In this article, we are going to cover the basic steps for keeping your deck clean. Read More 25 Conservation Tips & Tricks In our last article, “Energy Efficiency vs. Conservation – what is the real issue?” While we have also had several articles on making your house more energy efficient, Read More Air Sealing: Benefits, Concerns, & How-To Find the Leaks Air can easily leak in and out of a home through cracks, joints between different materials, where holes have been drilled to allow pipes and wire to enter the structure, and many other openings. All are valid points. MORE >>

President Barack Obama’s jobs bill, “The American Jobs Act,&# which he introduced last night in front of a joint Congressional session and a national TV audience, is a sweeping $450 billion collection of tax breaks, job stimulus and aid aimed to help relieve the country’s mounting unemployment. So, what does the jobs bill as proposed – it will almost certainly look nothing like it does now if it ends up passing – mean for the field service industry? This article is copyright © 2011. Field Service American Jobs act field service unemployment MORE >>

The article can be found on City Business’ website (subscription required) here:  Subcontractors grow tired of waiting on delayed job payments. The article’s author, Ben Myers, does a great job of capturing the friction between general contractors and subcontractors on the subject of payment. It’s a real complicated mess – and the article gets both sides on the subject and helps explain the complications. Subcontractor non-payment is something very familiar to me. MORE >>

MORE >>

General Articles Blog OffThis week the Let’s Blog Off crew goes off on an interesting tangent – “In an era where everyone who’s anyone publishes content to the internet, the English language is being abused like never before. While it’s true that English is a remarkably adjustable tongue, there are some rules. We pride ourselves around here with Read more. MORE >>