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 The highs and lows of heavy equipment salesperson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:06

A salesman in general goes through a number of highs and lows in his career but what keeps him going is his sheer will to change the tide and resurface as a winner. Heavy equipment salesman also experience similar type of difficulties but certainly of different magnitude. Since he is dealing with high priced products selling them quite often is not a simple task. He may encounter many challenges that a salesperson of a low priced commodity does not have to face. His challenges may come in different forms and shapes and in order to tackle them all he requires motivation from people doing similar job or from people who are his peers. Other than that, the current market condition also plays a major role in the sale of heavy equipment commodities. For instance, if the entire construction industry is not doing well, it also becomes difficult for the salesperson to make any sale. People are not getting much benefit from the industry and most of them are waiting for things to change. This is perhaps one such occasion when heavy equipment salesperson is really vulnerable and they are forced to take up selling other things. Some get into selling vehicles and stuff and for some they find it convenient to simply change the line of business. The cream of the period is when the construction and mining industry is doing well or is at its peak. This gives a lot of opportunity for the salesperson to show their skills and make the most from the moment. There are few who are of the belief that irrespective how the industry reacts there is always a scope for selling machines or its accessories. You can’t always sell those big machines to construction companies or contractors. At times you have to depend of selling accessories too and it can still earn you good commission. People do not want to purchase a new machine if something goes wrong with its part. They would want to replace the faulty part with a new one. Heavy equipment salesperson should equally focus on selling accessories. It can keep them going for a long time and will also not demoralize them if they are unable to sell any heavy equipment. Grow your network and try to reach out to as many people as you can. There is always a scope of finding a person who is looking for what you are selling but it is just that you do not know him. Try to meet as many people as you can. Not all meetings will turn out into a sale. You can definitely meet them for a small talk and check if they need anything. Moreover, you can try to know if they know someone who is looking for a specific stuff related to heavy equipment and if you can be of any help. The thumb rule is work hard when the overall industry is doing well so that you make the most of it and during the sluggish periods which will not last for long try to stick to what you does the best.

 What machines are used in an environmental disaster clean up | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:30

We often think that heavy equipment are exclusively used for construction related work and it does not have any importance other than that industry. However, the fact is heavy equipment are used in many other areas which does not fall in the construction genre. Construction is probably one of the sectors where we use the machines a lot but this is certainly not the only place where we require these big pieces of metal. Heave equipment are extensively used to clean up the debris after a catastrophe has hit a place. Be it an environmental disaster clean up or a human made catastrophe, these heavy equipment play a significant role when it comes to saving lives of people who are stuck under the debris. There have been a lot of instances in the past where heavy equipment like an excavator are used extensively to pull out debris from a catastrophe hit zone and save the precious lives of people. Heavy equipment are also used in cases where there has been a manmade catastrophe. For instance, if there is a major accident in one of the chemical industry that causes havoc in the area. In order to contain that from spreading, the authorities take necessary steps so that it does not spread to the other areas. However, once it has been contained the next part is to set things right and this is where the use of heavy equipment come. They need to bring in different types of machines as no one type of heavy equipment will be capable enough to do the entire job. Heavy equipment such as dozers, excavators, backhoe loaders, articulated trucks and other such machines are used to remove the left outs. This is an extremely painful and risky job for the operator as it can also endanger his life. So the guys who are behind the machine should be extremely experienced and need to tactfully complete their job. When an environmental disaster like earthquake hits a place, it can swallow the entire city and it can be quite a difficult task to set aside the debris and rescue people from it. Floods, heavy winds, hurricane can also cause extreme damage to the people of a city and heavy equipment are used for the rescue work. Not just heavy equipment but also the attachments that are used on machines play an important role in cleaning up the mess in the zone. Therefore, when you are deploying heavy equipment like an excavator in a zone that has been struck by an earthquake, you also need to keep handy all those attachments that are required to remove the debris quickly. After all, you may find many lives inside the wreckage waiting for help to come. Dozers are used to break open structures that cause hinder to the rescue work. So you can make use of lot of machines on the site at the same time. Each doing their part of work and ensuring that they simply things for the rescue team to pull out lives stuck inside.

