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Tariffs & Infrastructure: An Update
Feb 01, 2019
If there is one aspect on which the major political parties can agree, it is that the nation cont...
Available Technical Resources & Products: An Overview
Feb 01, 2019
Having worked with a variety of heavy/highway and street and road construction companies over the...
Using KPIs to Measure Fleet & Facility Maintenance Effectiveness
Feb 01, 2019
Having consulted with many heavy/highway construction companies throughout my career, I’ve observ...
Best Practices in Fleet Management
Feb 01, 2019
Have you ever wondered why contractors of similar size and specialty organize and manage fleets i...
State Surpluses a Boon for Infrastructure Spending
Nov 01, 2018
For decades, it was conventional wisdom that the nation’s infrastructure problems had to be solve...
Telematics: Maneuvering Through Implementation
Nov 01, 2018
You’ve selected the right vendor who you are confident will deliver on their promises. Their prod...
ASUpdates for Nonpublic Business Entities: What’s New for 2018?
Nov 01, 2018
As the end of 2018 quickly approaches, construction financial managers (CFMs) should keep in min...
Are Your Heavy Equipment Operators Qualified?
Nov 01, 2018
If you work in construction, you have probably used heavy equipment on your projects. Heavy equip...
Highway Contractors: Get Your Employees Transportation Project Safety Certified & Save Lives
Nov 01, 2018
Every year, approximately 700 people die in roadway work zones, and thousands more are injured. T...
Recruiting & Hiring in the Heavy/Highway Construction Industry
Aug 01, 2018
Low unemployment, lack of skilled trades candidates, seasonal work challenges –these all help mak...
Why So Much?
Aug 01, 2018
History tends to repeat itself, especially when it comes to the economy. In August 2008, the Coun...
I Will Pay You Tomorrow for a Tax Deduction Today
Aug 01, 2018
Much like the Popeye the Sailor cartoon character, Wimpy, famously said he would “gladly pay Tues...
Leverage Technology to Maximize Construction Equipment Profitability
Jul 01, 2018
Best in class heavy/highway contractors have upper-quartile net income and perform at high levels.
Why Does Technology Fail?
Feb 01, 2018
Have you implemented a new technology in the past, only to find it fails to deliver the value exp...
Make Infrastructure Great Again
Feb 01, 2018
Here’s the situation – America’s infrastructure is a disaster. Occasionally, this brutal reality ...
ASUpdates in Focus: Part II
Feb 01, 2018
This article focuses on the new revenue recognition standard, Accounting Standards Update (ASU) N...
That’s Not Data, That’s a Piece of Paper
Nov 01, 2017
Safety is a critical and costly concern for Heavy/Highway construction companies, and moving away...
The FAST Act - Year Three Approaches
Nov 01, 2017
On its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the U...
Yellow to Green - Dispatch
Nov 01, 2017
Knowing where your equipment is and getting it where it needs to be is critical to the profitabil...
ASUpdates in Focus: Part 1
Nov 01, 2017
With the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issuing nearly 70 Accounting Standards Updat...
Adopting Mobile Technology for Field Operations
Aug 01, 2017
“How do we do more, faster and for less?” is a question contractors often ask as they reconcile p...