Tips & Advice

Utilize a Pre-Engineered Metal Building for your RFP
Are you in a bidding war for a Request For Proposal (RFP) project? Though the fight is never fun, it’s worth your time to include a pre-engineered metal building when submitting your RFP. Sometimes you are the only person who shows up and you win by default, and sometimes the better bid wins. RFP bids …
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How to Build a Dynamite Referral System
You’ve hopefully seen the following scenario play out a number of times. You erect a steel building or remodel a home magnificently, and your customer is more than satisfied with your work. But you can’t just count on someone walking by, seeing your handiwork, and requesting your services. After you complete work for your customer, …

Helpful Technology for General Contractors
General contractors are always looking for a way to increase their profitability and effectiveness in the marketplace. While the tried and true methods still work, master and apprentice, alike, are embracing technology as a means to improve their business. Upgraded technology impacts not just contractor or customer, but also those working in the supply chain, …

Will You Save Money By Hiring A Superintendent?
It might be a good idea to place steel building construction site management in the hands of a construction superintendent. An on-site superintendent will give you more freedom to scrutinize financials and handle design issues. When you get tied up in the small parts of your building projects like HR duties, interviewing workers and dealing …

Steel Workshop Tool Review: SpeedHex FlipOut Cordless Driver
When I review tools, I look at a variety of factors. First, I try to review something I think you would want. If it’s a new idea or provides an innovative function, I have to take it for a spin. When I first saw the FlipOut Cordless Driver, I knew I had to get my …
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Steel Workshop Tool Review: Makita 18V LXT 1/2in. High Torque Impact Wrench
There are times when small tools will do the job just as well as larger, more industrial tools. But sometimes, you just need more power without breaking the bank. If you find yourself on a steel workshop erection site, you’re going to need a powerful impact wrench to put the building together. The Makita 18V …
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Steel Workshop Tool Review: DeWalt 1/2″ Pistol Grip Hammer Drill
If you’ve followed the steel workshop tool reviews in the past, you’ve gotten a chance to read about circular saws, inductive battery chargers, and even snow blowers. I like to try and pick tools I think you’ll actually use in your steel workshop, around your steel workshop, as well as on your steel workshop. Some …
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Stop Making These Construction Bidding Blunders!
Mistakes. They happen to everyone. You’ve made some, and you’re bound to make more in the future. It’s just a part of being human. Some blunders are really unfortunate, and paint you in a negative light, while most others are survivable. In the construction industry, the goal of every construction project is precision at every …
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Don’t Make These 8 Mistakes When Erecting a Steel Building
One of the biggest advantages to a steel building kit is its ability to be erected quickly and easily. Whether you have a lot of knowledge of the steel building erection process, or you just started bidding on steel building projects, you understand there is still a right way and a wrong way to complete …
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