Expert Columns: Page 87

How Financing Can Exponentially Grow Your Business

Contractor financing can open a world of opportunities for construction companies, allowing them to exponentially grow their businesses.

Through financing, you can take on projects with significantly less cash up front.

Top Talent = Additional Horsepower

GB Financial Services, LLC

The pandemic is providing the rental industry an opportunity to gain market share, and increase profitability and shareholder value. It’s also presenting a chance to make your rental company more efficient by hiring new talent.

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Tips to Control Crack Width in Concrete Slab on Ground

KB Engineering LLC

Ten tips when using reinforcement to provide crack width control in nonstructural slabs-on-ground

When slabs are placed on problematic subbases with risks of non-uniform support or consist of moderate to high shrinkage concrete or joint spacings exceed 15 ft., then reinforcement is necessary to limit widths of cracks should they occur.

How Successful Construction Organizations Manage Their Critical Assets and Complex Projects

A recent IFS-IDC industry study explains where enterprise software investments deliver the biggest ROI today.

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Why It Pays to Invest in Operator Training

Caterpillar - Cat

How much benefit do you get from a couple hours or days of training? Here’s how the investment pays you back — right away and down the road.

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Set Simple Standards to Improve Field Productivity and Reduce Costs

Construction Business Coaching

Each step or standard will reduce your costs by small percentage points which will add up to large overall improvements that make a real difference.

By implementing George Hedley's recommended field standards, he says a contractor's productivity will improve by at least 10%.

Is It Time to Expand Your Construction Business Territory?

GB Financial Services, LLC

If construction work in your traditional territory is scarce, you may have to expand your business territory - but consider the risks first.

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How to Choose the Right Incentive Program for Your Construction Company

Construction Business Coaching

Your bonus and incentive compensation program can be the key to improving your bottom line or can be a drain on cash flow and employee morale

Four basic employee recognition, bonus and incentive compensation programs include thank-you awards, gifts, incentive compensation and profit sharing.

How to Keep a Safe Worksite All Summer Long

Herc Rentals Inc.

Whether you’re a rental business owner or part of a safety team, it’s important to understand how heat can affect the body, recognize the signs and symptoms of heat-related illnesses, and know how to respond if a worker gets sick.

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11 Reasons Why the Construction Industry Needs E-commerce

We are just at the beginning of the e-commerce adoption curve in the rental equipment industry. This means that the longer suppliers put it off, the more they risk missing out on or losing customers.

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How Surety Bonds Work in Case of Construction Contractor Default

Bryant Surety Bonds Inc.

As a contractor, your surety provider can actually be your ally in finding creative, and equitable, solutions in case default can’t be avoided

A surety bond represents a business relationship that promises to offer construction contractors support and assistance if they run into financial or performance-related difficulties.

Standard Field Installation Techniques Improve Field Productivity

Construction Business Coaching

When every crew member installs things the same way, your crew will improve their speed and field efficiency, productivity rate, and standardize your cost estimating variances.

To build an efficient field operation that completes work per the quality you want within the budget allotted for the work, you need standardized systems and procedures for the crew to follow.

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