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Should neighbors be informed before permits are approved?
If Montgomery County (Maryland) Councilman Roger Berliner has his way, contractors would be required to inform neighbors about building construction or teardowns, prior to getting permits approved. Berliner says his proposed bill wouldnât have any legal rights attached to it but serve only to âencourage early conversation with your neighbors.â One the one hand, this [âŚ]
January 6, 2010
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Granite Construction doubles profits
Hereâs proof that if you run a tight ship you can still thrive even in the down times. Graniteâs fourth quarter results show profits almost doubling, even while revenues shrank. Key to all this: tight cost controls. Granite is a heavy and highway construction company located in Central California.
January 6, 2010
Safety
NUCA charters a Colorado chapter
The National Utility Contractors Association has organized a Colorado chapter. The Denver-based unit will kick things off with an April 23 celebration. NUCA offers a boat-load of training and safety resources, plus plenty of networking opportunities. And they advocate for utility contractors at all levels of government.
January 6, 2010
Construction Equipment
Effort beats intelligence
Guess what parents? Those Baby Einstein toys youâre giving your kids may make them smarter, but if you donât teach them how to work hard, it may all be for naught. Scientific American cites three decades of research and concludes: âTeaching people to have a growth mindset, which encourages a focus on effort, rather than intelligence [âŚ]
January 6, 2010
Construction Equipment
Are you Contractor of the Year material?
If you think you are, if your construction company has annual revenues between $1 million and $10 million a year, you may qualify to enter our Contractor of the Year program. Equipment Worldâs editors choose 12 contractors from among all those who enter and take them on an all-expenses paid, three-day trip to Las Vegas, complete [âŚ]
January 6, 2010
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Roofer to writer: Put down that Crackberry, Iâm talking to you
When New Yorker writer George Packard happened to strike up a conversation with a New York City roofer he got an earful about how addicted people have become to modern communication devices. Killer quote: âThis was a completely new phenomenon in the rooferâs world: a mass upper class that was so immersed in symbolic and [âŚ]
January 6, 2010
Business
Credit crunch and the small contractors
The financial crisis isnât just about money changers and politicians. Itâs begining to put a squeeze on small business that depend on lines of credit and other financial products. As theirs is a capital-intensive business, small construction companies will likely be hard hit. If your banker isnât returning your phone calls you might check out [âŚ]
January 6, 2010
Roadbuilding
Case offers year-end promotion for contractors to gear up for 2010 stimulus projects
Racine, Wis.-based Case Construction Equipment today announced a âbuy now, pay laterâ promotion that offers customers up to six monthsâ delay on payments and interest for new equipment purchased before Dec. 31, 2009. âThe six-month no-payment offer will help our customers put new Case equipment to work today and delay payment as late as next [âŚ]
November 19, 2009
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Minnesota contractors stump for âverticalâ construction
Too much of the stimulus bill focuses on road and bridge construction, says a group of commercial contractors in Minnesota, and more needs to be done to jump start what they call the âverticalâ construction market. What the Construction Jobs Coalition really didnât say in the 23-page paper presented to the state legislature  is that theyâre basically [âŚ]
April 20, 2009
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56 contractors show up for $5,000 job
In a sign of how tight times are 56 contractors showed up for a prebid meeting for a small job in Oregon. Of that group 16 submitted bids.
April 20, 2009
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