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S1.E11: How Renting Equipment is Helping Solve a Contractor’s Labor, Materials-Availability Issues

When Johnson & Galyon traded its equipment for rentals, they freed up people and buildings where they can stage materials with long lead times. Here’s how it helps them get the ‘very best pricing’ from subcontractors.

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Why You Should Attend the IGNITE Construction Summit

Asphalt Contractor & Pavement Maintenance magazines are extremely excited to bring this unprecedented level of thought leadership to IGNITE attendees.

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S1.E10: Some Benefits that Convinced Johnson & Galyon to Spend More Renting than Owning Fleet

In deciding, the general contractor was ‘confident’ renting all of its equipment needs would cost more. Here’s how the move improved project and fleet management to make it a good investment.

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S1.E9: Contractor Counts the Ways Renting Improved its Equipment Operations

When Johnson & Galyon decided to rent all of its equipment needs from a single rental partner, they expected machine performance to improve but CEO Doug Kennedy seems a little surprised at how deeply the value penetrated into his company.

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S1.E8: The Surprises that Eased Johnson & Galyon into a Rental Partnership that Adds Value

How the east-Tennessee general contractor made it look easy to ensure pricing, quality and service it could depend on in structuring its commitment to rent all of its equipment needs from a single partner.

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How IRONPROS Helps You Be a More Informed Buyer

The new website, IRONPROS.com, is the first comprehensive buying research platform of it’s kind for the construction equipment, technology and workwear industries

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Cat Trial 13: When Your Book is Brought to Life

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Bobcat's New Platinum, Limited Edition E35 Compact Excavator Walkthrough

Drew Kolo and Mike Fitzgerald, excavator experts at Bobcat, provide a walkthrough of the company's limited-edition, high-end compact excavator.

IRONPROS 101: How to Make You a Better Buyer

Become a better buyer with IRONPROS, a destination site for expert-grade buyers' insights, research and comparison.

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Industry Leading Training for Construction Professionals

The Wirtgen America Center for Training & Technology features the education and training the construction industry needs.

KATO-CES Talks HD514-MR7 Compact Excavator Features, CONEXPO and Supply Chain in 2022

Kato’s 514 compact excavator boasts a comfortable cab, advanced telematics, a reinforced bucket, rubber pads for asphalt and concrete maneuvering and a standard blade.

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S1.E7: What Changes Convinced Johnson & Galyon to Trade In its Equipment Fleet for Rentals?

One of East Tennessee’s biggest general contractors took the long view of challenges presented by new equipment, vendor practices and labor availability to gain big improvements in equipment performance.

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Should You Sell Your Construction Equipment Online?

Online tools are available to sell your heavy equipment, safely and profitably

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Five Easy Steps for Selling Your Construction Equipment Online

If you no longer need equipment in your fleet, you have options for selling at a price point you can control

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Cat Global Operator Challenge: Slow and Steady Wins the Race

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S1.E6: How Jon Ballmann Turned a 5th Grade Dream into an Earthworks Business

Drawn to construction by the heavy equipment, Jon Ballmann’s fascination for earthworks has spread to all aspects of the business and kept his right-sized company growing at just the rate he wants since graduating from high school.

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Refine and Analyze People and Project Data

After a project’s done, contractors can look back and collect historical data — but there’s not usually a streamlined way to do so. Clear, holistic data is possible with cloud-based workforce management that provides a digital trail of project information

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S1.E4: Smart Grader Blade Satisfies Earthmover’s Quest for Versatility that Grows

Ballmann Earthworks is built on machines that not only do a lot of different jobs but also are efficient doing a lot of different sizes of jobs. Here’s how Jon Ballmann weighs the cost and payback on a ‘Cadillac’ grader attachment.

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S1.E5: Contractor’s Smart Investments Recruit Just the Equipment Support His Company Needs

Small earthmoving contractor Ballmann Earthworks continues to grow well beyond its owner/operator stage with the leader’s commitment to enlisting dealer fleet support so that he can nurture his business.

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Analyze Historic Trends to Plan for Your Next Big Project

LaborChart helps ensure construction project managers have real time insights into their labor pool to know exactly what their staffing is going to look like each day

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How Carbophalt G Strengthens Asphalt Pavements

The Simpson Strong-Tie glass and carbon fiber grid provides structural reinforcement and crack resistance for heavily trafficked pavements, extending the service life of the roadway