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Business

How to de-clutter your construction office into a (nearly) paperless, more efficient work space

Spring is the time of year when everything is new and fresh, so now that the season has officially arrived, people turn their attention to cleaning and organizing tasks. It’s the perfect time to tackle organizing work space, as well. A cluttered office not only makes you look disorganized to your employees and clients, but […]

March 23, 2015

Construction Equipment

New York’s Lawrence Merle, owner of Genesee Construction, named 2015 Contractor of the Year

In an awards banquet Saturday night at Wynn Las Vegas, Lawrence Merle of Genesee Construction Service was named Equipment World‘s Contractor of the Year for 2015. Genesee Construction in Dansville, New York, is an $11 to $13 million company that serves as a general contractor and specializes in site prep work. Each year, the Contractor of the […]

March 8, 2015

Construction Equipment

FLEET PROFILE: The most popular heavy equipment and brands among a sample of excavating contractors in the last 5 years

We were also interested in how a contractor’s buy list might change as he increased in size. For example, what would be the top three types of equipment for a contractor with annual sales of less than $5 million, compared to one with sales of more than $16 million? For this study, we looked at […]

March 2, 2015

Construction Equipment

DumpTruckLoads.com connects contractors and truck owners through an easy-to-use load board

A new construction industry start-up from Pennsylvania has launched a dump-truck-specific load board as an online service, accessible from both desktop and mobile browsers, that enables members to find trucks or loads. Dump truck owners can receive real-time load notifications via e-mail and text message from DumpTruckLoads.com, allowing them to work with contractors outside of their network […]

February 25, 2015

Workforce

With oil field cuts increasing, Texas contractors rush to hire and recruit laid off workers

Many workers in South Texas are currently experiencing a bit of déjà vu. During the recession, the U.S. construction industry lost about 2 million workers to layoffs and cuts, many of whom found steady, high-paying work in the oil and gas industry due to the fracking boom. And because so many found good work there […]

February 10, 2015

Success Stories

Precision Pipeline worked around the recession and desert turtles to become one of Utah’s top contractors

Landon Floyd grew up in construction. His father ran a small excavation and pipeline company in Southern California but moved to Utah when Landon was a boy because it seemed a better place to raise a family. Although his dad handed the reins over about 10 years ago, Landon grew up working for the company. […]

February 10, 2015

Business

Contractors, construction equipment manufacturers have much to gain from restoration of trade with Cuba

Though the restoration of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba has a long way to go, construction is firmly planted among the industries with the most to gain from the reversal of the half-century-old political stalemate announced by President Barack Obama last week. On Wednesday, Obama announced that he was ordering a full restoration […]

December 22, 2014

Technology

Two experienced fleet managers tell how telematics data helps make their companies more competitive, explain how to adopt the technology

There will come a time in every construction company’s life, when a trigger event will make the deployment of telematics not only advisable, but even necessary. And that time is fast approaching for almost every company, said Guy Gordon, CEM, director of asset management at Aegion, and Dan Samford, vice president equipment assets, Herzog Contracting. […]

November 10, 2014

Business

When the Marcellus Shale provided the opportunity, West Virginia contractor Dwaine Doss was ready

Most contractors understand you don’t waste daylight. But by the time the sun breaks over the mountains of central West Virginia, Dwaine Doss has already put in hours of work. When your customers are the top dogs drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale, starting time is typically 4:30 a.m. Quitting time? Don’t ask. Long […]

November 1, 2014

Technology

Smartphone use increases among construction contractors, as does use of apps, interest in video

Clear trends have emerged in the past four years as contractors rely more heavily on technology, according to a new Equipment World survey on Internet use and social media. In this year’s survey, 66 percent of contractor respondents say they have an Internet-enabled phone, a rise of 14 percent over the 2011 survey. This lags […]

October 27, 2014

Safety

Update your construction company’s safety plan to protect temporary workers

So, your safety plan is up to date, you conduct frequent, targeted training and your workers have bought into and contribute to your safety culture. What more is there to do? Think about your temporary workers. You may not hire them every year—especially during the downturn—but it’s likely you’ve either used them or will use […]

October 2, 2014

Business

It’s time for contractors to start financial planning for 2015. Here are 3 tips to get you started

Now that the construction busy season is winding down, it’s time to turn your attention to those housekeeping tasks you need to do each year in the fourth quarter. You need to step back and take a critical look at your company in preparation for planning for 2015. Not sure what to do? Here are […]

September 29, 2014