 New and Looking for Advice in the Construction Industry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:15

Before you begin any journey you first prepare yourself for that. Your career is also one such journey of life where you got to be pretty sure that you have made all the preparation for a smooth sail. Though you will experience challenges as you move ahead you will also learn to overcome those obstacles and will head for higher in life. The most important part of the preparation to begin your career will be to seek right advices from the right people and follow them. People who choose a career path and are new to that industry will have to go through some bit of hardships but if they seek right advice then things will slowly and steadily fall in place. There are few industries that are quite volatile and one has to be cautious enough when they put their foot inside it. Construction industry is one such sector which is considered to be highly volatile with a lot of ups and downs that might sneak into your business without giving any prior intimation. Choose your genre wisely:- In the construction business one needs to select the genre that he wants to work in. For instance, a person can choose to become an operator of heavy equipment. For this he needs to know how to operate heavy machineries and which machine to be used for what kind of work. The work of an engineer is completely different. They are the ones who design the plan and then check if the implementation is being worked as per the plan. Likewise there are other segments within the industry and one need to first understand the kind of work he wants to get into. If he is confused with it, then he can try working with a construction company for some months and check what genre of work suits his interests and accordingly can take that as his profession. Upgrade your knowing on the working of the business:- Once you have identified the line of business that suits your interests you should then try to learn as much as you can about the various functions of the business. There is certainly more than one way to work a work and that is what a person should learn. If for some reason one of the way to work things out is impeded then you know the other way round. It is all about alternatives and how effectively you can apply them in your business is the crux. Generate confidence amongst the veterans:- Your work speaks a lot about yourself and your character. It reflects how serious you are when it comes to your career. When you are new you are observed by many and if your work is of high quality then it generates a level of confidence amongst the veterans who in turn will keep you in their good books and will teach you work that not many knows in the industry. This is how you will be able to ultimately shape up your career in the construction industry.

 Sell your old, dilapidated heavy equipment to a workshop | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:53

The chance to get a good price for an item that has turned into a junk is pretty low. You also will not find many takers who would want to buy the item. It does not take much of an effort for someone to realize that he should not pay for a commodity that is old and not in a good state. The owner of the item will have to sell it in a shop that deals with all sorts of junk items as he will not find anybody else who would be interested in buying it. Owners of heavy equipment have often experienced enormous trouble to sell old machines to a new buyer. Contractors are ready to buy old machines but certainly not those machines that will turn out as a liability when they put it to use on the site. Hence a person who possesses a decade old or probably older than that has a problem selling it. Workshops can pay you more:- You may have come across certain heavy equipment workshops that repair heavy equipment and also sells them to prospective customer who can’t shell out a lot of money in buying machines. These guys work really smart. They buy really old heavy equipment at a nominal price and then refurbish it by installing latest gadgets and technology. They paint it and give it a new life so that buyers who are not rich enough to afford branded heavy equipment can easily buy it from them. The only problem is you can encounter some or the other problem with the machine at any given point in time. It is absolutely not a reliable piece but it does not mean that there are no takers for the machine. These workshops sell with an assurance that id anything goes wrong with the stuff the owner can bring it back to them and they will repair it for free. They do not pay you a meager amount:- If you wonder the price they will pay you for the old metal you can be assured that you will get more than what you will get from a junkshop. The guys in the junkshop will eventually sell it to them. They will just keep aside the profit which can be yours if you directly approach these guys. Start with a higher amount and do not be surprised if they say no. You are just beginning a negotiation and therefore try to begin it on a higher note. They will try to bring down the price to an amount that may not be acceptable to you. This will be the test of your skill where you need to hold your price or let it come go down by few dollars. Remember, it is completely up to you to fix the price that sound to be acceptable to you. Locating such workshops is not a tough task. What you need to do is visit a few of them before you nail the price.

 Shortage of Workers a Problem for Construction Company | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:28

For the success of a business, there are a number of factors that need to be taken care of. These factors include loyal and happy employees, good suppliers as well as skilled workers. There are some industries or businesses that are exceptionally dependent on manual labour or workers and one such industry is the construction industry. If you run a construction business or company, it is a must that you are always equipped with all the necessary construction equipment that can make the work faster and easier, as well as adequate workers. Though construction industry is one of those that have experienced amazing hike over the past few years, due to the constantly growing need for new constructions, worker shortage is also a problem that they have to face. Causes of labour or worker shortage in construction companies: There is always a need for skilled workers in every industry. Workers or labour is available in abundance, but skilled ones are really minimal in number. Hence, there is always a shortage of these skilled workers in every industry. However, before you come up with a solution for these, it is a must that you know about the causes behind the worker shortage problem in a construction business. * Lack of safety and security:   In most cases, the inhibition against the blue-collared works is the lack of safety and security from these construction projects. Young labours fear from joining these construction companies due to the fear of meeting with accidents that are caused by a lack of safety measures. * Financial insecurity:   Often, the workers consider the college education and a good job prospect as their only way to financial security. Therefore, they do not want to join the construction industries. * Cultural inhibitions:   Doing construction jobs is still considered by many as “dirty work”. Hence, they are more drawn towards joining a full-time educational course with a huge debt and then end up searching for jobs that would help them in repaying the huge debt. These are the most common causes behind the worker shortage problem in construction companies. How to solve the problem? If you have a construction company and if you too are met with this problem of worker shortage, it is a must that you take care of the problem at once. Otherwise, the performance and functionality of the business will be affected a great deal. To manage the worker shortage problems, most of the company owners make the mistake of filling the shortage with unskilled labours. However, this only wastes more time in training them, completing the administrative work, giving them high wages without receiving the desired skill and also in providing the drug tests, safety training etc. Hence, increasing the productivity of your existing workers is always a great idea. The amount of money that you save from this can be invested on uplifting the standard of the existing labours or workers. In case of a construction business, there is the additional facility of depending more on the construction equipment or heavy duty machineries that will save you time and money, as well as increase productivity. This will reduce the necessity or dependence on manual labour to a great extent.

