want to live fully engaged with many great relationships and want lots of people sad and missing me when I die. Today, we focus on one tool. If you’ve got a smart phone, buy some apps today and start to put that tool to better use! Last night at a New Year’s Eve party, a friend mentioned that he’d given up trying to keep up with technology. He’d stopped being fully engaged with his life and is coasting. want to ask him, “Why?&# Life passes so quickly, we get limited opportunities to know and to do. For some, it’s just procrastination. MORE >>

I’ve never heard of anyone dying from Social Media communication. Tools like Buffer can save a lot of time for Social Media marketers! What a week last week was! The sun is finally out here in the UK, the world is slowly recovering from some of its more recent disasters and sadly, political instability and aggression are still taking a grip on some people’s lives! It seems that despite the decades since I was a kid, nothing changes! We still need some Social Media satire, though, don’t we?? Thank goodness! Makes sense to me Dan!! Thanks for your advice! MORE >>

As the Riots seem to have died down as the police step in and arrest those responsible, what affect have the riots had on the construction industry? There were stories of youths stealing tools from construction sites in Liverpool to use as offensive weapons. This week has seen chaos come to the streets of London and several UK cities as rioters and looters run amok and send large parts of the UK into lawlessness. This fund will go towards rebuilding businesses damaged and destroyed by the riots and the work will be completed by local contractors. MORE >>

You have the ability to control the time your customers will receive your marketing materials, whether it be the moment you click send or later on in the work day when things begin to die down. Mike Rowe’s Trades Hub LMN MAIN SITE DEMOS EVENTS REGISTER SYSTEMS LIBRARY LMN EVENTS WORKSHOPS TRADE SHOWS LMN COMMUNITY JOIN US ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW US ON TWITTER LMN VIDEO PHOTO GALLERY ABOUT LMN Landscape Management Network is a collection of systems, tools, and training to help great contractors build and manage great businesses. The plus side? Your contacts do the work for you. MORE >>

The challenge, especially for small contractors is to identify those substances and provide their crew the appropriate tools and protective gear. I have seen how toxic even a short exposure can be, when our son died from two sips of creek water containing chromium & other toxics from a chrome-plating plant: [link]. Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA Thoughts on the construction landscape from Christopher G. Hill in Guest Post Friday , Occupational Safety 10 Comments - Join the Conversation! Welcome to the world of hazardous materials. few things to know: 1.  Think BP.  MORE >>