Offering Epoxy to the Homeowner By Mark Bekker, Owner of Floormaster The uses of epoxy are as wide and various as an understanding of its chemical properties. It is often used in the commercial and industrial sectors, but an often overlooked area of growth is the residential sector.
How to Make Your Training Stick By Brannon Dreher, Client Engagement Manager at Tortal Training Six months after you trained your home office staff, you discover that right after training, they started applying some of the customer-service strategies you taught them, but have now abandoned them and it’s back to “business as usual.”
Why Training Means a Lot to Millennials By Evan Hackel, CEO of Tortal Training Today, most millennial workers would object strenuously to the same kind of conditions that baby boomers (and members of the generation that preceded them) thought were normal.
Predict-Ability: How Partnering Scorecards Can Dictate a Project’s Success By Sue Dyer, President of OrgMetrics LLC How would you like to be able to predict the level of success — or failure — of your projects? Well, it seems that reality is closer than you might think.
What Should Contractors Look for in a Certified Applicator Network? By Silvia Caputi, Marketing Coordinator for Epoxytec What makes a mutually beneficial program in which manufacturers and contractors both benefit? Here is a list of the top five considerations contractors should contemplate before joining any certification network.
What to Expect From a Coating Inspector By Michael Harkin, President of FeO In many industries, achieving a high-quality result is too important to leave to chance. Moving on is not an option. The stakes are just too high to trust the workmanship to a contract and a handshake.
Greatest Hits: Application Tips for Deck, Patio Coatings By Ben DuBose Even though polyurethane or polyurea coatings may add cost to an initial project estimate, these coatings can pay for themselves in no time based on their ability to prevent many issues.
New Shift in Manufacturer’s World By Bob Wolf, Owner of Consulting Company Corrosion Protection Resolution (CPR) Paint giants in the United States have stores and centers throughout the country. This gives the contractor immediate access to the products needed. However, there are several specialty and global manufacturers that do business in the United States and do not have the same distribution outlets.
Proper Parking Structure Maintenance: Catching Problems Early By Carter Pogue, Sales/Project Manager for Western Specialty Contractors Vehicles regularly entering parking garages leave water, oil, and other muck behind, not to mention salt and de-icers tracked in during the winter months that can corrode the structure’s concrete and steel support system.
The 12 Factors that Build Phenomenal Leaders By Dr. Kevin Coughlin, DMD, MBA, MAGD When you think of leadership you are actually thinking about influence. At its core, leadership is really about the influences on the people around you and the ability to move them in certain directions to achieve certain goals or objectives.