Heavy Construction Equipment Podcast

While you set up any form of business, you should not end up using all your capital in buying resources. Remember that you also need money to meet other operational expenses which if not taken care of at the right juncture can prove to be extremely disastrous for your business. Hence, you can’t afford to invest all your monetary resources in buying items which are however essential for your business but still can be possessed using an alternative means. It is essential to prioritize your business needs and understand if you can opt for any other means to possess a resource rather than have to buy it. In the construction sector, heavy equipment play a significant role towards the beginning and the conclusion of a project. However, these machines are extremely expensive and often not within the reach of small time contractors and construction companies. Now if you do not possess heavy equipment you have no other means to start your work. You need some equipment or the other to begin. The solution is to rent heavy equipment if you can’t buy it. If you rent then you are only obligated to pay the rental and as long as you see a need for the machine you can continue with the rental contract and when the work is over you can hand it over to its owner. Even a small startup construction company can easily afford to pay the rental of heavy equipment. It is also easy to get hold of people who are letting out their heavy equipment on lease. All you need to do is check out on people who rent heavy equipment and see if they have the machine that you are looking for. Other major advantage of skipping to buy heavy equipment and taking it on rent is that you do not have to worry about paying the creditor for the machine. It is obvious that if you can’t afford to buy it you will have to borrow it and then you got to pay your creditors at the beginning of each month. If in case you fail to pay them then it may have serious damage on your reputation, credit ratings and you may also end up losing your machine. This is definitely not that you would want to happen and hence carry on your work using heavy equipment that you procure on lease. While you use heavy equipment on lease, you must ensure that you take uttermost care of the machine because if it fails to work then you got to bear the expense of repairing it and getting it back to business. You just can’t hand it over to the owner saying that the machine is faulty. Also remember to inspect the machine well before you procure it. It is advisable to go along with a mechanic or an expert to inspect the machine. If you know to operate it, try your hands on it and check if it is worthy to be taken.  

Technology has made lives simpler in many ways. Right from the beginning of the day to the end of it, we are completely dependent on some or the other form of technology. It has also helped us a lot in managing our businesses. You pull out any business out of the blue and you will find the need of technology in it. It has helped us in a big way in becoming what we really are. Talking about the construction industry, the need of state of the art machines are hugely felt in this part of the sector. Moreover the heavy equipment are expensive and therefore it is presumably out of the reach of many. As long as one goes out to a lender to lend money to buy heavy equipment the person will be able to buy one or else he has to depend upon people who are willing to let out their machines to folks who need them for construction purpose. Technology has played a vital role in creating a platform where the people who possess heavy equipment but do not need them for the time being can get hooked with guys who have a construction project running and are in dire need of construction machines. One can make use of this platform to meet each other’s business requirements. The party who is renting his heavy equipment needs to register on an online portal that works in the line of connecting people who wants to buy/sell/ lease heavy equipment. Once he is registered with the site, he needs to prepare a listing where he should put up pictures of the machine and give an elaborative description. This needs to be done to inform visitors about the machine and why they should take this one on rent. The person who is listing the heavy equipment on an online portal should remember that before he registers with the portal he should also check how known it is amongst people who usually look out for renting heavy equipment. This research is important as it will give a clue to the person whether he will receive many visitors on his listing. The person will be paying some fees to the online site for listing the machine and he should ensure that he is able to rent it in the very first attempt. Spend some time on internet to know which site people prefer to go. Apart from that, what are their security policies and how effectively do they stand to protect the rights of the parties involved in the transaction. Some online portals also have their agents who help their clients with the agreement part. It is a must to prepare an agreement before you lease out your heavy equipment. The agreement should include all the points that protect the rights of the owner of the machine. After all, you want to receive the heavy equipment in the same state as you have given it to the party.

We are all concerned about our business assets and in no way do we want that to be misused by anybody. It is therefore when we have to rent our office premise or any business related equipment for a temporary period we try to be as cautious as we can so that the person who will use it does not make a mess of it. We know that the items will come back to us and we definitely expect it to come back to us in the same state as we have given it to the user. When we are so cautious about our machines which are often meant for normal use, we can imagine how cautious we have to be when we are dealing with heavy construction equipment. These machines can’t be used in a smooth manner because it is just not meant to be used in that way. Heavy equipment are meant to work in rough conditions irrespective of how turbulent the weather is and we expect it to continue to perform in the same fashion for many more years. When we are thinking about renting heavy equipment we just can’t afford to be callous and need to give it to a person who knows how to use it well and then also maintain it. One should follow the below mentioned tips if they are in the process of renting heavy equipment. Try to rent it to people you know:- If at all you are able to rent heavy equipment to a person who you have known for the last many years you will be assured that the person will use the machine in the most optimal way and will not exploit it which may cause harm to the machine. So when you have decided to lease out the heavy equipment, spread out the word in your business circle so that people who are known to you will come down to you if they are interested to take it on rent. You may also invite people who can come down with reference. You can always cross verify with the person whose reference has been used. This is perhaps one of the healthiest ways to search for guys who are looking for heavy equipment on rent. Be clear with the terms:- You may have several terms that you want to put across to the person who will take your machine on rent. You should be quite vocal enough and speak all the terms clearly. The taker should not have any question or doubt in his mind. Also make sure that you prepare an agreement that will contain all the terms in it. Take help of an experienced attorney who has been dealing with preparing documents for renting heavy equipment for the last many years. He will be in a better position to mention all the clauses that will protect the rights of the owner of the heavy equipment as well as the user. Make sure you have that notarized and keep a copy with yourself.

Most of the business decisions are taken at the end of a meeting. However, it largely depends upon how prepared the person is who is seeking for work or is selling his product. You got to make an impact in the minds of the listener with your presentations and ensure that they find it to be impressive. Anything short of impressive can turn out to be a disappointment for you. Therefore, leave no stone unturned when you are preparing yourself for a meeting and make sure that you have all the content with you that you will share with others to get business. At times you have to go through a series of meeting before hearing a final yes and that could be quite agonizing as well as annoying but you have to give your best at each shot that you take. Remember that there are too much of competitors around and they are also vying to sell their product or get the business. You have to prove that you are the best and can offer what others can’t in terms of services. In order to get a construction project one needs to be very sharp with his presentation skills. He needs to mention all his achievements and parallel projects that are being managed by him to the people in the meeting. Your website would contain this information but during the meeting no one would want to visit your website to validate the facts and therefore you should take this opportunity to pose the facts in your way. Try not to state something that is not relevant or does not exist. The guys in the meeting will definitely verify the information given by you before they decide to give you the work. Hence, do not speak out a word that is not true. You can play around with things that your company has been involved in or engaged with but in no way overstate your role or else you may get caught. Carry a formal approach:- Your approach will be the first thing that will be witnessed by the project givers. Presentation comes later, what comes first is the way you are looking at that point in time and how you carry yourself throughout. Wear something formal which looks decent and professional. For men, try not keep a beard but if you have to sport one, trim it so that it looks good. For ladies, they just need to ensure that they do not overdo their make-up. Do not apply a lot of cosmetic on your face. That may ruin the way you look. Try to keep it normal all throughout the meeting. What you speak matters:- You may have a splendid power-point presentation but that will not help if you just read from the slides. You should rather remember which slide contains what information and should talk your mind. This will show how confident you are and how much you know about your own company. People will definitely go through the slides but they will be more interested in listening to you. This is where you should prepare yourself the most.

Human resources are perhaps the most important resource in every industry. You can have good machines, may be rich with financial resources but as long as you do not have humans to control them and work on them, it is futile to have so much of resources at your disposal. It just does not make any sense. There should be a blend of all the resources to run a business which also involves humans. So when we talk about human resource, it should be limited to men who have the capability to perform the work given to them. You can’t expect anybody to do anything. For instance, you can’t expect an engineer to operate a machine for you. He is just not meant to do that work. His expertise lies in some other trade and you have to give him that work. Precisely in the construction sector as well, you are expected to follow the same rule. You should hire labor according to the nature of work and as per their expertise level. Once you have hired the efficient workforce you should be cautious and treat them well so that they do not leave you for a better company. Just by paying them a high salary you can’t keep them content. They need a better treatment from you and if they get what they want then there is high chance that they will stay with you for long. Moreover, you also can’t afford to lose your men especially when they are skilled and hold an important position in your company. A good supervisor is very hard to be found. He is the one who has his grip on the labor. In order to get the work done, he will tighten the grip and when there is less work or no work, he will ask his boys to relax. He is also a person who has earned the respect of his boys and his boys will not say no to him when asked to work beyond working hours. This supervisor is an efficient employee for you and you can’t let him go for any trivial reason. Be a boss with a friendly nature:- When it is about people management, you can’t afford to be bossy with them. Professionalism is expected in every professional industry but at the same time one much also keep in mind that the guys with whom he will be dealing are men like him and they will delightfully do a work when asked in a friendly manner. If you maintain a friendly attitude towards all the employees of your company they will indeed work harder for you and will not want to leave you. Increase the pay on an annual basis:- It is needless to say that we all work for money and one expects a slight increase in his salary at the end of each year. At times, you have had a bad year with no much business and hence have not earned enough profit. In such a situation, you should take all of them into confidence and explain the reason why there will be no increase or a minimal increase in their package. There is high chance that they will understand your position and will stick to you.

We have often come across companies that perform well, make a brand and then sell it to another big company. This is indeed a good way to earn handsome money in a short period of time. However, there are also instances where a big company has taken over a not so famous, sick and dilapidated company. It does that just to acquire its resources and give the owner of the company its share for selling the unit to him. There involves a lot of risk when you buy a sick unit. Firstly, you have to put in a lot of effort to get the company back on its toes and in order to do that you have to have a strong foolproof strategy in place. Therefore, experts in the respective industries often term this kind of takeover to be a dangerous one. But people have their own reasons to buy a non-performing asset. The reason is the non-performing asset is still an asset and before it turns into a liability it should be utilized for good. The risk is perhaps a little less when it comes to construction segment. It is because the company who buys the unit gets all its resources too and do not have to spend a fortune if it directly buys the same resources from the market. Moreover the transaction that happens is quite cheap. The company that is taking over the sick unit buys all its resources at a very cheaper price. It also gets experienced employees at the same rate. If it had to hire from out, the company definitely had to spend good amount of money in employing human resources which is saved in this case. Legal work should be accurate:- When you decide to buy a non-performing construction company and enjoy its assets you also have to make sure that you take care of the legal part very minutely. There are a lot of legal papers that needs to be cleared before you can actually buy the company. You also need some sanctions from the government of the state or county before you end up buying the unit. In order to make sure that the acquisition is done in the most proper way you should hire a attorney who knows about the laws of the land and can guide you accordingly. When you buy a construction company of some other state you are absolutely not sure about how things work there. This is where the attorney comes into play and will guide you through the entire acquisition process. Construction company of different genre can be a problem:- If you buy a company that deal with construction in forest lands and you have no intention to get into that it will make no sense to buy a unit related to that genre. If you construct houses then you should also buy a non-performing company that was into building houses. The men employed with the other company will know the kind of work and need not be re-trained completely.

