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December 23, 2014 Four married renovators went fishing

December 23, 2014 P.E.I. goes deck crazy, while New Brunswick is all about roofing: Home renovation trends by province

December 23, 2014 Ontario College of Trades boss David Tsubouchi and his misleading letters to the editor

December 19, 2014 "It's not what you ask for, it's also how you ask."

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December 19, 2014 "If you are going to achieve better margins you will need to do more than just increase your mark-up."

December 19, 2014 "33 per cent gross margin? Lean and mean is the flavour of the day"

December 19, 2014 "Good on Jim Caruk for his Renos for Heroes organization"

December 17, 2014 Are homeowners compromising your work site?

December 17, 2014 Toronto tree protection nonsense drives contractor crazy

December 17, 2014 Who would you rather have Christmas dinner with: Jim Caruk or Mike Holmes?

December 16, 2014 The Rule of One Third: Are you making a minimum of 33 per cent gross margin?

December 12, 2014 "My Worksafe BC assessment for commercial refrigeration and A/C is $1.76 per $100. How does that compare?"

December 12, 2014 "What happened to the government sting operation in Alberta?"

December 11, 2014 "There are bad developers… but bad subtrades, too."

December 11, 2014 "A number of homes sold and occupied and not one single trade or supplier received a red cent."

December 10, 2014 What I learned at the Safety Round Table at Queen's Park

December 10, 2014 How one duct cleaning firm markets its ethics and credibility in an often shady industry

December 10, 2014 Have saw blades ever been more high-tech?

December 5, 2014 “The HVAC business in Ontario and Canada is being take over by BIG companies”

December 5, 2014 "If you are a good contractor and want to expand your business you have two options."

December 5, 2014 "Greedy scumbag thieves and incompetent financial disasters"

December 5, 2014 "I wanted to be the biggest, richest guy around"

December 3, 2014 Placing my first lien – and getting sued in return for $250,000

December 3, 2014 Landing sales in today's cash underground market. Introducing the 'Close the Quote' system.

December 3, 2014 Job of the Week: Construction Carpenter (Edmonton)

December 2, 2014 BuildForce Canada website points young people to the right construction career

November 28, 2014 Fair Construction campaign launched to stop construction labour monopolies on publically-funded construction

November 28, 2014 (Inspectors) change the way they apply the code for each builder

November 27, 2014 In most countries worth living in, unions do have tax-free status. But only in Canada is that allowed without openness and audited books.

November 27, 2014 When I do my quote, I always add 7.5 per cent extra for the "work permit" (WSIB)

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Canadian Contractor

December 23, 2014
Four married renovators went fishing

December 23, 2014
P.E.I. goes deck crazy, while New Brunswick is all about roofing: Home renovation trends by province

December 23, 2014
Ontario College of Trades boss David Tsubouchi and his misleading letters to the editor

December 19, 2014
"It's not what you ask for, it's also how you ask."

December 19, 2014
"If you are going to achieve better margins you will need to do more than just increase your mark-up."

December 19, 2014
"33 per cent gross margin? Lean and mean is the flavour of the day"

December 19, 2014
"Good on Jim Caruk for his Renos for Heroes organization"

December 17, 2014
Are homeowners compromising your work site?

December 17, 2014
Toronto tree protection nonsense drives contractor crazy

December 17, 2014
Who would you rather have Christmas dinner with: Jim Caruk or Mike Holmes?

December 16, 2014
The Rule of One Third: Are you making a minimum of 33 per cent gross margin?

December 12, 2014
"My Worksafe BC assessment for commercial refrigeration and A/C is $1.76 per $100. How does that compare?"

December 12, 2014
"What happened to the government sting operation in Alberta?"

December 11, 2014
"There are bad developers… but bad subtrades, too."

December 11, 2014
"A number of homes sold and occupied and not one single trade or supplier received a red cent."

December 10, 2014
What I learned at the Safety Round Table at Queen's Park

December 10, 2014
How one duct cleaning firm markets its ethics and credibility in an often shady industry

December 10, 2014
Have saw blades ever been more high-tech?

December 5, 2014
“The HVAC business in Ontario and Canada is being take over by BIG companies”

December 5, 2014
"If you are a good contractor and want to expand your business you have two options."

December 5, 2014
"Greedy scumbag thieves and incompetent financial disasters"

December 5, 2014
"I wanted to be the biggest, richest guy around"

December 3, 2014
Placing my first lien – and getting sued in return for $250,000

December 3, 2014
Landing sales in today's cash underground market. Introducing the 'Close the Quote' system.

December 3, 2014
Job of the Week: Construction Carpenter (Edmonton)

December 2, 2014
BuildForce Canada website points young people to the right construction career

November 28, 2014
Fair Construction campaign launched to stop construction labour monopolies on publically-funded construction

November 28, 2014
(Inspectors) change the way they apply the code for each builder

November 27, 2014
In most countries worth living in, unions do have tax-free status. But only in Canada is that allowed without openness and audited books.

November 27, 2014
When I do my quote, I always add 7.5 per cent extra for the "work permit" (WSIB)