Industry Updates: Page 123

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Beautiful Designs, Rock-Solid Systems
Registered landscape architect Gene Grant Jr. of Grant & Power Landscaping, a 2009 Pros in Excellence Award winner, has found that systemized cost estimating and charitable donations to organizations such as Support Our Troops help keep his company growing.
Shawn Pawlak, vice president commercial sales division, and Jan-Gerrit Bouwman, partner.
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GIE+EXPO Report: The worst is behind us
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Indiana Dealer Takes Calculated Risks and Wins Big
Indiana power equipment dealer takes calculated risks, while focusing on product line profitability.
Ron Zipp moved Southern Indiana Equipment from an urban setting to rural Lanesville in order to open up his equipment line options. He is still easily accessible, located right off the interstate.
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On the Cutting Edge
Tampa-based landscape contractor The Landcare Group has made a good career of lawn maintenance by focusing on innovation.
The Landcare team (left to right): Office manager Linda Yochim; V.P. of sales, marketing and client relations Jerry Roque; company president K.C. Fisher; general manager Richard Ellis; and chief financial officer Debra Morgan. Missing is administrative assistant Kelley Sadlowski.
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Beware of the Air
A variety of tasks performed by landscape contractors may generate crystalline silica dust, which could lead to the respiratory disease known as silicosis.
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Master of One
SquareStack
Cincinnati contractor applies systems learned in landscape maintenance to increase sales in his newly focused residential lawn care company.
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Congress Eyes Water Use
As Congress debates climate change and water conservation, the green industry looks to tout the benefits of healthy plants and turfgrass, and the need for responsible landscape irrigation.
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How To Make Safety Top Priority in Your Company
As one of the most injury-prone occupations, safety at work takes on even greater importance in landscape maintenance companies.
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ONLINE FEATURE: The Mark of a True Pro
Professionalism in the landscaping industry requires technical expertise, social skills and personal character.
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Labor Solution Requires Local Effort
In order to fill the leadership gap in the green industry, landscape contractors must get young people interested in landscaping careers through tools such as field trips, student scholarships and paid student internships.
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Avoid Electrical-Related Deaths
Here are some tips to help your workers avoid electrical-related deaths and other landscaping injuries.
Tree care work presents many electrical hazards. Be sure to keep all tools and equipment at least 10 feet away from overhead power lines. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Mulhern and Wachtel Tree Science & Service.)
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Side Dump Mini
Side Dump Industries
Built to Handle Smaller-Scale Dumping Needs
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