Water pumps have multiple uses in a construction site. It is mainly used for clearing rainwater from a construction site or dewatering a reservoir where some construction work will be processed. There is no ideal construction water pump available that can suit in every occasion, contractors or engineers use one or more water pumps depending on the situation. These water pumps are evaluated on the basis of their performance, buying price, maintenance cost, and durability. Types of construction water pumps Scores of water pumps are available. They possess different capacities and other features. However, the water pumps used in construction works can be broadly classified under two heads: Centrifugal water pumps Positive displacement water pumps Centrifugal water pumps are mainly used in construction sites while positive displacement water pumps have a wide-ranging utility in different industries. Centrifugal water pumps These are the most-used water pumps can be used for displacing any kinds of thin liquids including water. Centrifugal pumps are very helpful in removing low-density liquids too. In this water pump, one or more rotating impellers are used for driving water into the pump and discharge it under high pressure. Centrifugal water pumps are available in the different specification in the market; however, the following are the most common types of water pumps in this genre: Axial Flow Pumps – In this pump water enters and passes out without changing the direction and the direction remains parallel to the rotating impeller. These pumps do not create very high pressure inside to discharge the water. Peripheral Pumps – These are also called turbines. In the pump’s casing, a rim like channel is fixed around which the impeller rotates. The impeller has blades on both sides of the rim, as the water or liquid inside rotates repetitively, the discharge pressure increases remarkably. Radial Flow Pumps – These are the most used pumps in the construction industry. Water enters the pump along the axial plane, it’s speed is enhanced by the rotating impeller and exits at a higher pressure at the right angle to the shaft. Radial Flow pumps function at higher pressures but lower rates of discharge than axial Flow Pumps. Mixed Flow Pumps – It is a combination of an axial flow pump and radial flow pump. It exits the pump at an angle that may be anything in between 0 to 90 degrees. Jet Pumps - These pumps are normally used to extract water from very deep reservoirs or wells. A jet pump possesses two parts, one that is fixed under the ground for pumping water and another above the ground for generating flow. Benefits of construction water pumps These pumps can be used in building and bridge construction works where water is needed constantly. A radial flow pump or mixed flow pump is generally used if any usable reservoir is available nearby. Otherwise, a peripheral or jet water pump may be used to bring water from a distant place or collect it from the underground natural water. The axial water pump is generally used to drain water that is stored due to rain or flood on a construction site.

Construction equipment always yield returns to you even when it is not in use. It is just that you need to ensure that the machine is given to someone who can use it on his site and pay you for using it. Many heavy equipment owners are usually concerned with the state of their machines that they will get back after a year or so. They feel that the user will not take care of the machine the way they did and therefore it makes no point to let it out to a person whom they do not know and repent later. Well, as a matter of fact, the users of heavy equipment also understand the importance of it being in good shape and hence are bound to take good care of it. If they do not then they will be at loss as they are obligated to give it back to you in the same state as they took it from you. They will not want to ruin the machine beyond repair. Also if they fail to take care of the machine then it will just not work and their business will suffer. For a construction company which has abundant heavy equipment and do not use them regularly, they can rent it out to small construction companies who can’t afford to buy construction machines. In this way, they not only help small companies to grow but at the same time they also make some money by doing this noble task. The point is how you would identify small companies who are in need of construction machines. The easy option is by spreading the word that you want to rent your heavy equipment in your business circle. Let everybody know about it so that they will spread it out further and you will be reached by someone who actually needs the stuff. In this way you will rent the machine to a person who has come to you via reference. You can also check on that person through his reference and then only when you are assured that you are giving the machine in good hands that you should go ahead with the deal. The other option available to you is to catch hold of agents or dealers who deal in renting heavy machines. In case if you are unable to find someone who is ready to pay you the rental amount you have quoted you better get in touch with these guys. They will help you for sure in hooking someone to your machine. They will also charge you some fees which need to be discussed in advance before the deal gets finalized. Before you let it out have a hearty talk with the user and tell him quite openly that you will not tolerate any major issue on the heavy equipment and if there happens to be a major problem then that needs to be fixed by the user and you are not liable to pay for its repairs.

Safety should be the prime motto of any construction company and also the employees in the company should give equal importance to it. Eventually, if the company is asking them to follow the safety parameters it is for the benefit of the employees. They will remain safe at work. Construction industry is considered as an industry that consist lot of perils for its employees. Day in and day out there are news of people getting injured or even getting killed in accidents happening on the site? As a matter of fact, most of the accidents that happen on a jobsite are due to negligence on the part of the employees and also once the accident has occurred they do not know what to do next. They leave it all for the paramedics to come and take care of the situation. It seems that they do not have the proper training to manage situations on their own which is one of the reasons why this sector sees so many fatalities. Now one also needs to follow certain safety measures while they are on the heavy equipment. For instance the operator working on an excavator has to pretty sure that while he is working there is nobody present in the vicinity of the machine. The excavator has to move to and fro and also has to swing its arm every now and then. It is not possible for the operator to keep a tab on who has come near to the machine and therefore people should avoid coming near to it while it is at work. The operator also has to be responsible for his own safety. For instance, he should be wearing proper gloves so that if he inadvertently touches anything that is extremely hot he will not damage his fingers. Also wearing boots all the time he is there inside the cabin is a must. These safety points should be a part of his training program. A list should be made on what the operator of an excavator should do and what he should not and he should be following those safety rules religiously. For instance, before he starts working with the excavator, he should check if the brakes are working fine. Also check if the levers in the machine are in order. An engine check should also be done. The operator should report any shortfalls right away to the supervisor or to the team who handles issues pertaining to heavy equipment. So while the machine is getting repaired, if there is a spare excavator that can be used, the operator can jump on that one or else wait till the time the first one is not fixed. The construction company should also encourage its operator to take safety trainings at regular intervals. You get to learn a lot in such training programs. The trainer will bring those facts that you were unknown to and also very important to you as far as your safety is concerned. Working on an excavator is fun provided you are following all the necessary safety measures. Related articles across the web Trailered backhoe overturns during haul, kills driver in California

Heavy equipment is one of the most important element s in the present era, because of its contribution in the constantly growing construction industry. With new constructions being made every day, without the heavy equipment, it would be quite difficult to do these extensive jobs in such a fast pace. Even the workload would be multiple times higher and would require more workers. Hence, to minimize time as well as to minimize expenditure, the heavy construction equipment plays a huge role. However, they do not come for a pocket-friendly price. Therefore, it requires a great deal of maintenance for the heavy construction equipment. Along with maintenance, what is equally important for the heavy construction equipment is to paint it occasionally. Importance of Painting Heavy Equipment: Just as cleaning the heavy equipment off dirt and dust is important, it is equally important that you paint the heavy equipment occasionally. There are many reasons behind it. Increases longevity: Just as high quality paint increases the life of a property, home or other concrete elements; it also increases the life of the heavy equipment as well. These commercial vehicle paints are made of chemicals and materials that can protect the metal structure of the machine from dust, dirt as well as moisture. Increases resale value: When you wish to sell your old heavy equipment and buy a new one instead, always make sure that the equipment is painted well. This will give it an almost new look, which will certainly increase the price of your equipment. It is worth spending on the painting expenditure, if you want to increase the price of the machine or if you want to sell it fast. Give it a Branded Look: The branded heavy equipment comes with high quality paint and finishing. If you want to enjoy ownership of your heavy equipment that has a branded look and appeal to it, painting is the first step. Painting the Heavy Equipment Yellow: Now that you have understood the importance of painting your heavy equipment, it is also important that you know which colour is the best for you. If you go through the branded heavy equipment, you will see that they all come in a bright yellow colour. The reason behind this is that the yellow colour is a highly visible colour. Hence, be it early in the morning or in the bright sun or even at dusk, when there is very minimal light, the yellow colour is highly visible whenever light reflects on it. Therefore, painting it yellow is the best choice, so that potential accidents can be avoided. Conclusion: If you are thinking of painting your heavy equipment afresh, make sure that you choose the best quality paints and also have the painting done by the professionals. There are professional heavy equipment painters, who will clean your equipment at first and then paint the new colour professionally, so that your equipment gets a completely new look. It is not every day that you will be painting your heavy equipment. So, choose only the best, without compromising on your budget.

Grading has always been considered as one of the most important functions in the construction industry and particularly in road building work. Therefore it becomes quite crucial for the construction company to buy the best grading machines available in the market and also hire the best men who know how to work on those machines. The operators need to be really experienced as far as their job is concerned. They need to know the tricks of the trade more than anything else. Operating the machine is one thing but knowing the tricks to complete the work is what many construction companies expect from the operators. So if you are the one who knows motor grader tricks you might find your place as an operator or also as an instructor in major construction companies that are involved in grading works. Since construction companies gives more stress on the tricks of using a motor grader, it makes more sense to know what tricks in particular are they looking for in an operator to know so that the operator can work in those areas that is required for him to get into the best of the company. Knowing your machine well:- This is perhaps the most important trick that one should learn first. Just by the noise of the machine when you start the engine that you should know if it will work fine the whole day or will there be some sort of problem that may crop up as the day progresses. You can expect quick work only when the machine is in good shape or else there is a possibility that it will run slow during the major part of the day. Other than that, knowing the various functions in a grader is way too crucial for any operator. You just do not have run the machine but you have to run it effectively and in order to do so you need to ensure that you know the various functions attached to machine. Heavy equipment companies provide 2 functions for the same job. One will be a quicker one and the other will be the normal one. So if you are the genre of conventional operator who shies away from trying new things then it is a problem. You got to learn the new part of the story to become highly productive. Soil composition and blades:- Different types of blades are required to work on different types of soil. You can’t use the same type of blade on all kinds of soil. The trick again begins with knowing which blade should be used for what type of soil. One particular type of blade can be used for a soil that is not meant for it but it will be very time consuming and will lead to many days to grade a small plot of land. You should use the right kind of blades for grading work and it is the responsibility of the operator to know which blade to be used on what type of soil.

Right from our childhood we are taught to work hard and were made to understand that hard work pays you off in time. There is absolutely no second thought on the fact that there is no substitute for hard work but there is something more than one need to do to climb up the ladder and it is to keep his conduct good. You will be loved by your co-workers if you are good to them. It is as simple as this. You be good to others and expect the same from them. Other than having a good rapport with your team mates and colleagues you should also ensure that you give your best in terms of performance so that your supervisors should think about you whenever they have to assign a challenging task to someone. You should make such an image in front of your superiors. It is also important that all the higher level management must know you for your work. Growing in an industry is a tough task but it can be achieved if you are a person who knows to respect others and also respect your work. Good conduct is one of the most essential criterions in the construction industry that will decide how quickly you will be able to climb up the ladder. Knowing your work is equally important but it will not help you for long if you are not good in conduct. You should work on your mannerisms if you are not so good in it. Wishing everybody in the morning with a smiling face can work wonders for you. Your colleagues will appreciate your wishes and will know you as a well-mannered person. This will go really well with your bosses who play a key role in promoting you. Interact with people and try to remember people by their names:- Interaction is an essential part of the construction business. Every now and then you are required to speak to somebody from a different department. So if you have a good rapport with guys from other departments you can get your work done quickly and this is possible only if you interact with them on a regular basis. To have a little chat with the guy working in the next department you need not go to him with some work. You can simply say a “Hi’ to him and spend a couple of minutes talking to him about his well-being. He will certainly appreciate it. Also try to remember names of people. It is certainly not an easy task to remember names of every person whom you meet but if you can manage to do so it will yield rich dividends. Be helpful to people:- In the construction business, a person can be of immense help even though he does not know how to get things right. It is all about connections that will let him help the guy who comes to him seeking help. If you know a lot of people in the organization and if someone comes to you seeking help, you can direct the person to the right guy. If you are helpful to others you get noticed and this eventually helps you to get promoted.

Operators at times have a hard time while operating heavy equipment. They feel that while they are used to one particular type of machine when they are given to work on an equipment that has new configuration it takes time for them to understand those configurations and get their hands used to the system. They also have to understand the various features and their importance that is installed in a machine making the process more complicated. However once they are used to the system and they understand the features well they do not see much problem in using it. Using a bulldozer in particular has been found to be tougher amongst operators as compared to any other form of heavy equipment. The most common issue encountered by many operators is with steering the machine in the right direction. They sort of tend to lose their control while maneuvering the machine which leads to casualties and losses. There has to be a systematic way to use a bulldozer and that is discussed as follows:- Enter the cabin with a calm mind:- We have enough problems to deal with in our day to day lives but we can’t carry the load of those problems with us wherever we go and especially when it is about going to work you simply can’t carry it there. You have to leave all your worries and hassles right before you enter the workplace and this stands right for the operator as well. You should not enter the cabin if you are tensed or worried about anything. You had a quarrel at home or an argument with your boss. It is better that you take some time doing nothing and clam your mind. You should not work on a bulldozer while you are angry or running through emotions. It can turn out into a bigger mess. Have a chat with your friend, check out a funny video on YouTube and once you feel that you are fresh and ready to work, get inside the cabin. Have good control on the paddle and the brakes:- Keep your legs strong while you are using a bulldozer. You use your legs to increase or decrease the speed of the machine as well as when you apply brakes on it. Your legs should not be shaky while you are using the bulldozer. Ideally, the paddle of the bulldozer is located just behind the brake. This means that you should be well trained and have practiced enough before using the mechanisms. Use joystick to steer the machine as well as to use the blades:- Joysticks are quite a helpful device as long as you know how to use them. It can be used to steer the machine and also used to move the blades in the right direction. The blades of the bulldozer are used to shove the mud to give a plain surface. An operator who has loads of experience in using joysticks to move the blades can do the work the right way at the first time. Rest may take some time to master the work.

