Blog Category: Business Insights

Roofers, imagine you’ve just pried old shingles off a roof and tossed them to the yard below. You scoop them all onto a tarp, but when you go to drag the tarp to your dumpster, you remember the backyard is fenced in, and you’ll have to squeeze the tarp, and the thousand pounds of shingles […]

Many roofers grow up around the business and follow their father’s or grandfather’s footsteps into the trade. And US Builders Reviews is always hearing from roofers like that, with stories of scrambling around jobsites, picking up the shingles and nails tossed off of roofs when they’re young. Leave it to roofers like that, roofers with […]

Shortly after patenting his version of the incandescent lightbulb, Thomas Edison developed the electricity meter. Ticking and whirring away dollars and cents, this meter might be Edison’s most lasting contribution to the lighting industry. For while the incandescent bulb is falling out of favor, the humble electric meter continues to be the dynamo driving manufacturers […]

“America’s Infrastructure First!” Then-candidate Donald Trump didn’t sound those words quite so often as “Make America Great Again!” but the former line was high among his tools for national overhaul, and people took notice, including—maybe especially—those who build and repair bridges, roads, schools, power grids and the other systems that keep our nation humming. Which, […]

As soon as Bob Whalen became owner, he gave away his company—to the employees, that is. Whalen is profiled in the upcoming US Builders Review Winter II edition and his counter intuitive approach to ownership of HB McClure Company, an HVAC services contractor headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, isn’t at all unusual. HB McClure, like a […]

The construction trades are fueled by the power tool industry, which introduces countless new tools and accessories each year to help contractors work quicker, safer and more efficiently. While the latest cordless “wonder tool” typically captures all the attention, it’s pneumatic tools that dominate the work environment at most jobsites. Air-powered pneumatic tools are popular […]

Quality work and integrity speak for themselves. But if you want to keep up with the competition, you have to give your quality work a microphone. Through integrating online and offline efforts and consistent branding, you can drum up new business for your home contracting business. Home Improvement Leads offers some tips to extend your […]

To an extent, we are all a product of our environment. Born and raised in Los Angeles, and now residing in Venice Beach, David Hertz, FAIA, LEED AP, founder and president of S.E.A. The Studio of Environmental Architecture (S.E.A.), and skysource.org  is very much a product of the out-of-the-box, unconventional environment that is L.A. Hertz […]

The second element most precious to human life after oxygen is water. While Earth is more than 80 percent water, only a small percentage of that is fit for human consumption and with global warming, persistent droughts and increasing pollution, the planet’s water supply is in jeopardy. Based in Florida, Island Sky Corporation is changing […]

Solar energy isn’t just enhancing sustainability and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. It’s also changing the employment landscape in the U.S., adding new jobs by the tens of thousands each year, and boasting a diverse workforce as well as healthy compensation rates. But which states are making the biggest strides when it comes to […]