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The Secrets to Specifying Bonded Abrasive Polished Concrete for New Construction

Cuviello Concrete and Terrazzo Polishing

Proper sub-grade slab finishing will help prevent cracking which leads to a more aesthetically pleasing finish.

The Truth About High Humidity in New Foundations

Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)

The modeled look of a new concrete basement is evidence of the moisture that is still present at the surface and within the structure of the wall.

What Are Your Top Two Business Priorities?

Construction Business Coaching

Finding customers and keeping customers should be your construction business's top two priorities

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Learn the Old and New Tricks of the Trade

GB Financial Services, LLC

Get educated on the latest technologies in order to remain competitive in your bids.

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.

5 Steps to Market Research Success for Contractors

Pinnacle Development Group,Inc

Following these basics will give you a good start.

How to Finish Projects Faster

Construction Business Coaching

Try games, bonuses and incentives to entice crews to work faster and keep work exciting and competitive

Get your team focused on what you need to happen to make money. Post the schedule completion dates for all to see and offer some incentives to beat the schedule.

The Upward Shift in Equipment Rental

GB Financial Services, LLC

Construction equipment dealers and rental companies are preparing for the change in how contractors do business.

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Increase Employee Efficiency

Detmer Consulting Inc.

There are many ways that a rental business owner can make their business more profitable, and one of them is through increasing employee efficiency.

Putting Tablets To Work In The Field

The Contractor's Business Coach

Tablets are a tracking tool that every contractor should adopt as soon as possible

Tablets don't contain spinning hard drives so they are considerably more durable than computers. You can buy them with cell network access so your foremen will always be able to transmit the field information back to the office.

Fall Protection: The Headache That Won't Go Away

Use these areas of a fall protection safety program to make intelligent decisions about fall protection based on risk analysis and not guesswork.

It’s important to analyze a jobsite in advance to identify the types of fall protection required and to determine the best options for tying off.

How To Shoot Par In Your Construction Business

Construction Business Coaching

When you install structure and accountability sessions into your company organizational standards, your company will become more professional and you will improve the results in your field

In construction, you also need the right tools, standardized techniques, and repeatable systems in place to make sure everyone does things the same way over and over.

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