We never want to work in the same position as it gets a little monotonous doing the same work every day and over and over again. We do not work only to get money at the end of the week but we also work to get a sense of satisfaction from what we do and this is what drives us ahead in life. Moreover one should never make a comfort zone and live in it. That can be dangerous especially when it comes to forming a great career. Great careers are never achieved by living in the comfort zone. One needs to get out of it and strive hard to achieve something in life. Promotions are given to only those who want to do things differently and have the ability to work in an environment which is not so friendly. This is what most entrepreneurs look for in an employee. They want people who can take up challenges in life and can convert every calamity into an opportunity. Promotion can bring a rise in your salary:- There are 2 ways to bring a rise in your salary. The first is not an advisable one but still worthy in few scenarios and it is to leave your current company and move to the next one in search of better package. The second one sounds to be more logical which is to work hard and take a raise in your levels. Whenever you get a promotion, your package is increased. Other than the annual appraisal that happens in most of the construction companies, any hike due to a rise in the position is phenomenal. This is what your aim should be when you join a company. Try to know the different levels of promotion and how hard you have to work to get to the place you want to see yourself. You are known and respected because of your work:- If you perform and deliver high end results, you will be known amongst the various levels of management. Once that is done they can pitch in for you when asked about your performance and will give positive feedback. Many companies follow the tradition of checking with various departments about the performance of an individual before promoting him to the next level. Only if they get positive responses from basically all the levels of management, they go ahead with the promotion. Once you are known and you continue to carry the good work, you will be also respected for it. As and when you attain seniority in the company, the respect that you have amongst the masses will only grow. Generating a good rapport with almost everybody in the company:- Promotions are also given to a person who is a team’s man. If you are a person who can gel up well with your team members and with members of other teams, you are gaining popularity. Good rapport always comes handy during good and bad phases on life. So always maintain a good rapport with almost everybody and ensure that people know you for good reasons. This will help you to climb the ladder quickly than ever.

It has been always difficult to evaluate the performance of an individual who is working in your company or organization. You may have certain expectation from him and if at all you find the person to be anywhere short in fulfilling those expectations then you presumably mark him down in that parameter. However, he may have been exceptional in all other activities and therefore perhaps do not deserve the score. Therefore while you evaluate a person you should take into consideration his overall performance and not single out instances where he was not able to fare well. it actually does not go well with anybody who have been working from the core of his heart and then in the end gets to know that he is marked down on one such instance which was in no way crucial or have caused any harm to the prospects of the organization. In the construction business where you have a lot of men working for you, it becomes tougher to evaluate the performance of every individual. It is just impossible to keep a track of the performance of all the employees and then rate them. This is why you got to create a system where you can easily track the performance of your employees and can justify the scores that you give to them. Supervisors should stringently monitor the performance of the employees in their respective teams and present the report to their managers. The managers in turn will approve the ratings and will decide the rise in pay of the employee. Punctuality should be a crucial check:- All the employees in the company should adhere to their respective shift timings and late comers should be tolerated. The message should go loud and clear to all the employees in the company. Construction workers who arrive late at the site can eventually become the reason for delaying the work. Any delay will then have to compensate by overtime which means the company then needs to pay its employees more for allowing them to work for extra hours for the fault of few guys who had arrived late at the site. The company should take this very seriously and must mark down the latecomers during their evaluation. Their overall behavior and willingness to work:- Employees who have worked hard for the success of the company should be rewarded and it is the onus of the supervisors to pluck out people who have made commendable contribution. The supervisors should keep a close watch on the employees and check who is willing to work harder. Guys who have the quest to learn more about the business are the ones who should be given more opportunities and also should be given good ratings during evaluation. The behavior of the employee also plays a crucial role while assessing his performance. One should check how good the person is in bonding with his team and the kind of rapport he shares with other teammates. Employees possessing these qualities should be rated more than others.

We do not always get what we have wanted. There are many times when we have to hear No from people. Guys especially from sales have to deal with this word quite often. But they deal with it and do not get dejected. The moment you get dejected after rejections you tend to move out of the league and that is probably the end of your journey in that industry. Rejections are part of life. You will come across numerous instances where your idea or your effort will be rejected just because the other person did not find it worthy. However, this certainly does not mean that it was not a good idea or you have not done a good work. It is just that the idea or the work you have done did not go well with the situation at that point in time and has every chance that it will go well if you try it again. It should not let you down and force you to think negatively. That may go completely against you and you should avoid such thoughts coming to your mind. The construction industry has its share of good and bad phases. When the industry is doing well you will not see people rejecting you but the moment the bad patch makes its way in the industry is when you will come across a lot of rejections down your way. You will not get enough work and people for whom you have worked with delay your payments or will pay you less. Moreover, big construction companies also fail to enroll you on a big project. They may simply not have much work in their hands which is why they can’t give a share to you. These factors are certainly annoying for a small construction company who depends on these big guys for work and also when you do not have small projects coming your way it can be really frustrating. You should not let rejections become a factor to demoralize you. When things are not going well in the industry it will affect all and not particularly to you. You are bounds to hear rejections as well as say No to others as well. However, that is the time when you do some research on the industry. Spend more time in developing your website. Check the company’s performance in the last few months or years. Take into consideration all the factors that led to high profits in the business and also what went wrong when the profits were down. You need to dig in deep to get the real reasons out. This will help you in a big way to avoid repeating any mistakes that you have committed in the past. When you are busy with work you do not realize mistakes made in business. You just move over it committing it again. When the business is slow you get the time to ponder on these things and ensure that you avoid doing them and continue your endeavor to get more work.

Working as a subsidiary of any successful business will always fetch you good returns. In the construction sector, heavy equipment play quite a crucial role in the completion of the project and if you relate your business in and around this sector you will never run out of business. You will always have clients who will come to you for something or the other. Either they will want heavy equipment from you or their accessories or some vital part which may have gone faulty and want that to be replaced. This will always keep your business ticking and also the flow of customers. People who have spent few years in buying, selling or renting heavy equipment have made enormous wealth. They see this to be a good business and believe that the only thing you require to make this business a success is some knowledge on construction machines. If you possess that knowledge it is only a matter of sometime and you see success coming by. Starting a rental equipment business may sound to be too simple but aspirants should also keep in mind the complexities that they may encounter while they get into this. They should take some advices from people who have been in this industry for years and who can guide them in taking the right decision. Moreover, they should not consider this business as an easy earning method as there is nothing called as easy earning. Life becomes easy once you have taken enough hardships to learn a particular thing. So you may have to go through lot of hardships while you are in the process of starting a heavy equipment rental business and once you learn to run the business, it may then become simple for you. How much you know about heavy equipment:- Before you begin a rental equipment business, it is crucial that you understand which machine is used for what purpose. People will come to you for different types of machines and will ask various sorts of questions which you have to address. So as long as you do not understand what they are talking about you will not be able to give the correct reply. Also knowing a bit about the construction business will be highly beneficial. Just by knowing the type of work you should be able to suggest people the heavy equipment they should take on rent. Rental price vary from machine to machine:- After knowing which machine does what, the second most crucial thing that you need to know is the rental price of the different types of heavy equipment. Not all the heavy equipment have the same rental price. Their prices vary a lot depending upon its utility. You can’t rent a high rental price machine at a cheaper rate and vice-versa. No customer will take a low rental priced machine at a higher price and not knowing the correct price can have severe impact on the rental business. Other than that, you also need to know your profit margin or your commission that you will charge from your clients. These are quite important and rest just follows.

A businessman always wants to save money and at times he gets so much under the skin of saving money that he ends up not paying his employees their rightful dues. We call this as exploitation and exploiting your workers will lead you to no good. They will not say anything for a month or so but will definitely not take it forever. They will display their displeasure by not working up to their mark and gradually will leave for better. In this process you also end up losing some fine men and in today’s time it is very hard to earn loyalty of others. We work in a professional environment and we expect the workmen to be professional with their approach towards work. Similarly, they also set the same expectation when it comes to their package. Not paying them what they truly deserve will ultimately hit your work hard when you see their moving to some other company that pays them more than you do. In the construction business, you just can’t afford to exploit the laborers because if you try and do that it will backfire like anything. They leaving your project in the mid can have a drastic impact on your work and can completely leave it jeopardized. Do not play with your project by trying to save few dollars. It will cost you more than what you will be able to save. Payment should be on time:- The construction laborers have a family to run like you do. They also need to take care of their secured and unsecured loans and if you do not pay them on time then they will be unable to pay others on time. This will have a larger impact on their credit report and many other things that will be difficult for us to contemplate. In a nutshell, they should get their pay on time to meet their weekly expenses. Ideally, the construction laborers are paid on a weekly basis and therefore the company should have strong HR mechanism to ensure that the payments of all the laborers are accurate and done on time. Try not to delay their pay and in case if you foresee any delay in paying them, inform them well in advance so that they can make necessary arrangements. You also need to make sure that you pay all the other employees like the operators, site engineers, administrative guys and everyone who works for you. Losing men with skill and talent will be a big loss:- Paying your employees on time in just one side of the coin. The other side is to pay them as per the industry standards. You may be a small company but you can still afford to pay your employees what other small companies are paying. Your workers will understand your inability to pay them what a mammoth company can but will not be willing to take it if you pay them less than a small size construction company pays to its employees. They will not take long to leave you and move to the next best available option and construction sector will accept any person who is skilled and know his part of job well.

Every business has certain norms and the guys who are conducting the business need to follow those norms religiously. People have to follow those norms as it is and things that are not allowed just can’t be practiced in reality. Apart from that, there are certain things that are advised to do and few things that one should just avoid doing. In the construction industry there are many things that one should simply avoid because if they try to do that it can lead to serious complications. Breaching the law of the land:- In the construction business, you will come along people who in order to simply things from themselves do not abide by the law. They take their chance but in the end they also pay a price for it. To go against the law of the land is something that you should always avoid doing. If there are certain rules laid to conduct business, it becomes the moral duty of others to follow those rules. Right from taking sanction to building houses as per the limit laid by the law, one should follow every minute thing. Remember you are always being watched and if you play foul you will get caught someday or the other and once you get caught you may have to end up losing your business license. It is recommended that you do not enter that zone. Securing your jobsite:- One should have enough security measures to secure the jobsite from mischievous elements. Your heavy equipment are rested at night and there are chances that someone can break-in to your jobsite in the death of night and can steal the machines. Heavy equipment are expensive stuffs and they have good value in the grey market. You should avoid taking such chances. Hire good security personnel who can guard the jobsite once everybody has left the site. Install cameras in key locations. It is not feasible for the security personnel to keep a watch at every corner of the site. With the help of the cameras, the guys can do a marvelous job and can keep a watch on all the items. Moreover, you can number all the equipment present at the site. That will help the guys to take a count at the beginning of the day and also at the end of the shift. So security is something that you should never think to avoid. Take important decision without consulting others:- Important business decisions should be taken keeping the management in loop. Moreover, their feedback also matters a lot. Taking important decisions without letting the management know about it can have severe communication issues within the organization and can become really nasty. You should avoid making this mistake. Financial irregularities:- Any kind of financial irregularities should be avoided at any cost. To avoid this, one should keep a track of the accounts on a monthly basis and question if he finds something suspicious or questionable. Financial irregularities have the ability to eat up a might business enterprise in no days. So better take care of it at the bottom level.  

