Sponsored by: Danner No good building starts with poorly poured footings. In the same vein, no good contractor starts his day without a good pair of boots. Your boots are […]

If you’ve been a bricklayer for a while, you probably have a brand of trowel you prefer over others. But what makes one trowel better than another? The short answer […]

One of the perks of being self-employed is that you call all the shots. You don’t have a boss breathing down your neck, questioning you about where you’ve been, why […]

There’s a lot more to doors and windows than meets the eye. If you’re wondering how much doors and windows can really change over time, you might be astounded by […]

It’s a new era for getting paid: no longer are you stuck waiting for a check in the mail after completing a job. With all the options available to general […]

As a contractor, you obviously take pride in the work that you do. Quality work equals happy customers, after all, and happy customers equal more work down the line. If […]

If you’re looking to branch out from general contracting into a specialty, drywall may be the way to go. Since drywall is fairly ubiquitous in modern buildings, there’s rarely a […]

No one has an unlimited advertising budget, and the times you need more marketing are usually those when the bottom line is getting tight. The key to great public relations […]

Bad days happen. Some are worse than others, especially if they involve accidents or the loss of someone on your crew. Even those days when a lot of little things […]

When considering a new career path, the hefty price of higher education is often an unfortunate (but necessary) evil that you must face, in order to get the training and […]