The latest business and management best practices, written by CONTRACTOR columnists and other industry professionals, for plumbing and mechanical contractors
The columns that are in this e-book cover some of the areas that seemed, to me, to be trending in our trades. I believe that they held worthwhile information that you, as tradesmen, could use, or maybe just a different perspective.
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NOW THAT'S a headline to catch your attention! Other than contracting the plague, or paying a lawyer, I can't think of anything a contractor hates more than the prospect of paying its subs' and suppliers' bills, particularly when the bills are not...
IN PREPARATION for writing this column, I visited extensively with one of the sharpest financial operators I know specializing in service contracting. I needed to get an update on his tough-minded credit philosophy. His claim to fame is having...
WHAT DO AIRLINE tickets and life insurance premiums have in common? The cost for the identical service can vary all over the map. Two unrelated airline passengers sitting next to each other on the same flight often pay different prices for their...
IF YOU STAY in the project management profession long enough, you're going to be assigned a "dirty" job, even if that job is a cleanroom or ultrapure water system. In my career I've always sought out the difficult jobs from which others shied away...
IN LAST MONTH'S column ("Active and passive solar pre-heat systems," pg. 36 ), the final system we addressed was the closed-loop pressurized system. One of this system's major Achilles heels is the potential for exposure to...
RADIANT HEATING IS an increasingly popular option in American homes. The process of laying out properly sized and configured piping runs manually is tedious and time-consuming. Computer assistance has streamlined the process dramatically, however...
I SPENT SOME time with a fellow phc contractor whose firm has been doing new home construction for three generations. He's ready to toss in the towel and feeling pretty low. In his end of the business, $35 per hour labor charges means he can&...
