One of the most pleasurable parts of being an adviser to contractors is visiting with the field workers.  Not only do they tell it like it is, they are ground zero for the industry. They’re in it for both a living and a lifestyle.

I had an interesting conversation with a field guy the other day. My gym decided it was time for a  “freshen up”. New paint, TVs, ceiling tiles, lights, etc. The gym would be closed for 9 days while the work took place starting at 10:00 PM on a Friday night. Naturally, the contractors were allowed to start prepping Friday morning.

As I walked into the locker room, I ran right into the scaffold a drywaller was working on. He looked familiar and sure enough we had met a couple of years earlier on a large prison project. I asked him how things were going for his company – an outstanding union drywall sub that is well run.

He proceeded to tell me that when we last saw each other the company was keeping 225 field guys busy. Last fall (2009) they were down to the 18 senior foremen. Those 18 guys were the only field workers at the company. He felt fortunate to have remained fully employed the entire way. The company had since crept back up to about 25 field guys. Remember this is a very well run company, that enjoys a great reputation among GCs, that can perform both new construction and tenant renovation. Their work load had slipped 90%!

This is not a doom and gloom blog. Things are turning around. Just thought you might appreciate reading about the depth of destruction this recession has had on our industry. Even the best run companies took a huge hit and the impact was felt nowhere harder than on the front line.

Hope your world is considerably brighter than this company’s.

Ron & Guy

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After many months of waiting, the blog is finally going live. Hurray!!!

For those of you who’ve been receiving the newsletter – thank you for your support.

I’ve been humbled by the super positive feedback you’ve sent in and the microscopic number of people who have stopped the newsletter. Apparently, the newsletter has been a hit.

Our blog, and I do mean OUR, is to serve a completely separate purpose.

The newsletter’s goal is to spread actionable solutions for common contractor business problems. It is also meant to inspire contractors to build real businesses and give them the confidence they need to step out of their comfort zone.

The goal of this FRC blog is to stimulate a conversation between you, me, and the rest of the readership.

It will be the place to post questions from readers who would like to hear everyone else’s opinion and advice. It will be the place where I throw out things for you to think about. It will be the place to tip each other off to new trends and developments you need to be staying on top of and taking advantage of. It will be the place where guest writers will share their thoughts and advice with you.

It will be the place where I ask your guidance on:

• Future newsletter and report topics.
• Content for books, videos, seminars, etc.
• Additional service offerings

We will have surveys and share the results. We will share great jokes. We will share great successes and tragic failures.

The one thing readers won’t be doing is dogging on each other. Not gonna be allowed.

I am the moderator of this blog. Dog me and my advice all you want. I’m a big boy, can take the criticism, and am here to serve you.

But, one contractor dogging another contractor will not be tolerated. Treat each other with respect.

I encourage you to bookmark this page so that you don’t have to go through the home page to get here.

We will (or do) have a sign-up list for the blog that is separate from the newsletters. That way I can notify you about new blog posts. We may already have this feature, I’m kind of like Alice in Wonderland with this blog. It isn’t helping any that Kelly Olcott and I are recovering from a night hanging with paving contractors at their annual show.

Love to hear your feedback on the newsletters and get your opinions on what we should do with this blog.

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Good luck with your business and have a great day.

Ron