Construction work at many times can be quite challenging and it can be not everybody’s cup of tea. This means that the construction companies that are into building high rises may not find themselves comfortable with building dams or tunnels. They may have their expertise in one genre of the business and it definitely does not mean that they can’t try something else in the same industry but for projects that require experts to work, it is recommended that companies should stick to their genre of business and not move into the other genre. However, if they still want to try then they need to first gather enough details about the kind of work and also possess the required equipment to execute the project. Construction of tunnels is one such job that requires an expert to deal with. Companies dealing with construction work other than building tunnels may not understand how to begin and where to end the work. Therefore it makes sense for construction companies that have been dealing with construction of tunnels to dig their heads into it and execute the work with finesse. Investigating the land is important:- Investigating the ground condition is quite crucial to start with a major tunnel project. The company should first collect samples from boreholes by adopting geophysical techniques. Once that is done and everything seems to be ok, you can start with the excavation work. Now the investigation part is crucial because it will help the experts to foresee any possible dangers that might erupt once the construction work begins. Availability of heavy equipment:- Heavy equipment play a significant role during the entire process of construction of a tunnel. The company needs to have the best machine in place and also the best operator to control the machines. Now when we talk about heavy equipment, the most crucial is excavator. When you go about to construct a tunnel, you need to excavate the ground and rock to pave way. This work can be really dangerous if not done correctly and the operator needs to be very cautious when he is working on such a complex project. An experienced operator should be given the task to excavate the rock. Try not to involve a newbie in it. Once a way is paved the latter part of the excavation can be given to less experienced operators. Heavy equipment that are used in the project should meet international standards. Anything less than that can pose a risk to the lives of many involved in the project. Groundwater control should be maintained:- It is very crucial to maintain groundwater control. Any sort of water leaking or vertical shaft can largely reduce the stand-up time. This can lead to a risk of collapse if not checked in time. One can avoid the risk by installing dewatering pipes and pump the water out. Another technology that can be used is ground freezing. Ground freezing is an expensive option but quite effective. It freezes the ground and the soil surrounding the excavation until a permanent structure is built.

Construction cranes are valuable and essential properties for the construction industry. Cranes have some vital jobs on construction sites, especially when tall buildings, bridges, skyscrapers, etc. are constructed. Nowadays different types of constructions are done in odd places like in the middle of a river, or in a busy traffic area, where works can be smooth-sailing with the help of construction cranes. Utility of construction cranes Before cranes, construction industry worked differently as everything required human labor. Lifting, loading, unloading and shifting were done by laborers. It required lots of time and labor. The process was expensive too. The construction industry in many places needed to restrict their imagination and design due to lack of labor or expertise. These problems are readily solved ever since construction cranes were invented. It saves much time, labor and money of contractors or owners of buildings. Modern day construction cranes possess a huge capacity and a great many utilities. Types of construction cranes Various types of cranes are used depending on the requirements of the work and site location. Here are the mostly used construction cranes: Tower cranes - These cranes are required in building skyscrapers, bridges, and tall buildings. Tower cranes are normally fixed on the construction site with a strong base as long as construction works proceeds. They rise hundreds of feet above and can also reach out hundreds of feet horizontally. Tower cranespossess18-20 tons lifting capacity. Truck-mounted cranes – As the name suggests, these cranes are mounted on a vehicle and easily movable from one location to another. These cranes have two parts: the carrier where the crane is fixed which is also called lower, and the lifting component called upper. A truck-mounted crane possesses 13-14.5 tons capacity. Rough terrain cranes – It is a specialized form of thetruck-mounted crane where the tiers of the carrier are specially built for moving on an uneven surface. Outriggers are used in these cranes so that the system remains firm while loading and unloading. These cranes generally possess 35-80 tons lifting capacity. Crawler Cranes – A crawler crane is almost like rough terrain crane but it possesses crawlers or tracks for movement. The crawlers provide sufficient stability to this cranes, hence, they don’t come with outriggers. Crawler cranes possess high lifting capacity which starts from 40 tons. Railroad cranes – As the name suggest, these cranes are mobile but only on the railway tracks. They possess flanged when suitable for movement on the track. The lifting capacity of these cranes generally varies from 15-250 tons. Aerial cranes – These are the most modern addition to this product line. Aerial cranes are actually helicopters that carry loads to a great height or in an odd site like is a mountain site or in the middle of a river. Besides, telescopic cranes, floating cranes, level luffing cranes, etc. are also used in different construction sites. Again, contractors may require more than one types of cranes to work simultaneously. Cranes make any construction work rather easy and inexpensive than manual or semi-manual works. However, proper training for operation and safety is required while working with the cranes.

Construction brooms have a wide-ranging use in all types of construction works at all levels. These brooms have various purposes, especially in traditional finish of concrete slabs and road construction. Contractors use brooms to prepare a new concrete surface of a newly cast slab and polishing the bream of a slab for placing another one side by side. Brooms used in construction sites are specially made with metal fibers or hard plastic fibers. However, other types of brooms are also used in traditional construction methods. Construction jobs normally require hard bristle brooms, but in many situations, soft fiber brooms are also used for cleaning and washing purposes of the finished construction works. Kinds of construction site brooms Depending on the surface on which a broom is to be applied different types of brooms are used. Due to variances in the bristle size, material used, and bristle strength some types of brooms are not suitable on a comparatively soft surface, on the other hand, the hard surfaces always require hard bristle for cleaning or polishing. Inflexible brooms may form scratches on the hardwood, rubber, or other kinds of floors, while easy-going, synthetic bristles may not be robust enough on a concrete or metal setting. These days, machine driven brooms are also used in the large construction sites like in road or bridge construction. Here are some manual brooms that are regularly used on construction sites: Push broom: a push broom is used to clean a large area like a floor, or roof after the completion of construction work. Push brooms contain a long and flat head attached to a long wooden handle. The bristles are 3-4 inches long covered with a wooden or metal head that is generally 18-24 inches long. Amish broom – These brooms are made with strong corn-straw and generally bound and sewn manually. These brooms are the most traditional ones, low cost, and enduring. It is often used in a traditional finish for a concrete slab which is also called “broom finish”. It is used across the surface of a semi-dried concrete slab to create artistic patterns. Warehouse broom – These brooms consist of an oversize head with longer bristles. The head is specially designed to sweep heavy debris and fine dust from the concrete surface. These brooms work excellently on theuneven surface also. Whisk broom – These brooms have an extensive use in construction sites. They contain small handle not more than 6 inches but with a long bristle. Whisk brooms are used in dusting surfaces where construction work will take place. Broom construction Textures of the surfaces and types of dirt vary throughout a construction site, so selecting the exact broom construction is imperative for maximum dusting and cleaning effectiveness. Different kinds of bristles and designs are used in manufacturing brooms, like structural foam block, wood block, horsehair, Tampico, Palmyra, polystyrene, polypropylene, nylon etc. In road construction, rotary brooms are mostly used for fast and accurate works. Experts are adding many new features in the construction brooms these days to enhance their utility, ergonomics, and practicality.

Guys who have big businesses today have started with something small at one point in time. They took help of other companies and incorporated their assistance in the work and simultaneously both grew. The thumb rule of success of any business is do not do everything on your own. Allow others to be a part of your business and take their assistance. The companies whom you will share your project with will provide you the necessary resources using which you can grow and make more money. No company wants to utilize all of its finances to buy resources when it can easily incorporate another company to get the work done and simply share the profits. This is what the Repo companies also believe in. Not many Repo companies have a towing van to tow heavy equipment. Whenever they get an assignment from any banks or financial institutions they hire a towing vehicle from someone they know and get the work done. However, not all Repo companies follow the same modus operandi. Some believe in buying the van and keep it in standby so that whenever it is needed they can make use of it. If you are a small time Repo company and you want to grow big, the first thing is you have to develop your contacts with financial institutions that lend money for heavy equipment or trucks or you get associated with another bigger Repo company who will give you assignments as and when it gets one. They will keep their share and give you the money of the work you have done. Ideally, they will only take the money for the information they have given to you and you get the money for the entire work. However, that is still better than having no work at all. Get into an agreement with the Repo company:- When you are getting associated with a Repo company, it makes ample sense to first get into an agreement with them where you will define your rate to them and they will pay you accordingly. Your rates should differ depending upon the kind of work you have to do. For instance if you are assigned to tow a mid-sized heavy equipment you can accept a lesser price for that work but that certainly does not mean that you have fixed your rate on towing all types of heavy equipment. To tow big sized heavy equipment you require specialized towing vehicle and if you do not have that vehicle you may have to borrower it from someone who will bill you more for it. So mention your rates on the basis of work that you will do. Deal with many Repo companies at the same time:- It makes less sense to hang around with just one Repo company with the hope that they will keep you busy for the entire week or month. You need to be associated with many other Repo companies at the same time. This will let you get more businesses which will further help you to grow in a short time.

Selling products can become an enjoyable job only when you know how to sell things to people. This does not mean that you are going to sell items that they do not require. What you will do is show the end user that there is a need of the product in their lives and if at all they have not been using it then they should start doing so. This skill of creating the need in one’s mind and later convincing them to buy the items is the art of selling. A salesman will find his job enjoyable only when he masters the art and can sell anything to anybody just by creating the need of that product in their lives. However, there is one thing that a salesman should always bear in mind and that is they should not try to overdo things. At the end of the day, customers know what they want and what they should avoid buying. So a salesman should respect the wisdom of the customer and when he sees that the customer is not at all ready to buy it from him, he should leave it there. Selling heavy equipment is altogether a different ball game. Here you can sell the products to a limited genre of people who will probably know about machines much better than you would know. So before you start using your skill to create the need you should be sure of what you are doing and with whom you are doing. There are certain selling tricks that are used but you can’t use the same trick on every individual. It will just not work. A person who is in the construction business for the last 20 years and have dealt with nothing but heavy equipment, it will be really difficult to play the trick with him. You should assume that he is a smarter guy and therefore you should simply stick to your point. Know their business:- To sell heavy equipment to such veterans is a difficult task and as long as you do not know their business well you will never be able to sell heavy equipment to them. They will always outsmart you with their knowledge and you will end up looking like a fool. Well, this is a fact. So in order to sell machines to them, you got to first impress them by letting them know how much you know about their business and what kind of machines are required for the successful completion of the project. You may even request them to allow you to visit the site and inspect the health of the machines that is currently in occupation. By that you will understand what types of machines he normally uses and if you have any better alternative. Take less stress:- Stress can weaken a person from inside and selling heavy equipment can put a person in lot of stress especially when he is unable to achieve his targets. However, if you are in stress it further adds up to your problem. Try to remain happy and if you are unable to sell those big machines try to focus on the smaller ones.

We often encounter some or the other problems with heavy equipment. They may be quite minor in nature but as long as we do not know how to fix them, it always coerces us to call for a mechanic. Now the real problem is the charge you got to pay to the mechanic. The issue may be quite a petty one but you still have to pay him a good amount. This may often burn a hole in your pocket and you would definitely want to get rid of the problem. The simple way to get rid of the issue is to learn how to fix heavy equipment on your own. If you learn to repair your machines then you can cut down on costs that you invariably spend on services received from mechanics. Having said this, it does not imply that you will try to give it a shot on every problem that you encounter on the heavy equipment. At times, the machine may throw an issue that you may be unaware of. This is perhaps the time when you should take some help of the mechanic and not get indulged in repairing it on your own. User manual can be your best guide:- To know about your heavy equipment you got to first read the literature that you get along with the stuff. It will help you to know your machine in a much better way. It has been seen that people learn something new about their heavy equipment after referring to the user manual after having owned it for a couple of years. The mechanic will never you how to fix the problem if it occurs again he will simply resolve the issue and will walk away with the money. It becomes your responsibility to understand what went wrong so that if it happens again you will be in a position to fix it without involving a mechanic. Therefore whenever you see an issue it is advised that you go through the user manual and check if they have mentioned anything about it. You may get leads from there and that will help you to sort the case. Also ensure that you have proper tools handy. You will not be able to open a part of the equipment without the tools. Videos on YouTube:- This is another option that can be tried to fix heavy equipment. You can learn a lot from websites like YouTube. There you will find a lot of videos related to how to fix heavy equipment on your own. You only need to mention the type of equipment and the issue you are experiencing. The search result will give you a lot of option and you can then watch them. The reason why watching videos will be helpful is because when you will try to fix the problem you will be able to co-relate what you have seen in the video with your machine. This will help you to understand your equipment in a better way.

