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Baseball & running a hardscape business – By Bill Gardocki

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INSPIRING CONTRACTORS TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL HARDSCAPING BUSINESS. Articles written by guest contributors. Tom, Laura and Bill Gardocki at a Red Socks game a few years back. Baseball and running a hardscape business. Bill Gardocki goes on and on about the Red Socks’ success (and relates his annual baseball trip to hardscaping). :). By Bill Gardocki, Interstate Landscape. I asked Editor Tom Hatlen, if I could throw a little curveball this month. I said, How about if I write an article about baseball?

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Building revenue next season: 4 steps – by Lynn Walsh and Jay Krech

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INSPIRING CONTRACTORS TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL HARDSCAPING BUSINESS. Articles written by guest contributors. Photos provided by The Paver Savers, a hardscape restoration company serving Lehigh Valley, Poconos and Eastern PA. Building revenue next season: 4 steps. By Lynn Walsh, Director of Support Services and Jay Krech, Director of Technical Support and Training with SEK-Surebond. There is an increasing demand for companies who specialize in hardscape restoration because so many other contractors shy awa...

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Finding a way to build what the client wants – by Tom Hatlen

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INSPIRING CONTRACTORS TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL HARDSCAPING BUSINESS. The clients wanted the more contemporary look of the low profile 4 retaining wall blocks that are typically used along with other block sizes as part of the random-pattern collection. The tall wall hides the crawl space for the deck. Because there’s a crawl space, the block cores of the upper courses are filled with concrete and rebar. Other courses are reinforced with geogrid. Finding a way to build what the client wants. Nathan uses Sk...

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3 cultures found in every successful contracting company – by Charles Vander Kooi

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INSPIRING CONTRACTORS TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL HARDSCAPING BUSINESS. Articles Written by Charles Vander Kooi. 3 cultures found in every successful contracting company. By Charles Vander Kooi. I've worked with contractors for almost 38 years, and I have discovered that the ones who are most successful and profitable all have the same 3 successful cultures within their companies. Most contractors throw the balance sheet away when they get their financial statements. They’re only concerned with the profi...

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INSPIRING CONTRACTORS TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL HARDSCAPING BUSINESS. You can page through complete issues of Hardscape Magazine. We also offer our archive sorted by article content such as Vander Kooi Articles, Contractor Profiles and Construction Articles. To gain access to our article content archive, you must sign up for a FREE subscription. This is necessary even if you are a current subscriber. Attend the Mid-Atlantic Hardscaping Trade Show (MAHTS) ». New HNA Installer Championship ».

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Are the big leagues in SRWs better? – By Brenda Bredahl

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INSPIRING CONTRACTORS TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL HARDSCAPING BUSINESS. Articles written by guest contributors. Are the "big leagues" (in SRWs) better? By Brenda Bredahl, Versa-Lok Retaining Wall Systems. Every spring, college baseball players dream of the big leagues. Many hardscape contractors, too, wonder about moving into the big project market, imagining big profits building tall, expansive walls. Are big walls better? What are some of the things contractors should consider? A decision can be days or we...

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Launching a cleaning/ stabilizing/ sealing business – by Tom Hatlen

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INSPIRING CONTRACTORS TO BUILD A PROFESSIONAL HARDSCAPING BUSINESS. 95% hardscape cleaning/ stabilizing/ sealing. 1,500 - $2,000. Launching a cleaning/ stabilizing/ sealing business. After 3 years of setting up systems, Paver Rescue is poised to take advantage of a growth opportunity. Afterwards, Tony went straight to see his partner, JD Durst, and said, "There's definitely a market here to step up our cleaning and sealing in a big way. We've got to do something to take advantage of it.". JD says they de...