Category: Business
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How Autonomous Negotiation is Shaping Supply Chain Efficiency
The global supply chain faces unprecedented challenges, from geopolitical uncertainties to evolving consumer demands. In this landscape, the ability to swiftly adapt has become essential. While automation has long been a part of supply chain operations, the next frontier lies in optimizing one of its most complex and resource-intensive aspects: negotiation. AI Agents conducting autonomous…
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Why the Trucking Industry is Short on Drivers
Rarely has a single issue in trucking permeated every aspect of the industry’s successes and failures as has the truck driver shortage. While the issue is a perennial “Top 10” issue on the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual survey of critical issues in trucking, the truck driver shortage has experienced the perfect storm of growing…
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How Technology is Building a Safer Construction Environment
Construction is known for its inherent risks. The iconic image of workers casually eating lunch on a skyscraper beam with no safety measures highlights the risks that have long been present in the industry. In fact, 41% of the 34 deadliest jobs in the U.S. are in construction. While safety practices have significantly improved since…
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6 Tips to Make the Customer Experience a Breeze
Because it’s the offseason I decided we needed to have our garage floor coated. This was probably my first time calling contractors for quotes as a consumer, and let me tell you, being on the buying end of that phone call is a whole different ball game. I have encountered some companies that were a…
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Combat Bad Weather With Better Planning
Developing relationships with potential customers requires patience. ACI Asphalt & Concrete, LLC sales associate Mike Picott nurtured a two-year relationship with new client Tashitaa Tufaa of MTN in Fridley, Minnesota. He saw that come to fruition this season after lengthy negotiations. The customer’s goal was to create a new 157,995 square foot asphalt parking lot…
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How Job-Costing Helps Construction Companies Improve Their Bottom Line
Business ownership is hard. Grueling hours, financial risk, and constant unknowns are the life of most entrepreneurs. And for what? Most business owners are working harder and harder to grow their revenue, yet making meager profits, if any profit at all. Consider this. Would you rather run an $11 million business that generates $350,000 in…
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Bobcat Company Extends Heavy Construction Equipment Lineup
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in Business, Business Services, Compact Wheel Loaders, Construction Safety, Construction Technology, Dealers, Earthmoving – Compact, Earthmoving Equipment, Equipment, Equipment Management, Excavators, Featured, Heavy Trucks: Class 7 & 8, Loaders, Service Centers, Trucks, Trucks & Accessories, Worksite EquipmentBobcat Company has announced the expansion of its portfolio by adding new heavy construction equipment. Bobcat is adding four new large wheel loaders and two new large excavators will be available at select North American Bobcat dealerships in mid-Q2 2025. Large Wheel Loaders New to the Bobcat lineup are the L205, L235, L255, and L285…
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HCSS Upgrades HeavyJob for Utility Contractor Work Order Management
Heavy Construction Systems Specialists, Inc. announced the launch of an expansion to its management software – HeavyJob. The software update is made to better serve utility contractors managing high volumes of work orders. HCSS, a provider of construction management software, has expanded the capabilities of HeavyJob for utility contractors managing work orders for blanket contracts…
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Construction’s Favorite Scapegoat: Laziness | For Construction Pros
DISCLAIMER: I do know that there are individuals who exist and are lazy, but….America is not that. I recently saw an online asphalt-forum post that asked a simple and straightforward questions: “How many contractors were expecting to be shorthanded for the 2025 season?” The responses were anything but simple and straightforward. What is technically a…
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Diversifying the Workforce With Women in Construction
It is common knowledge for anyone in the construction industry that there is a labor shortage. The 300,000 unfilled construction jobs in the United States are looming large, and with only one in seven construction jobs filled by women, they are still an underutilized asset. These low women-in-construction stats should not discourage construction business owners…