Concrete Contractor

1 week ago | forconstructionpros.com | Jonathan Kozlowski

New products are introduced to the general equipment and tool rental industry all the time. Whether these are announced as an updated solution, a brand new tool, or new equipment to add to your lot, these products found a problem and have been designed to address it. As published in the March/April 2025 issue of Rental.

1 week ago | forconstructionpros.com | Jonathan Kozlowski

As the construction industry and concrete contractors across North America handle the skilled labor crisis, earlier this year the workwear brand Carhartt launched it's inaugural "Steel Apple" initiative to honor educators shaping the next generation of skilled trade workers. The awards are an extension of Carhartt’s “For the Love of Labor” program – an ongoing initiative that supports nonprofit organizations as they educate, train and place workers into skilled trades careers.

1 week ago | forconstructionpros.com | Jonathan Kozlowski

Picture this: a customer comes in requesting a specific piece of equipment they need for the next couple of days. It's in stock. You do your due diligence, capture their information, set up the agreement, take payment, etc. After a quick inspection and confirming the machine is in good order, it's brought around to the front. The customer brought their own truck and trailer. Simple. Easy. Straight-forward. You never see that asset or customer again. The information they gave you was false.

1 week ago | forconstructionpros.com | Brad Humphrey

It is not uncommon that most general contractors conduct a post-project review. Sometimes nicknamed the “post-mortem,” the intention is to huddle the primary leadership from a given project to debrief on its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that need to be eliminated. Sub-specialty contractors can learn from this same winning “best practices” process.

2 weeks ago | forconstructionpros.com | Jonathan Kozlowski

Trimble and Liebherr announced that the Trimble Ready technology will be a new factory option for the new line of Liebherr PR 776 Generation 8 bulldozers. This allows bulldozers shipped direct from the Liebherr factory to be pre-equipped with a Trimble Ready kit, streamlining onsite installation of the Trimble Earthworks grade control platform. By reducing both cost and complexity, this factory-installed option enhances efficiency for operators.