Category: Managing Your Business

Guide to Marketing Your Business

To compete successfully in today’s marketplace, mechanical construction, service and plumbing contractors need to market their businesses and the products and services they offer to existing and potential customers. This guide provides the basics about planning, developing and using a marketing program to help these contractors assemble their ideas into a successful marketing plan.

Collective Bargaining Guide and Legal Analysis

Labor and employment law experts Michael Boldt and Ryan Poor cover essential collective bargaining details in plain English. Appendices cover construction site strikes, picketing and boycotts; equal employment opportunity and affirmative action; and preventing harrassment.

Five Key Trends for the Future of the Mechanical Contracting Industry

This research report provides a studied and dispassionate look at some developing trends that portend to have real impact on the personal and business futures of mechanical contractors. The central thesis of this report underwritten by MCERF is that you can change your future through the actions and preparations you take today.

The Value Chain: Adding Value to the Supply Chain

This MCERF study defines the construction supply chain and highlights key concepts that will help you transform your supply chain into a value chain. By streamlining work processes, developing stronger relationships with suppliers and using technology, you can significantly increase your company’s profitability.