 Take every possible step to minimize construction cost | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:34

The moment you set your foot into the construction industry, you got to think like any businessman does. Well, you do not have to think like a miser but need to think like a wiser. Well, you only need to become more matured when it comes to construction costs and sideline things that are not important for your business. People who belonged to the construction industry often advices that one needs to make his choices correct when it comes to spending on construction equipment. But is it only the construction equipment that forms major part of the business spending. There are many other costs that incurs in this segment of business and the owner needs to ensure that he keeps proper control on the spending. There are both recurring and non-recurring expenses that are needed to be met every month and if the company does not minimize its costs on things that are not so important then it will find itself in a comparatively tougher position. Follow a stringent budget:- Once you have a new project in hand, you tend to make lot of spending on things that you feel will be required for the project. However, the truth is on the total spending you actually require just half of it. The rest remains unutilized. This is not a good sign for any business house whose motto should be to reduce the cost of construction and not over spending on things. Therefore, it is important that the moment you bag a project, you start preparing a plan on things that you need and the amount of money you are ready to spend on it. You need to prepare a solid budget that has to be realistic. Also give proper instructions throughout all departments to strictly adhere to the budget and if they have to overstep the budget, they take prior approval from you. Other than that, under no given circumstance that they should go beyond the amount allocated to them. Your planning should be absolutely bang-on:- Before you start working on the project, give some time to plan things up. It is very crucial that you have a proper plan in place and you work according to it. Frame the plan by discussing things with the architect, contractors, the guy who looks after the finance of the company and other important people who can help you in streamlining things and set things right for you. Try to have precise estimates of raw materials and if the price will grow or come down in near future. Have a talk with the trade contractor about it and try to sense the situation of the market. On the basis of these info you should plan out things and while planning, pay stress on minimizing the cost of construction in every possible manner. Check the actual with the estimates:- It is important that you match the actual cost with the estimated cost and see if there is any overspending happening. If the actual are slightly on the higher side, it means things are in control but if you find that there is a good difference then you got to take charge of the situation and fix things immediately.

 Heavy equipment required for construction of dam | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:52

Dam construction is one of the most important constructions in this world. Channelizing water supply and to store water, as well as to prevent flood, dams play a huge role. Sometimes, the dams are so beautifully structured and constructed that they can afford to bear rails and bridges for communication. However, many people do not know how the dams are constructed on the rivers. Have you ever thought of the sort of engineering that might be engaged into constructing a dam? Without the support of the heavy construction equipment, it would be extremely difficult for the engineers to make the huge dams that hold such a huge amount of water pressure. Types of dams: Before you understand what it takes to build a dam, you need to understand the purposes that a dam might serve. Dams are constructed for various reasons. The most common ones are – * Providing protection from flood, by channelizing water supply * Reserving water or making water reservoirs at the backwater dams * Creating shipping channels as lateral dams * Producing hydroelectricity. Whatever the type of dam may be, the construction equipment that is used is almost the same. Heavy Construction Equipment Needed for Dam Construction: * Excavators:   The first step for dam construction is the diversion of the river. For that the excavators are used to dig the ground. Once the river is diverted on another side, the ground on which the dam needs to be made is excavated. * Loaders:   The debris from the excavated ground needs to be removed from the area. Hence, loaders are used to remove the debris from the ground. It is removed and taken to some other area, so that the area is completely cleared off the debris. Once the loaders remove the debris, high power pumps are used to remove the water from the area. The entire area that is given a boundary with scaffold is dried up for further construction. * Compactors:   After the construction of the ground, the compactors help in making the area suitable for further construction. There are different kinds of compactors that can be used for making the site suitable for the construction of dam. The ground is then filled with the concrete materials. Large volume of concrete is filled into this gap and then let to dry. Ready-mix trucks are used to fill the concrete into the structure of the dam. In case of huge large constructions, sometimes mixing plants are established right at the place of construction. This helps in supplying the concrete mix to the place of the construction. The engineers make plans for the dam construction in such a way that it can hold the huge pressure of the water from the river. Some dams are smaller in size and some are larger. The gates are installed into the dam, so that water can be passed when needed. As the concrete is dried up entirely, the water path is again channelized into its original flow. It is then ready for storing water, holding water and also for generating hydro-electricity as needed. Buy Now on eBay [ebayfeedsforwordpress feed="" items="2"]

