Jude Nosek “There’s a better way, find it.” Thomas Edison. \ In 2009, after I had been with Keson for a few years, I received a gift from a mason in a small store in Eastern Washington. I was demonstrating one of our iconic chalk line reels, the Little Giant®, to the store buyer and counter …
On The Level: Keson and SOLA: You Are Doing It Wrong Read More
Contractors have unique abilities, equipment and training to “see” things that almost no one else can. You can merely look at a set of plans and see, right then and there, if a proposed project will not work – even though it was designed by the expert architect or engineer.
Paul Oldham, MCAA Chairman World of Concrete/Masonry 2021 in June– who would have thought this event would be held in Las Vegas during the summer? ‘Never say never’ is something I seem to say a lot in our business. As we prepare to head to Las Vegas later this week (remember I have to …
Damian Lang You have decided it is time to sell your pickup truck. Simply parking it in your front yard and hoping for the best is not going to cut it. That is not the most efficient means of communicating its availability for sale. You are going to need a sign, but not just …
Contractor Tip Of The Month: Asking the Right Questions to the Right Audience Read More
Words: Corey Adams Everyone agrees that the base labor rate is an important number to figure out and know. We must know what to charge, and our base labor rate is the fundamental building block of our labor estimates. There is, however, a flip side. After the job is completed, there is a number ignored …
Building More: The Number Behind Jobsite Efficiency. Read More
Jude Nosek, We will tackle a few topics on family businesses and on some of the tools we use to “measure and mark” what we do. They are topics and tools that we have found helpful in orienting ourselves toward building an effective, productive, and fun business. I was recently asked if I had an …
For starters, the average American has no idea just how physical doing mason work is. This makes the title of this article even more important. There’s one thing that’s the foundation for all of your financial plans – YOUR INCOME. Your ability to earn a living is one of your greatest assets and it needs …
What Happens If YOU, the Mason Contractor Got Hurt and Couldn’t Work? Read More
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