Are you the bottleneck in your business?
Smart owners are always on the lookout for factors that limit their business growth and productivity. Sometimes, however, a significant bottleneck can...
Purchase orders are contracts too
For reasons that I do not understand, most contractors do not think of purchase orders as Often, they purchase equipment and materials for jobs using...
Mark's Meditation Process
There is an old expression, "Its not the son that will run the business into the ground, rather the grandson." Statistics demonstrate less than 10% of...
PMs still need essential estimating skills
Even with the continued industry trend (perhaps because of it?) of separating the career paths, job descriptions and responsibilities of senior- level...
Retrofit variable speed pump considerations, Part 2
BY MARK EATHERTON Hydronic heating contractor At the end of last months column, I promised that we would venture into the world of...
Salt air and plumbing at the sea shore
Lois and I recently visited friends who own a condo in Ocean City, Md. The days melted away in relaxed banter. Following a great dinner at Dr. Unks Bar...
Solution makes time tracking easy
The JobClock System (www.jobclock.com, 888-788-8463) i s a method of attendance and time tracking for any number of jobsites and workers. The system is...
Turn your home into an investment profit center
The key to successful tax planning is learning how to select the best tax-saving strategies to accomplish your specific goals. My job is easy pick the...
It boils down to people, resources, decisions
When I first started writing this column back in 1998, project management didnt have the hype and sexy cach that it has today. There werent any groupies...
How you can enrich your family and charity too
Patrick Henry once said, I have but one lamp by which my feet are lighted, and that is the lamp of experience. After years of working in the area of wealth...
Solutions can be used in or out of the office
Here are two solutions that can benefit end-users outside the office and jobsite, as well. Hearing management Contractors have long had to cope with a...
A Translucent Troubadours Soul
On a recent flight from Cincinnati to Seattle, I was sitting in first class enjoying the legroom after an extended speaking trip that included Mesa, Ariz.,...
Contractors should match personalities, jobs
BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON Contractors should try to find out who their employees really are, consultant Bill Kimmel, Grandy &...
Do you make the #1 marketing mistake?
I have teenagers, just barely. My 13-year-old daughter who used to think I was the smartest man alive now ranks my intelligence just below French toast....
Employee screening raises host of issues
I have been asked by clients about what exposure they have if they hire a person who will go into customers homes without checking to find out that he...
So much lies ahead, no reason to look back
By Bob Miodonski Publisher and Editorial Director In my time at CONTRACTOR, I've addressed you on an industry issue in this space every month since March...
Creating the perception of leadership
I once had a foreman who was about 30 years old with 10 years' experience and wanted to become a project manager so bad he could taste it. He read every...
Marketing lessons from a Boy Scout trip
I went on an outing with my son and five Boy Scouts. We were really roughing it, camping out in the shadow of our one-year-old lake house that's far nicer...
The 10 best things to do on service calls
Here are the top 10 ways service techs can gain credibility: 1. Put the customer's mind at ease regarding her immediate problems within the first two...
Run multiple print jobs on all network printers
If you find juggling the printing of multiple project plans and change orders for bidding and RFPs and other distribution a hassle, here is a program...
Daily reports can nip problems in the bud
Most general contractors on commercial and public construction projects are required to generate and submit daily reports to their customers. Sometimes...
Arbitration: Do You Want To Use It?
By Susan Linden McGreevy Construction Attorney I know that no one reading this column wants to think about getting into disputes. You just want to concentrate...
A High-Tech And Personal Relationship
By Adams Hudson Marketing Authority My sister is coming to visit in a couple of weeks. Oh, and my other sister is too plus at least one of their children...
Think Your Kid's Stock Will Survive A Divorce?
By Irving L. Blackman Tax Authority Are you thinking of transferring stock to your kids, or does one or more of your kids already own stock in your closely...
A New Age In North American Hydronics
By Mark Eatherton Hydronic Heating Contractor During the ISH Frankfurt show in March 1999, I was exposed to a product that made my mind race. I saw, for...
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