Safety: Page 44

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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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Clear Path to Prosperity
Illinois-based Dinkelman Landscaping has aggressively grown its company by taking advantage of the backyard living craze, and building quite a reputation for right of way maintenance.
In front are owners Terry Dinkelman Sr. and wife Sheila. In back (left to right) are children Terry Dinkelman Jr., Mary Huston and Shawn Watts.
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Orange Going Green in Oregon
Oregon contractor is cashing in on the increase in environmental awareness by offering sustainable landscaping.
Company president Bob Grover sees himself as both an environmentalist and pragmatist.
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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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Growing a Business and an Industry
A 2008 Pros in Excellence Award winner, WAC Corporation has become a leading North Carolina landscaper by focusing on professionalism from day one.
William (left) and Corey Handley
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One Road Leads to Another
North Carolina dealer Oakboro Tractor builds what owner Joel Thomas likes to call a "landscape super store".
Checkerboard walkways direct customers around the showroom.
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That Special Touch
Special Gardens takes a delicate approach to caring for high-end residential gardens, helping it stand out from other Bay area landscapers.
Maia Highsmith and Gabriel Lopez
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Fast Learner
Spruce It Up diversifies its way to becoming a leading springfield landscaper
Jeremy Eck (right) and Clint Harlan, his partner in the sod installation company
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Crossing the Chasm
Being a mid-sized dealership can be dangerous due to sudden increases in overhead. Smart business planning that includes a lean budget, creative marketing to fuel revenue growth, and a focus on high-margin sales to improve profits can help you emerge on more stable ground.
Rick Barrera says you should build your business around a single brand you believe in. Then supplement it with no more than one or two other lines.
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No Pain, No Gain
DOWCO Enterprises has certainly paid its dues along the way, but this full-service landscape management company has become a leading Missouri landscaper by focusing on technology, safety and customer relationships.
Maurice Dowell with (left to right) account manager Jane Door, account manager/landscape designer Jennifer Kleechulte, Donna Dowell, and production manager Jessica Harmon.
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