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On Record: Quotes from the construction front lines
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Feb 04, 2013
Equipment World Editorial Director Marcia Gruver Doyle When they’re not dodging snowflakes, our editors relish this season, since it’s the ...
Fourth-generation grading firm evolves with industry...
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Feb 01, 2013
Jesse Steger (right) with his son Paul. The story of Steger Construction, Dyersville, Iowa, is one of generations. The family business, ...
Mighty Brash: Pennsylvania contractor found his career...
Posted by Amy Materson on Jan 31, 2013
Editor's Note: Robert Brash was a finalist for 2012 Contractor of the Year. He started Roice Construction in 2000 in ...
West Virginia contractor inspires devotion through his...
Posted by Amy Materson on Jan 28, 2013
We live in a fickle world. We’re so often willing to abandon what we know and like for the latest and ...
New Jersey’s Glendale Excavating is a company run...
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jan 23, 2013
Contractors and great stories are natural duos, proven once again during my time with Glendale Excavating in Vorhees, New Jersey. ...
Third-generation paver creates his own roads to follow
Posted by Amy Materson on Jan 18, 2013
Paver Chris Fink and his dog Slate. During January, the Equipment World editorial team spreads out across the country to ...
Culture is key: zero accidents does not mean perfect...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jan 15, 2013
A great new article by Terry L. Mathis over at EHS Today makes a pretty interesting argument: just because you've ...
The difference between knowing and discovering
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Dec 05, 2012
It hit me while I was on a press trip to Geneva, Switzerland: all of these people walking with me ...
2013 Contractor of the Year finalists named
Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Nov 28, 2012
Glendale Excavating, Vorhees, New Jersey, has been named one of 12 2013 Contractor of the Year finalists. Equipment World editors ...
Overheard: Is this what your customers say about you?
Posted by Tom Jackson on Nov 21, 2012
Try this thought experiment: Imagine if somebody called four of your customers and suppliers and asked them what kind of guy ...
Where to make $100K a year
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jul 24, 2012
From high school to $15 million in ten years. With all the wenging and weeping about the job market, it's ...
Smart contractors read their daily paper
Posted by Tom Jackson on Jun 04, 2012
When I read of the demise of the daily print newspaper I can't help but think back to something our ...





