Commercial Space
Ver-Tex Construction, and its recent acquisition Brambier’s, rebranded as Contexture to reflect the company’s evolving strategic direction on improving building environments, its expanded portfolio...
Utilizing the 5Ss: Part 2
There are many benefits that your organization can reap from implementing the 5S program. Originating from a Japanese focus on organizing and bringing orderliness...
Knowing is Half the Battle
Construction worksites, by nature, are generally hectic, busy, and more slimly staffed due to work-saving technology and the raw reality of today’s economy—which favors...
Renting Wheel Loaders Makes Good Business Sense
Whether you’ve won a bid for a short-term project that may not justify the purchase of a wheel loader, or you’ve exhausted your annual...
Management’s Guide to an Injury-Free Construction Site
It should come as no surprise that safety is a major concern for every construction company, large or small. Beyond the obvious impact on...
Up With Local Leadership
I swear if I read another blog about the leadership lessons of some famous leader, I’ll gag. I’d much rather read about real leaders...
Maximize Purchasing Power on Your Next Equipment Acquisition
Global economic factors—declines in the mining industry and commodities markets to name a few—are impacting the equipment industry. For buyers, that means more inventory...
Training and the Bottom Line
As contractors embrace larger, more sophisticated lift and access machines, it becomes increasingly important that their operators and service personnel are properly trained to...
Solution to Reduce Construction Risk
Three quarters of building owners and contractors have experienced a dispute or claim in the last 3 years, and nine in ten say increased...
Winning Ways
Your company can work hard bidding on lots of construction projects and then rely on being the lowest-price contractor to win contracts. Or, you...









