include 60+ intensive educational sessions that will cover critical industry topics including truck specification, fleet management and life-cycle costing

National Demolition Association Northeast Regional Training Session

This intensive health and safety training program is open to industry professionals involved in any aspect of the demolition process. Participants earn certifications for the OSHA Demolition-specific 10-hour construction health and safety training and the Lift Safety Training course. Other offerings include Industrial Hygiene 101 for the demolition industry and PCBs in caulk.

How to Lower Workers' Comp Insurance Costs in a Changing Insurance Marketplace

Focusing and committing to safety can help make your construction business attractive to insurance companies and keep workers' comp costs down in 2013

When setting rates, insurance companies look at the amount of risk that is inherent in your operations and the actions you have taken (and continue to take) to manage and control these risks.

Jobsite Safety Is Your Personal Responsibility

Safety is a personal decision. The choice to follow proper operating procedures protects not only the operator, but everyone around them, from co-workers to bystanders.

Awareness of the machines's operation, the working environment and the location and actions of bystanders can go a long way toward ensuring safety on the job.

Website Lets Businesses Review Customers

NastyClient.com is a website designed for small businesses allowing them to write and read reviews of customers

Business reviews can be found all over the Internet, but one website turns the table allowing businesses to review their customers.

Invest in Customer Care and Improve Your Business

Keep customers loyal by showing you care with personalized thank-yous and consistent face-to-face time

Make a list of your top 24 customers. Make a committment to retain and build these relationships with face to face contact. Keep track of the meetings, contacts and relationship-building sessions you have with them.

Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program’s National Steering Committee Announces New Board

Concrete Industry Management

New officers will provide direction for the the CIM program, which awards students four-year degrees in Concrete Industry Management.

OSHA Cites Contractor After Paving Employee Dies from Heat Illness

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

LH Musser & Sons Inc. cited with one serious violation after employee dies from heat-related illness during paving operations in June

Contractor Cited After Crane Collapse Death

Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Lunda Construction Co. faces three serious safety violations after a worker is struck and killed by a section of crane he was assembling

ACI Offers Live Webinars from 2012 Fall Convention on BIM, Sustainability and Technology

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Viewers can earn PDHs for participating in the online sessions

Is the Construction Equipment Paradigm Shifting to Rental?

GB Financial Services, LLC

Tight markets are driving greater acceptance of rental as a means to acquire construction equipment

Garry Bartecki

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