Construction jobs require gallons of water and if it a big project than a continuous supply of water essential for accomplishing different jobs as also for the job site workers who are staying at the spot temporarily. Keeping the requirement in view, temporary or portable water towers are sometimes built in a large and long-term construction sites. The best thing about construction site water towers is that these can work even during power cuts. The hydrostatic pressure formed due to height is sufficient to supply water within the total area; however, for lifting water to a certain height like when construction work is going on at a height of 50-100 ft. from the ground level pumping water is necessary. Why do construction sites require a water tower? Following are the primary requirements of water on a construction site: As a welfare facility for the workers or laborer engaged there For continuing different geotechnical operations For any hydro blasting or hydro demolition work For washing, cleaning and dust suppression For percolation testing of floors, concrete slabs, and roofs, etc. Portable water towers for construction sites Companies expert in providing portable water towers normally delivers the complete system and erect the tower with thereservoir as per the demand of contractors or engineers. They also provide water tanks on regular basis to fill-up the tower regularly. Typical portable water towers possess 8000-12000 Gallon capacity. Portable water towers generally use an engine driven thehydraulic pump and a cylinder. The cylinder is attached to a discharge pipe of different diameter. A 12-inchdiameter discharge pipe can supply water at 2500 GPM. Features of a typical construction site water tower Though different capacities of portable water towers are available. Following are the common specifications of a typical construction site water tank: Rectangular steel tube is used for fabricating the base to give the system more strength and prevent material buildup. Six legs are used having 5-6-inch diameter to support the reservoir in the raised position. Normally 2 water inlets of 3-inch diameter are used to fill water. The reservoir is systemized for auto shutdown with 8-inch diameter float. The reservoir is attached to a ladder at the rear for accessing the top of the reservoir. Benefits of construction site water tower Having water tower provides a multiple of benefits to the contractors, some of these benefits are as follows: These towers are portable, that means, they can be moved from one location to another as and when required. Water towers can be erected at variable heights depending on the requirements at the job site. Can be filled with any types of pumps in very short time. They are usable with thewater pump or standpipe. They can be quickly uninstalled A water tower has multiple purposes. It basically stores water for continuous use in a job site. Contractors choose water towers instead of a tank when the job site requires ahigher flow of water and when maintaining a tank at the ground level is not possible. Water towers are extremely flexible and inexpensive process of storing and using water on a construction site.

It is believed that the one who is aggressive in the construction industry can only make it to the pinnacle. Others just form a part of it. Being aggressive is a want in this form of a business. There are other qualities that are also required to become successful in the construction business but out of all the other qualities, being aggressive is required the most. Now the word aggressive can give you many meanings and when we talk about the industry demands aggressive guys, it does not mean it is asking for hot headed people who can’t keep their cool and in this process take decisions that turn out to be utter failure. Aggressiveness here means not letting out the spirit in you die in any circumstances. You will get to see a lot of ups and downs, failures and hiccups coming down your way, but you fail the day you lose your spirit to get up and get going. The moment you are crushed down, you should be determined to get back with a much greater force and this is what aggressiveness is all what. However, being over aggressive can pose lot of threat to your business. There are numerous examples where people have incurred huge losses as they went overtly aggressive and some even had to pay the cost by completely winding up their construction business. Over aggressiveness is displayed at many places. For instance, you feel like having too many heavy equipment as you foresee a lot of projects coming up. But you may go absolutely wrong on your calculation and rest will be quite traumatic. So you got to be patient enough before being aggressive. You can get everything in just one single day. Projects also take time to come and if you expect a lot to come, you got to strategize and plan with your people if they are ready to manage more projects. Planning forms an integral part of your business. You need to get everybody into confidence before you take up any decisions. Also understand the challenges posed in front of different departments before you take any important decision. These things are quite critical in nature and overlooking them in any way can cause huge damage to the business. When you are over aggressive, you tend to leave the people who are a bit slow and can’t match up with your pace. Well, that is not how it should be. We all have our own way and speed of doing things. You feel that it is better that you move ahead by leaving them behind or else they will hold you back. However, look at it the other way round. A leader is the one who takes everybody along with him. A person who is aggressive with his business will always ensure that his employees are on the same page and if anybody is having issues with catching up the pace, helps is given to them.

In recent times, it has been observed that owners of heavy equipment prefer to give the machines on rent rather than keeping it idle with them. They see absolutely no sense in keeping the machine without making any use of it. Also for owners who have bought the machine by borrowing money from a lender and have no project in hand finds it extremely hard to pay the monthly payment. The solutions to deal with this problem may be few and many of them not suitable enough to be pursued. Hence, the best available option would be rent the machine to people who need them and in return make some money from the deal. Owners of heavy equipment may find it difficult to get hold of people who need exactly those machines that they possess and therefore the workaround here is to get associated with heavy equipment rental companies and assign them the work to get rent for you. There are plenty of such heavy equipment companies that deal with renting heavy machines. How to find them is also simple. All you have to do is use internet and check for these companies on the net. The internet will throw the names of all the companies that are located in your city and some in your neighborhood. Once you get the name of the companies, you need to call them up and check if they can help you get rent on heavy equipment. Do not strike a deal with them if you find a good deal. Try to talk with other companies as well and check who gives you the best quotation. This should be your goal. Never go for less when you can get more from a deal. If possible meet the companies in person and try to get a feel of how ethically they work. Remember to check the reviews of the rental companies on the internet. By no means should you get attached to a company that has poor reviews and complaints from all corners. They may give you brilliant offers but that is just setting of a trap. You should be wise enough to understand these things as no one can give you precise advice on this. So once you have selected a company and you decide to reach out to them, check with them if they want you to drop the machine with them or just leaving the pictures of the machine will suffice. If they ask you to leave the machine with them, be a little reluctant in doing so because then you do not have absolute control on it. Most of the heavy equipment rental companies do not ask people to drop their machines with them. They prefer to visit your place along with the client so that they can show them the machine and if the taker likes it then all the parties can talk over it. Assigning the work to heavy equipment rental companies is one of the most preferred ways to rent heavy equipment and there is less hassle on the part of the owner to find a user.  

Operating any kind of heavy equipment is assumed to be a difficult task and construction companies believe none other than the experienced lot that they have when it comes to working a track loader. This means that the newer lot will get less exposure to it. Well this is not the case though as far as large construction companies are concerned. They prefer both experienced and inexperienced operators to work on track loaders. It is quite obvious that a company has to shell out more for an experienced guy than they have to pay for a newbie. Keeping that in mind, they prefer training the new guys under the older ones so that they get maximum exposure and learn to operate the tracker on their own. Other than that there are so many training videos that one can have access to that will help a trainee learn from it. All you need is an internet connection to make your life simple. The practical part can be achieved only at the jobsite. Knowing the functions is crucial:- A track loader comes with various functions that are meant for different purposes. An operator should be aware of all those functions and should also understand to use which function at what time. That is perhaps the most crucial part of his job. Every other switch or lever or a joystick that one can see inside the cabin is there for a specific purpose and it is important to know the different functions of those mechanisms. This is the first step forward to learn to operate a track loader. Move the bucket well before you begin your day:- One should primarily start his work by first checking if all the functions of the machine is in order. So start the engine and try to move the machine a bit. Check if it is moving smoothly. Other than that, try to move the bucket using the levers inside the cabin. You will ideally not find the levers in a rough state but the problem lies more on the execution part. You must have pressed the lever to move the bucket but it just does not move or it does move at a very slow pace. You should keep this into consideration before you begin your day’s work. Also check the brakes are in order. Try applying brakes after moving the loader at a medium speed. This will let you know the exact condition of the brakes. Undercarriage and the tracks are an important component:- The undercarriage and the tracks are perhaps the most expensive component in the machine and also that it gets deteriorated after having worked for just 800 hours. When you are working in rough conditions the chances of the tracks to get ruin increases tremendously. This is something that you got make note of while you are operating the machine. It is not a tough job to operate a loader. It is just that you got to keep few things into consideration while you are working on it.

Businesses often run on new and innovative ideas. We always keep hunting for something new that can help us to flourish our business. This is indeed a good practice and one must always keep up to it. Thinking out of the box will lead to a new product which may gain popularity. However, there is something more important than thinking out of the box and it is how effectively you can implement the idea that you have thought of. You may come up with an innovative way to deal with a particular thing but the real challenge is with the implementation part. When it comes to implement the idea on the ground, things may take a different course altogether and the outcome can be something different than what you have thought about. So the question is will you stop yourself from implementing new ideas just because there is always a chance for it to backfire or will you take the challenge and go ahead to make your idea a reality. In the construction sector, innovation is the key. You have to bring on some or the other innovative ideas in the way your work and the final product that you produce. You can’t build the same type of building with the same amenities for years. You have to change things with time. People’s taste changes with time and therefore you also have to keep up with the changing tastes of people. This sector is all about guys who can accept the ever changing activities that happen round the clock. People who are against implementation of new ideas will soon find themselves out of the league. There is no one way of doing a particular thing. There are multiple ways to perform the same task. It all depends on how creative a person is and how easily he can complete the work using his creativity. You can make impossible seem possible:- Industry experts are also mooting on the idea of constructing a building in Dubai that will move 360 degrees. Now this idea can completely change the way we look at the construction industry. Imagine the apartments of the building moving 360degree. This means that a person can see sunrise and sunset both from the bedroom of his apartment. He can also have different views from his building. Now this is almost next to impossible. But few people must have come up with this idea and they are thinking if it is at all practical. Well, the architect does not see this as impractical. He on the contrary feel that they can certainly construct a building that can rotate and it will cost the buyer around 5 million dollars for an apartment. Give way to new technology:- Technology plays a vital role in the growth of the construction sector. So when you are thinking out of the box and you intend to bring it to existence, you have to take help of technology. You can’t think of bringing your ideas into existence without having proper co-ordination with techno savvy gadgets.

Tired to inhaling dust in the construction site? You need to put them to rest by spraying water so that the dust settles down on the ground and you get some fresh air to breathe. It will also reduce the number of air-borne ailments and will thus keep your employees healthy. So if you have a big construction site and need to spray water in the entire place, you need a vehicle that is capable of carrying gallons of water and also simultaneously spray it along the site. This leads to the needs of a water wagon where you can store water for spraying on the site. All you need is attach a pipe to the hose and spray it along. A water wagon may not be an expensive item unlike other heavy equipment which costs a bomb but it still has a price attached to it and any construction company how big it is will not want to spend money in procuring an item that has limited utility. So the best alternative is to take it on rent. There are companies who sell as well as rent water wagon to construction and mining companies. You can get the details of such companies on the internet. These companies are either directly involved in renting water wagons or act as third parties. It simply means that they will own the wagons and will let it out to people who are ready to take it on rent or will establish contacts with parties that are willing to let-out wagons and once they find a taker, they help in cracking the deal between the two and earn commission from both the parties. This is how they conduct their business. Some rental companies deal with multiple orders. However, there are also companies which do not work that way. So before you approach any of them, first try to get some information about them and only once you have a fair idea and understand how convenient they are for you that you should proceed any further. The second most important checkpoint will be the rental amount. Now there are several companies who may charge different amounts as rent. So you should be ready to negotiate with them. Just do not accept the quote they give you. Also do some research on the rental price of water wagons before you finally jump the gun? If the rental company is acting as an agent and, check in advance the amount they will charge. You can spread the news in your business circle that you require a water wagon on rent. Someone for sure will get in touch with you and after checking the credentials if you find it worth taking you can go for it.

