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Look Out for Every Aspect of Your Business This National Preparedness Month
A forward-thinking approach is the best way to build a solid foundation for everything your business relies on. Not only does thinking ahead today mean fewer surprises tomorrow, but it can help ensure your people, projects and equipment stay protected and productive. (With the busy nature of everyday business, however, it isn’t easy.)
This National Preparedness Month, General Chipping encourages you to take a closer look at the practices and processes you rely on to keep your operation on track. Then, make fixes needed to ensure you’re approaching things in the smartest manner possible. It’s all about cluing into the small details that can have major impact on business — so you can stay safe, efficient and ready to roll.
Be Ready for Wild Weather
High-wind scenarios, flash flood events and other unpredictable weather can stop projects in their tracks and create dangerous conditions on the job site. Train your team in the best way to handle such events, covering everything from emergency protocol crew members should follow to the potential impacts completed pours could face and how to position job sites to weather storms more safely. The General Chipping blog offers tips that can help.
Prepare Every Pour with Care
The numbers matter when it comes to concrete and construction work. Mix too much material, and you create costly waste and disposal headaches. Mix too little, and your crew faces frustrating delays with extra trips between the site and plant. And both can eat into your schedule and your bottom line. Smart planning includes knowing exactly how much material you’ll need, and our concrete calculator makes it easy.
Keep Drums, Silos & Mixers in Top Shape
Your equipment and vehicles are the backbone of your operation. Staying on top of preventative maintenance is the best way to avoid slowdowns that can throw schedules out the window — and repairs or replacements that hit bottom lines hard. From regular tune-ups to quarterly concrete chipping, silo cleaning and central mixer cleaning needs, knowing — and adhering to — a carefully planned maintenance schedule can keep work moving effectively forward all year long. We dive into the issue on our blog.
National Preparedness Month:
Protect Your Crew, Company & Jobs
September is National Preparedness Month, an opportunity for companies everywhere to assess their situations, pinpoint areas for potential improvement and take steps to remain ready for whatever the future might hold. This annual event is headed up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). And, although situated at the peak of Atlantic hurricane season, it’s about more than looking out for wild weather.
