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Business & Technology

From self-cleaning and self-repairing to bendable and glowing, concrete is constantly evolving, regularly bringing technologically improved products to market.

Managing Slack is Essential to Your Business

Business & Technology Vol. 12 No. 6 - August/September 2012 by Jacob Webb Comments are Disabled

There is a big hairy monster lurking around your business. He’s not easy to detect and he has a real nasty habit of stealing from you. The monster I speak of is called “slack.”

Funny, Absurd and Just Off the Wall: The Year in Review

Yes, it’s that time of year again. The days are growing shorter and the leaves are off the trees, being blown around — and into your concrete work — by the forthcoming winds of winter.

Provide Free Extras Instead of Dropping Your Prices

Business & Technology Vol. 11 No. 8 - November/December 2011 by Doug Carlton Comments are Disabled

As more competition fights for fewer pieces of the pie, it will become increasingly tempting to lower your prices in order to stay competitive. I understand this completely, because I operate a decorative concrete company in one of the most competitive and hard-hit housing economies in our nation.

Things to Remember When Designing Decorative Concrete

Tips & How-Tos Business & Technology Staining & Coloring Concrete Vol. 8 No. 5 - August 2008 by Shellie Rigsby Cordell Comments are Disabled

Designing decorative concrete is no different from any other process that has endless options. The first step is to ask the questions that define the project and guide the design.

Public Works Projects: Start Your Bidding

Tips & How-Tos Business & Technology Vol. 8 No. 3 - May 2008 by Erin Ansley Comments are Disabled

To bid or not to bid? That is the question. And it’s one more and more contractors have been asking themselves lately, especially as public works departments are increasingly incorporating decorative concrete into municipal plans. But where does one begin?

Customer Service Continues Long After the Concrete Dries

Business & Technology Vol. 6 No. 5 - October/November 2006 by Larry Ross Comments are Disabled

Problems two years later? The timeline for customer service has no limits.
In this age of customer service, you should never turn your back on a client with a problem.

Tips from Concrete Contractors who Embrace Customer Service

Business & Technology Vol. 6 No. 3 - June/July 2006 by Wendy Ardolino Comments are Disabled

Contractors share customer-service tips that help make their businesses successful.

Marketing for Concrete Contractors

Business & Technology Vol. 6 No. 1 - February/March 2006 by Christina Camara Comments are Disabled

Many contractors believe that their workmanship will sell itself, but too often, they depend on referrals. Decorative concrete contractors are artisans, not necessarily salespeople.

Where Have All the (Skilled) Workers Gone?

Business & Technology Training & Education Vol. 17 No. 8 - November/December 2017 by Greg Iannone Comments are Disabled

Having had the opportunity to travel this great nation from coast to coast and visiting many places in between, I’ve heard a common statement about the current state of the construction marketplace in general and the decorative marketplace in particular. Sometimes it is uttered as a rhetorical question.