Whenever we purchase an expensive thing, we always think of insuring it, so that when there is a crisis situation, you do not have to pay a lump sum amount of money to have the product repaired. When it comes to the heavy equipment that you buy, this rule is equally applicable. However, many of the heavy equipment owners do not consider the importance of insuring the equipment. Reasons to insure your heavy equipment: Here are some of the many reasons, why you should be insuring your heavy equipment. Whether you run a business that requires the heavy construction equipment frequently, or if you own one or two of these machines personally for your own requirements, you need to consider insuring them. Peace of mind:   The first thing that needs to be reminded is that that heavy equipment does not come for a cheap price. They are expensive and they are always in demand in the market. So, there is always the possibility that the heavy equipment that you own might get stolen. This is a headache that might take away your peace of mind. Hence, insuring it is a must. If you have the heavy equipment and its valuable parts insured, it will give you the peace of mind that even if the equipment or its parts are stolen, you will not have to worry about the financial losses. Damage control:   Just like any other vehicle, when you are using the heavy equipment, there is always the chance that the equipment damages some other property or thing. In that case, you might have to pay huge amount of money to the other party as you are the owner of the heavy equipment. If you have the equipment insured, it will help you to pay for the damages that have been caused to the other party, by the use of your heavy equipment. Since this is a huge amount, it will give you great comfort to have the property insured. Things to keep in mind while choosing heavy equipment insurance: Choosing the right heavy equipment insurance is very important. It helps you to stay covered and protected from all sides. The factors that you need to keep in mind, while choosing the insurance are – The amount of premium that you have to pay. Make sure that it is comfortable to your budget and you do not have to worry about it frequently. The processing should be fast and it must not waste a lot of your time. A good insurance company will not be too demanding. There should be clear rules and regulations regarding the paper work. If you are comfortable with all these factors, you can be assured that the insurance company is good. There are many companies that function online and can give you the peace of mind. You can always ask a professional to guide you about the choice of the right insurance company for the heavy construction equipment. Just make sure it is a trusted one.

Driving heavy equipment is simple for operators who have loads of experience operating it but as far as the newbie are concerned who are in the process of gaining some bit of experience in it may find it difficult to maneuver the machine. Other than that, every other model of heavy equipment has different operating functions which one need to know and have their hands-on it. So you can master to drive heavy equipment only when you do it quite often and in this process you also tend to learn new things which in turn make you more comfortable. Many operators during their initial stage find extremely difficult to operator a bulldozer. They simply could not control the machine well and often end up in an accident. Even the experienced ones at times lose their control from the machine and when such things happen it can turn to be quite fatal. It is therefore very crucial for the operator to follow few steps that will help him have better control over the machine and turn him as a more competent operator. Try to make yourself comfortable:- Being comfortable while you are about to drive a bulldozer is quite crucial. You just can’t start operating it the moment you step inside the cab. You got to check few things first and once you are sure that all the important functions are good to go, you can give it a start. Also you need to be calm and steady mentally and physically. It is more of a mental situation and less physical. You may be tensed because of a previous day’s blunder that could have cost the company a lot of money or may be worried of something that is simply not related to your work. You got to explain yourself that if you remain worried then it will simply add up to your problem and will reflect on your work. You have to soothe your mind first and automatically your body will calm down. Once you are sure that you are absolutely comfortable you should get going. Try to move the bulldozer a bit:- Before you start your day’s work, you need to warm up your machine a bit. Now all that you need to do is start the engine and keep it on for some time. Once the engine has warmed up you should try moving the machine to and fro and check if it is moving without any issue. You can in this way also check if the brakes of the machine are functioning properly. Make use of joystick:- Today’s heavy equipment are far advanced than what it used to be a decade ago. However, you need to learn to use the technology given to you in a proper manner. In order to steer the machine the way you want to, you should make use of the joystick. You should be ultra-careful while handling the joystick as it is smooth and being harsh with it can take the machine to any direction thus losing the control on it.

When we talk about construction, it need not necessarily be of huge buildings or condominiums. The word in itself is quite elaborative. When you are in the construction business you deal with building anything and everything. Although you take time to learn the industry and the different ways by which you can acquire projects. You also take time to understand how to complete a project within the stipulated timeframe. Well you learn these things from experience and as and when you get to deal with them. Construction companies make enormous profits when they get into a project that is pertaining to building manufacturing units and factories. When you are into construction of manufacturing units or factories, you are catering a particular genre of client and therefore you got to pay special attention to their demands. Their demands are quite specific and you got to channelize your resources based on their specifications. Understand what kind of factory you have to construct:- While constructing a factory, you need to understand that the requirements are quite different for every factory. So for instance, if you have loads of experience in constructing factories or manufacturing units, you can’t be sure that you know what your current client need from you. You may definitely have an edge over others if you are experienced in constructing manufacturing units but it is advisable that you sit along with your client and try to understand their needs. Check out the kind of set up they want and on that basis you can frame the designs. Show the progress at regular intervals:- It is imperative that you keep updating your client on the progress of work. Remember, while constructing manufacturing units, you have very less scope to alter things once they are been built. You should ask your client to visit the site on a monthly basis and check the progress of work on their own. You should try to stick to the design so that if there requires any alteration in the actual building you do not have to do it out from your pocket. Your client should ideally pay for it. However, it is not mandatory for the client to pay for any alterations. If it is a mild one where you know it will not affect the costing of the company massively, you can alter the stuff without charging extra. This will eventually make your customer happy. Use top notch equipment:- You always have an option when it comes to using equipment to work on a project. It is always preferred to use top notch equipment. It will ease the process of work and will also take comparatively lesser time. With top notch equipment, one should not imply using brand new machines and accessories. It simply implies using mechanisms that are scientifically proven to be an easy tool to work. Construction of manufacturing units and factories gives enough scope to construction companies to earn good sum of money. However, the construction companies should be ready to take such projects and complete them in time.

Drilling a hole to lay a foundation is quite an intrinsic part in the construction sector and the holes dug for the foundation has to be precise as designed by the civil engineer. You can’t mess up with such an important stuff because if you do then it directly affects the quality of the construction. It is therefore crucial to select the right type of heavy equipment and also the right kind of cutting tool. The cutting tool needs to be attached to the heavy equipment and then begin the process to bore the ground. Now the cutting tool can be a single point or can have multiple heads. Each type of tool is used for different kind of boring. As no 2 boring is the same, you can’t use the same cutting tool for every type of boring. While fitting the boring bar one must ensure that both the ends are firmly supported and it works only in case of a through hole. The challenge that people encounter while boring is that there are immense chances of the boring bar to get disconnected from the machine. Though both the ends of the heavy equipment has caught the bar firmly there are still lot of chances of it coming out during the process of boring. This is the reason why it is considered to be more challenging than turning. Other than this the clearance angle requirement has been increased which has made things more difficult for the operator. It actually limits the kind of support that should be given to the cutting edge and makes it more vulnerable. You can use a line boring tool in almost all kind of heavy equipment. Be it a dozer or an excavator or a backhoe loader, it goes with all kinds of heavy equipments. Operators who are working with line boring need to be highly expertise in their respective domain. Since the holding capacity of the heavy equipment is not that great it can pose good deal of problems to inspect the work already done which includes understanding the size of the hole and the surface roughness. Therefore the need of expert operators arises. The operators need to know his matters well. Apart from laying foundation which is one of its core work area, line boring it extensively used for many other purposes and this is why the guy needs to be really sharp with his skills. With the advent of portable boring, life has become a bit simpler for people who take boring contracts at far-fetched places. They do not have to load the boring bar in a truck or a big vehicle. All they can do is put it in back of their car and port it to the next destination. The reviews of portable line boring tool have been awesome. It is just that the hole need timely repairs. Line boring cutting tool can be bought directly from a dealer or online. Do some research on the pricing before you go to buy one.

For any business to thrive, the managers of the business should possess the quality to foresee things. They should be in a position to anticipate what may happen next. An important decision taken by them can have certain ramifications. This should be construed well in advance by the people who are responsible for the growth of the company. Businesses that are volatile in nature are more prone to risks and if the business owner is not careful about his decisions, he may have to pay a heavy price for it. We normally take decisions taking into account in current situation. We do not know the future and therefore it is quite difficult to assume things in advance. We can however assume few things if not all. People who have been running the business for long, they kind of get a hang of different situations and are somehow in a position to predict things. It is perhaps they have witnessed similar things in the past. The current situation may be a little different from what the person must have witnessed years ago but he can still assume the result and can plan his stuff accordingly. To run a construction business, one requires great deal of experience in hand and apart from that, the capability to foresee things. There is significant amount of volatility in this business. During turbulent times, small construction business owners do not have to face the music as much as the big companies have to. They really see a sharp decline in the graph of the company which is only because they were not able to foresee those turbulent time in advance. You get hints before a major catastrophe hits your business. You need to understand those hints and frame your strategy accordingly. Failing to act at the right time can even cost you your business. Rise in the price of raw materials and fuel:- Though both raw materials and fuel prices do not rise at the same time; however, if either of this happens and you have not stocked them, it can cost you heavily. Now, no one can assume when the price of either of them will increase. This is just not possible. However, one can predict the rise through means of what is happening in the market, keeping an update of the government policies and other factors. The crux here is how knowledgeable you are with the current affairs. If you possess sharp knowledge and the information that you get is correct, then your assumption can never go wrong. There may be a slight miscalculation where you have predicted an “X” amount of increase but it only rose to “Y” amount. That is understandable. Prepare statistics to understand the position:- You have plenty of softwares which you can use to prepare statistics based on the information that you get from your sources as well as from business magazines. These statistics will help you to come to a conclusion on where the construction sector is moving and will eventually lead you to foresee or predict a thing.  

Climate is not in human control and natural calamities can strike in at any point, without any prior indication. However, nowadays, due to technological advancements, weather and climate changes can be predicted well in advance, and this gives us some scope for prevention or at least precaution. But, in front of huge natural calamities like tornado, hurricane and other storms, there is nothing that we could do. Damages are also huge as caused by these storms. Not just these cyclones and tornadoes, but the snow storm can also cause great disaster. Even earthquakes can strike in anytime and the results are disastrous. What is a common consequence of any of any of these natural disasters is the huge amount of debris that needs to be cleared, after the calamity. Heavy Equipment in Cleaning Up: From uprooted trees to broken down buildings, roofs, damaged roads with concrete and mud, dust and dirt everywhere, it becomes absolutely difficult to get back to the daily lifestyle. Even after a snow storm, the amount of snow that is deposited on the roads, block the roads completely. Hence, to clean them up, the heavy equipment plays a huge role. Types of Heavy Equipment Needed for Storm clean-up: The damages that take place after a storm vary to a great extent. The houses, concrete buildings, might structures and even the huts collapse. In case of the roads, they are severely damaged by the amount of downpour that follows the storm. The pitch, bitumen and asphalt, come out of the road. The trees are uprooted and they block the roads and this makes it even more difficult to communicate. To clean the debris and to make everything just as usual, there are a few types of heavy equipment that must be needed. These would include – Excavators Track loaders Dozers Cranes Wheel loaders Backhoes Dump trucks. Each of these would serve a special purpose while performing the cleaning task after storm damage. Choosing the right equipment: Now that you have known about the different types of heavy equipment that you need to choose in order to clean-up the storm damages and debris, you must know the factors that you need to consider while buying or hiring them. Type of damage: This is the most important factor that you must consider. The type of damage that has been caused by the storm is the most important thing. You need to decide, whether you need to clean the snow or remove the tree logs or clean the debris. Own or hire: The next most important thing is whether you need to own the heavy equipment or hire them. If the storm attacks your area frequently, you can choose to own the equipment. Or else, you can even hire them as you require. Owning might charge you high initially, but it will reduce the hiring cost every time. You can even rent it out, when you are not in need of it. It will be an added income to you. Since the use of the heavy equipment is diverse and versatile, they are always in demand.

In a construction business, employees from different departments play a crucial role in the overall development of the project. You want the project to end on time; you need to ensure that you have you men/women by your side and if that is there you can end up completing it within the given deadline. However, if your men/women leave the company for any reason the prospect of the project ending on time gets jeopardized. This is why it is so important to ensure that the attrition rate of a construction business is low. You got to take good care of your employees and see that they do not leave the company for any silly reasons. Reasons can be tackled and settled by sitting together and having a discussion. This is precisely the task of the management would be. They need to talk to the lot who are disgruntled from some reason or the other and try to root out the issue from its core. Skilled men/women get jobs easily:- People who work as unskilled laborer may have a hard time getting another job if they ever want to leave their existing one but for the ones who are skilled it is never a problem for them. The construction workers who are skilled and experienced are required in good numbers by any construction company or contractors and therefore their exit from your company is in a way can be looked at some kind of loss to the company. It can have a larger impact on the company if you do not manage to get a replacement in time and getting a replacement is one big challenge. The focus should therefore be on retaining your folks. Try and understand the core issue why they want to quit. This will help you know if others also have similar issues and if they have then that can be rooted out right at the beginning. Projects are delayed due to lack of manpower:- Crunch in manpower can be a significant problem for any industry and when it is about construction it can have a devastating effect on the project. There are numerous projects that are halted due to lack of workers or just because they have no workers at all. This is certainly not a good picture to portray. It shows how ineffective the management is that they can’t hold back their workers who play such a crucial role in the company. This can also have an impact on getting future projects. This all works in a circle and hence you got to get your things right from the very moment you sense trouble. Boost the morale of the workers by giving awards:- Giving awards and rewards should be a regular affair in your company. The management should pick the worthy employees and give them some kind of gift cards or cash prize or incentives every quarter. Please note that you do not pick the same guy/gal every time. Try to pick talents from various departments and give them their prizes. You can even do this with the contract laborers. This will motivate the employees and will bring down the attrition.

We all are in some way or the other are into the profession of a salesman. Some try to sell their qualification to get a job, some try to sell their capabilities to get more business. In a way we all are into the selling mode and still many of us feel that selling is not our cup of tea. Well, selling a specific product may require some sort of skill and perhaps this is the reason why many get jittery when they know that their work demands them to sell stuffs. Frankly, selling a product can prove to be quite stressful for a person who does not have the knack to sell things. In the end he might get frustrated when he finds that he is failing to sell the stuff and that might lead him to quit the job. Therefore, before you end up in a profession where you need to sell products check how good you are in convincing people. If you are really good at it then perhaps you should pursue it or else simply do not take it up. When it is about picking salesman to sell heavy equipment, the heavy equipment companies prefer to have the best men with them. They understand the level of stress a salesman will have to go through while selling expensive items. This is reason they want to employ salesman who has experience in selling heavy equipment and also enjoys his work. It is quite natural that a person who enjoys doing what he does will excel in his career. No matter how difficult the work is, as long as he is content with what he is doing there is nothing that can work as a barrier for him. Selling heavy equipment is an art:- We all know that selling products is an art and so is selling heavy equipment. As everything has an extent, it is believed that selling heavy equipment falls in the upper category when it is related to the art of selling. The reason is that it is an expensive product and people specific to an industry will want to buy it. This means that the salesman can’t sell his product to everybody. He has a specific market where he can move around and he will also find many other salesmen within that limited market who are also selling similar products like him. This is why if he is really excellent in the art of selling, then he may find his place in selling heavy equipment. Know your products well:- In order to become one of the best salesmen in the heavy equipment industry, it is crucial that you should know your products well. Do as much research as you can on the machine that you are selling. Knowing heavy equipment is not an easy thing. It requires tremendous effort on the part of the people who are involved with the machine. Right from an operator to the guy who gives signal to the salesman who sells the machine, they all need to know as much as they can. If you know your product well then perhaps you will not find much obstacle in your journey to become an accomplished heavy equipment salesman.

The success of every business is largely determined on the way you plan it out and also the manner you execute those plans. It is evident that the actual will never be at par with the estimate, which means that things will never go exactly the way you planned it will work. There will always be some sort of deviations from what you have estimated. The ground situation will differ from what you have contemplated; but the thing that is crucial is the difference between the estimated and the actual. If the difference is huge then it is a problem. This means that you do not have complete control on your work and there is a chance that it is going in a haywire direction. Pertaining to construction business, one can never afford to let his budget go haywire. It will cost him more than anything else. Also, the company needs to ensure that the completion of the project happens within due course of time because if it kind of lags then it will eventually cost to the company. Plan by considering every possible situation:- When you prepare a budget for a construction project, you should take into consideration every minute detail. Right from the operating cost to the miscellaneous everything should be accounted. If you foresee any increase in the price of raw materials that should also be included in your budget. Try to keep your budget on a higher end so that if price of any commodity shoots up in the mid of the project you should not get a shock of your life and should rather take the inflated price comfortably. Also consider the cost that the company will have to bear for any unknown reasons. For instance, during monsoon if it rains a lot leading to blocking the roads then you might not receive the materials in time which will delay the work. However, you still have to pay your employees for the day. There may be other such instances that may crop up which will be temporary in nature but can have quite an effect on your business. So it is advisable to account those situations in your budgetary. Review the ground situation with the estimates:- Once you have laid your plan, it is highly significant that you review the ground happenings with the estimates on a periodical basis. This will let you know if you are falling short or if things are in your control. Also, if you figure out any complication then that can be taken care right at the beginning. You should weed out any problem right at the beginning and not keep it for the last minute. This is possible only if you do a reality check periodically. While you are reviewing the plan with the actual, get involved the men who are in charge of different departments so that they all know the ground reality and can pass on the message of the meeting to the lower ranks.

There is no denying the fact that the heavy construction equipment come for quite an expensive price. However, they are very vulnerable to damage and premature ageing, especially when they are mishandled and not taken care of properly. Hence, if you want to make sure that there is no early ageing of heavy equipment, you need to take some preventive steps. Add and Test Lubricants Frequently: Lubricants play a very important role in any machinery function. It reduces the friction. When you use the good quality lubricants, it will work as a maintenance for the equipment and increase its life-span and performance. You must also be careful about checking the oil and grease deposition on the pistons of your heavy equipment machinery. Always follow the recommendations and guidelines regarding the choice of lubricant. Keep the Heavy Equipment Clean: One of the most important steps that you need to take in order to increase the life of the heavy equipment and prevent its ageing is to keep it clean. The heavy construction equipment almost always works in a dusty and dirty environment, being exposed to mud, concrete, cement etc. these need to be cleaned off properly. Otherwise, it can deposit on the equipment or the machinery and make it weary. The machinery might be jammed and stop working. Check for Signs of Wear: What makes it easy to maintain the health and condition of your heavy equipment is that it will give you signs of wear. You should be careful about – Any sort of vibration that comes from belts and gears Any sort of sudden and high temperature increase Any sort of shock in the machinery. These can be the result of poor alignment, poor operating technique and poor use of lubrication. As soon as you experience any of these, you need to take special care of the equipment and get rid of these problems as soon as possible. What most people make the mistake about is that they continue using the equipment in that condition, until it completely stops working. And that is too late for the equipment to be saved. Take for Regular Servicing: Just as the private vehicles and commercial vehicles need maintenance and service for better performance, it is also important for the heavy equipment and construction machinery to be taken for service. Servicing will make sure that the machinery is cleaned, lubrication is proper and every single part of the equipment is in perfect working condition. When you take the heavy equipment for service, they will take care of the – Power transmission Pulleys and V-belts Seals, bearings, gaskets and other friction materials Do a torque check on the bolts? These are just a few of the many maintenance services that they will run. Always have Trained Professionals: The last but not least important step that every heavy equipment owner must be careful about is that only trained operators run the equipment. It is because; trained operators would know how to run the equipment and when to report a problem. This is crucial for the life of the machine and for preventing it from early ageing.

E-commerce has evolved majestically during the last 2 decades. Almost every company in today’s time is in some way or the other engaged in the online business. It means they either buy or sell their products online and this being their core business they tend to make good money from it. Probably a couple of decades ago, nobody must have thought that the E-commerce business will become such a big thing in the global market. However, now we are all in some way or the other are connected to it. We use all sorts of applications to buy and sell things online and this has been the trend of the day it seems. Taking this trend as the opportunity, the owners of heavy equipment have also plunged into the business and now want to sell heavy machines online. The buyers also prefer to buy it from an internet platform. Connects you quickly to a lot of prospects:- When you use an online platform to sell heavy equipment you are exposed to a lot of people who have similar needs for their business. They check your listing and if they find the machine valuable for their business they buy it online. The payment is also done through an internet gateway and once the seller receives the money, the item is shipped across. Unlike the conventional method where you do not get much exposure and hardly anybody get to know if you are selling a machine, the online platform just works the way you want it to. Remember that you are also exposed to international businesses and you should make it very clear on your listing if you are ready to ship the machine internationally. A seller needs to follow a lot of legal process to ship the item outside US. So before you take the call to go international, make sure that you are prepared to deal with the government procedures. Buyers get multiple options:- The buyers in turn have a lot to get by buying heavy equipment online. They get multiple options at their disposal and can make their choice from the given options. They can also review the ratings of the seller and accordingly can take a call if they would like to deal with that seller. Ideally, at the end of a transaction every seller is given a rating on the basis of how effective and transparent the transaction was. The buyer leaves a feedback mentioning his experience with the seller. So if the buyer had a good experience he can give him a good rating or else he can mark it as “Poor”. This will help others to know if the seller is at all worthy to be dealt with and the can accordingly decide on what they should do. So the buyer always has the option to check the listing of another seller and can also expect a better price as compared to the earlier guy. It is not just heavy equipment but also ancillaries are sold on online platform. So if you want to buy an attachment or a part of the machine has gone faulty, you know where you can find them.  

Since the construction and heavy equipment industry has risen over the years so has many other industries that are associated with them have developed in these many years. Out of the many industries, one is renting heavy equipment. It is now never a problem to let out your machines as you will always find takers for it. Gone are the days where a person had to struggle giving ads in newspapers to find someone who wants to take the equipment on rent. Now people are educated about how to move ahead with renting equipment. There are number of ways by which you can rent your machine. You can get in touch with a rental company whose main focus is to find parties who have need to give the machine and rent as well as take it on rent. So primarily, they try and bring both the parties at a common place and strike a deal between them. The other option is going online and listing your machine there. The heavy equipment that people take more than anything is an excavator. It seems that an excavator is quite a flexible machine which can be used for multiple purposes unlike other heavy equipment. You only need to change its attachments and it gets ready for work other than excavating. Due to its flexibility, it is probably the only machine that is high in demand and often gives the owner a good rental value. You can try and know the rental value of your machine from rental companies or from websites where people list their excavators on rent. That is really not a tough job and can help you to know the correct value of the excavator. Ensure that the excavator is in good shape:- Before you rent your excavator, it is very important to you ensure that the heavy equipment is in good working condition. If you see any issues with it, get it fixed before you rent it to someone. It creates unnecessary hassles if you hand over the stuff with some faults in it and without informing the user about it. They might even feel cheated and many not want to do any further business with you. This all puts you in a negative light which may turn uglier if he spreads it out to other people. You may find it hard to rent the excavator to anybody else. Also, paint the machine and make it look new every time before you rent it to a new person. An agreement is mandatory:- You are required to make an agreement where you explicitly state that you are giving the excavator on rental basis and the person will return it with no or minor wear and tear. Also mention the amount you will receive as rent on a monthly basis as well as the tenure of the contract. Any other details that you feel is important should be mentioned in the agreement. You can appoint an attorney for this purpose who can take care of this part.

To expect a re-sale value on a used commodity is not wrong but if you expect to get a good price on an item that has nothing left in it, you may become highly disappointed. When it comes to heavy equipment you will also come across people who do not believe in buying new stuff. They see profit in buying old machines, renovating them and make them new. In this way they get heavy equipment at a cheaper price. But these guys do not buy machines that are extremely old and has absolutely no use. You can’t do any modification on them nor are they compatible for installing any modern features. It is just scrap and needs to be re-built all over again. This means that the seller if tries to sell such a stuff will get nothing but peanuts. List it in an auction site:- There are plenty of online websites that deals with auctioning heavy equipment and its parts. You can select one such site which is popular with people and list your heavy equipment out there. Please do mention the model number and the year the machine was made. Do mention about the recent changes that you have made in the machine. For instance, if you have painted the machine or have replaced any critical part of it that needs to be stated. The members of the site should know about the improvements that you have made on the machine. It will only help them to gain confidence on you and your product. Sell it to a friend or amongst your peers:- This is perhaps the safest way to sell your used heavy equipment. Your friend might have a need for the equipment and he has a lower budget. You can help him by selling your stuff at a lesser price. In this way, you do not have to hang around looking for buyers when you have one next to you. Let your friend inspect the machine and if he find it worthy, he will make an offer. However, if you offer him to buy quite an old model, he might not show any interest. For that matter, nobody will show any interest if you sell machines that are way back in time. They need machines that can support the modern technology and are also less expensive. Sell it to heavy equipment workshop:- If you do not get any buyer for your heavy equipment, you can sell it to a guy who runs heavy equipment workshop/company. They might be interested in buying it but they will not be ready to pay you the price that you expect. Ideally, these guys are the last option that people go for and they also know that. If you have to really do away with your machine and are not getting any takers then you have to take this as an option rather to sell it as scrap. These guys will anyways pay you more than a scrap dealer.

Before you start your day, you need to plan it well so that you can execute them and make your day somewhat useful. In the same fashion, while you are in the mode of setting up your construction company, it is important that you plan your things well so that you can execute them without any hassles. Please remember construction sector is one such sector where you can’t accurately assume anything. Situations may change anytime and you got to be ready to accept them and deal with them as and when they come up. Therefore you should be ready to take up any challenges that come your way. This preparedness to deal with any situation is possible if you have proper strategy in place. There are few things that are very crucial when it comes to laying down of strategies. Strategies are often made by consulting the heads of all the departments. You need to know the ground situation before you come up with any plan. It is not feasible for you to know everything about all the sections of the company and this is why you need the help of the department heads to give inputs. Now once you have the inputs, you can put up your plan in front of them and check what they feel about it. Never plan something without a proper discussion. There has to be few Yes’s and No’s while you are in for a discussion and all of you have to come to a common ground. Once everybody is on a common ground, you can take that plan for implementation. It is to be noted that not all plans are meant to be implemented right away. Some also needs to be kept in the parking lot so that it can be implemented at the right juncture. At the same time, the plans that you have executed should not be permanent in nature. Though you should give some time for it to work or to give desired results but if you see that it is not working, move on to something next before it causes severe damage to the growth prospect of the company. This movement of strategy is also known as flexibility which is the next important criteria towards the growth of the company. You should know when to move to the next plan and also you should not have difficulty while you are in switching mode. Many companies find it difficult to switch plans. For instance if the prices of oil have risen drastically or the prices or raw materials have fallen, you should be ready to revamp your plans and perhaps do it all over again. Not doing things at the right time can cause severe problems to the company or at times you will not be able to make the most while others are minting money. You should also have the right people to get the job done. People who takes up their job passionately are needed to make hay while the sun shines.

We all want to work with a company that not only provide us with good growth but also takes interest about the welfare of its employees. Companies that provides us with good perks and facilities are hard to get by but if we ever land up in such a company we may not want to leave it unless and until we have a very strong reason for it. Companies on the other hand are focused on earning profits. They are ready to provide their employees with basic benefits that they are supposed to as per the guidelines laid by the law of the land but there are absolutely not ready to take the extra step to look after the welfare of their employees. They understand that their relationship with their employees is quite professional and they should not add anything more to it. This is the story of almost every industry irrespective of which sector one belongs to. If we talk about construction companies, it is harder to find an employee centric company, a company that takes initiatives keep into consideration the betterment of its employees. But the point remains is it really so difficult for a construction company to think for the betterment of its people, the same people who works all day in the scorching heat of the sun and does not complain when there is storm and heavy rainfall and tries to remain punctual even when there is snow on the roads. These sorts of guys should be rewarded with bonuses and extra pay and this is absolutely not difficult to do. A little raise in their salary or a monthly incentive can bring a big smile on their faces. In addition to this, you can also provide them with free medical insurance. In this case, they do not have to pay the premium of the insurance and will be covered against all ailments (as per the policy of the insurance company). The insurance companies will be more than happy to offer discounts on the insurance premium if the insurance is taken in bulk. So in this way, you get your employees covered against ailments and also against any accidents that happen in and outside the jobsite. If they want to add their family members as part of the medical insurance they can do so by paying the premium from their pocket. What you can try to do for them is get the premiums discounted so that they pay an amount that suits their budget. All these features can also act as a good retention policy as well. Your employees will not leave you just because they have found a company who is ready to pay them more than what you do. That company may not provide them with these additional features which will act as a binding force and will kind of compel them to not leave your company. You only end up paying a little extra but in return you can enjoy the loyalty of your trusted employees.

Before you get into anything big that can either shape up your career or can ruin it, it is very important that you sit with someone who knows about the subject and take adequate suggestion from him. Do not do anything in haste and for something that is so crucial for your life and career you just can’t take any chance on it. You have to be more than 100% sure of what you are doing and why you are doing. As long as you do not have the answers for your questions it will not be wise enough to get into it. We all want to have a business of our own where we do not have to work on other’s instructions. A place where we can take our own decisions and will not worry about what the boss will say. But to start your entrepreneurial journey you must ensure that you know the first step that you should take. People who start their construction business are also found to be working with some other construction company. They may not be able to give their 100% to their business but they ensure one thing and that is they will have a source of income even if the business does not work. Now there are few people who are smarter than others. What they do is they stick around with a construction company but work there for few hours in a day and the rest of the time they devote it to their business. People come out with real smart ideas but the fact is they also get some ideas from others. They take sound advices from their peers and accordingly apply their mind to come out with a great idea. Construction sector is one such business where you will not be able to understand the entire business in one life. It is pretty complex. People who have spent their entire life in this business at times learn a thing or two and also encounter situations where they have to seek for advices. They do have a team of advisors who are experts in their respective fields and they help the owner of the business to come to a decision. So when you intend to get into something as complex as this it is inevitable to not look for advice from an expert. If you are already working in a construction company and have great rapport with the guys who are older than you and also far experienced than you, it makes ample of sense to approach them with the idea of starting a construction company. They will be the right folks to advice you on it. Their advices will be quite in-depth and will hardly miss out on any crucial point. Right from heavy equipment to hiring competent construction laborers they may speak to you about everything under the sun. Most importantly you should ask them to advice you on how to tackle the various challenges that you may encounter. You will learn the rest with experience.

To know what we are really worth as far as our profession is concerned is a matter of pure confusion. Why it is confusing is because we actually do not know what the worth of your services is and this is why without knowing much about our worth we get ready to offer our services for a lesser price. This should really not happen because at the end of the day after having worked in a company for a couple of years when you actually know your price and also the fact that you are getting paid much lesser than what you should have been it causes great deal of frustration within yourself. Some even start to get the feeling of being cheated and then they start looking for some other organization again without knowing their current worth. It is therefore crucial to know how much you should be paid for your services keeping into consideration the talent and skill you possess and the amount of experience you have under your belt. When we talk about the construction sector the most neglected genre of workers in terms of being the right amount of salary are the construction laborers. A construction laborer at the start of his career is paid quite low. That should be alright with them as they are gaining some experience and learning new things but as they grow a bit older in the company their package is not increased in the appropriate scale which leaves them with a poor pay package. Now as a result of this many construction laborers quit their job in the middle of a project and join some other contractor who pays them more than what they were getting. It often leaves the former company in a pickle and their project comes to a standstill. Construction companies have taken this seriously and are now paying the laborers at par to the industry standards. The worrying part is not all construction companies are following the same route. There are still few small time companies who are exploiting the workers right left and center and the workers who do not know much about the worth of their services stay in the same company. Well the laborers should know about their rights and also what they should be paid. There is a standard rate across the industry and the companies are expected to pay their employees on those standards. The workers on the other hand should also check government websites that speaks in volumes about the rate per hour that should be paid to the laborers. Projects are completed on time because the workers work hard to get it done on time and if they are paid less then they have all the liberty to leave the company any moment. They will also get work easily as they need not be highly qualified. All that is required from them is the knowledge to construct a building and if they possess that knowledge any construction company is ready to take them by paying them the standard rate.

Right from our childhood we have the tendency to neglect things and feel that we can do it later. We just skip things for now and believe that someone else will do it for us or we will get it done some time later. We grow with the same tendency and then it starts getting costly to us. We can’t have the same approach that we had during our childhood days in our professional lives. It can have a nasty impact on our businesses and can hamper it big time. We need to take special care of things that are pending for a while and need to know the reasons why they are not done yet. Negligence of any form is fatal for any industry but when it comes to construction industry; it can become more damaging than ever. Here if you neglect important things there is every chance that it will back fire you and you end up paying a heavy price for it. Negligence towards heavy equipment:- Negligence of work can be of many forms. One can even be negligent towards heavy equipment. For instance, every machine do give some sort of signals become breaking down completely. Now, it is not a rocket science to comprehend those signals. One can easily understand those signals and work accordingly to fix the stuff. But if you are negligent towards fixing the machine and feel that you will do it later then there will come a time when you will not be able to get that thing to work. That will be followed by calling up a mechanic who might diagnose problems that can be fixed only if you change certain vital parts of the machine. In other words, it means that you now need to be ready to shell good sum of money on something that could have been managed effectively at the very moment you realized something wrong with it. Negligence on part of stock keepers:- Stock keepers are the ones who keep a stock of raw materials and whenever they feel that they may go short of materials they give an order to the suppliers who in turn transport the stuff to them. Negligence has been found by stock keepers who for some reason fail to provide orders of raw materials in time which leads to no work for a day or two. One needs to understand that the suppliers may also run out of stock and this is why it is important that you order the stuff in advance so that the suppliers have ample time to send it to you. In case of any eventuality, you do not run out of stock and the work continues. One can’t ever afford to be negligent during monsoon and winters as during these two seasons we experience numerous issues related to road blocks and accidents which can delay the delivery of raw materials. Keeping these things into consideration one must pro-actively order materials in advance and don’t fall into unnecessary chaos.

We live in the era of outsourcing where every possible business is outsourced in some way or the other. Some businesses are outsourced to foreign countries and some remain inside but are outsourced to parties that are known to do that kind of work. This is also known as sub-letting projects. What typically happens here is the person who is responsible to complete the project hands over the work to a third party who in turn further hands it over to the part who will indeed complete the work. Now the people involved in the middle does nothing significant other than enjoy the profits that will reap out of the work. This is the modus-operandi that many in today’s business follow. The first party may or may not be aware that the project has changed many hands and therefore are only interested with the quality of work. They know just one thing and that is they want the finished stuff in good shape. Anything less than what they have expected can lead to non-payment and other legal hassles. In the construction sector, the scope of sub-letting the work is immense; which is why you will find many small and mid-sized construction companies ready to tie up with a mighty enterprise and get involved in the construction of a huge project. However, the thing that is of great concern is the quality of work may not be at par excellence and this can be a worrying factor for the construction company that has bagged the project. The company that lets the work to other small companies needs to ensure that the quality of work is not compromised by any way and for this purpose it should take corrective measures every time it finds things not in place. Review the progress of work at regular intervals:- One of the most important things that is required to be done is to review the progress of work at regular intervals. Once you let-out the project to other companies, your responsibility doubles. You of course let out the project due to lack of infrastructure on your part and by letting it out to other companies you stand the chance to earn more profits. But that does not allow you to have a freehand on the quality of work. You have to make sure that you take some time out and review the work in ground. Visit the site at least once in a month and check the progress report. Try to evaluate the actual with the estimates and see if the work will be completed within the stipulated timeframe. Do not shy to fire a contractor from their shoddy work:- When you let out a work to a third party and you find out that the party is not good at it or is not taking your work seriously, you should be ready to take a tough call. Remember, it is your baby and if someone is not taking good care of it, you have every right to kick him out. Start with warnings and if you do not see any improvement then it would be the time to take the call.