 Bonuses can bring cheer on the faces of construction workers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:30

In every industry, the workers play a very crucial role in the growth of the business. With happy employees and workers, the business will see constant and continuous growth. But, with unhappy workers, there is always the trouble of companies and businesses suddenly being faced by a strike, labour shortage and many other associated problems. Hence, it is a must that you keep your workers always happy. The current scenario: Every single business or industry requires skilled employees. However, despite the high demand, there is a scarcity of availability of skilled labours. Businesses, therefore, often encounter huge losses. But, many company owners are thinking of hiring new set or labours; rather than keeping the existing ones. They consider the cheap wages that they will have to pay for the new and inexperienced labours. However, the fact is that the amount of money that it will cost the companies in training the new labours will be huge. Hence, keeping the skilled and experienced existing workers is always something that one must do. Having happy workers: As already mentioned, it is always a good idea to keep the existing and experienced workers with your construction business than hiring new ones; a business owner needs to come up with ideas that will help them in keeping the workers happy. This is because; it is only by providing satisfaction that one can manage to hold the existing staff. And one of the most effective ways of holding existing skilled workers is to give them enough bonuses. * Bonus increases performance:   Everybody likes a little added bonus. Bonuses bring cheer to the faces of the workers. As you give your construction workers bonus, they will feel encouraged to work even harder and better. * Bonus increases loyalty:   For a successful business, it is a must that the workers or employees are loyal to your business. Bonuses yield an emotional impact on the workers and become more loyal to your construction company. This results in better performance at work. Moreover, satisfied workers wouldn’t resign from the job, creating a scarcity of workers. * Creating a healthy environment:   Undoubtedly, construction work is a strenuous one and always requires skill and the extra input to complete a task. When you hand out the bonus to the workers, it is quite likely that the happy and satisfied workers will give their input in the work. During the time, when there is an urgency of workers, your happy construction workers may forfeit their leaves and contribute in completing the task. Conclusion: Since bonuses can bring so many benefits for the construction business just for a small amount of investment on the skilled staff and get great returns, it is quite imperative that this factor is paid much attention to. After the successful completion of a project or even yearly or half-yearly, adding bonus to the wages of the workers will only add to the benefits of the construction business. The bonus does not necessarily have to be monetary at all times, it can be other benefits as well that would suit the need of the workers.

 Heavy Equipment used for tree logging | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:57

Cutting trees require skills and to load the logs inside the truck is quite a challenge for the operator who does this job. While picking the log, he needs to be pretty sure that the heavy equipment has held the log tightly and there is no chance for it to lose it while the log is hanging in the air. Now this part of the job is quite a tough one because if you go wrong and for some reason the machine could not hold the log, it will fall straight on the ground and can cause harm to men or materials close to the site. Operators who do this job are specially trained and they use special kind of heavy equipment. You can’t use a construction machine for forestry work like tree logging. You can only do the job with those special machines. As we have seen an evolution in heavy equipments used for construction purposes, we have also seen a similar kind of evolution in the heavy equipments used for forestry work. Earlier people used chainsaws which has new been replaced with modern equipment like feller bunchers, harvesters etc. These machines are usually manufactured keeping into consideration the weight of the machine and its changing area. It is crucial to keep a note of these things as the soil where the machines will function will be soft. Therefore the equipments can’t exert more pressure. There are few widely used heavy equipments without which the forestry sector could have never reached its helm. Feller Buncher:- A Feller Buncher is heavy equipment that is widely used for tree logging work. It has an attachment at the top of the machine through which it cuts the trees and also gathers them before they fall on the ground. It is installed with a tree grabbing equipment that holds the tree once it has been cut. Once the tree is cut, it is then put on a stack used for a skidder for further processing works. Forwarder:- Forwarder is heavy equipment that is used to pick the cut tree logs from the ground and place it on its back. It is more like a skeleton truck which has barriers on all the 4 sides so that the log does not fall off while the vehicle is moving on the road. It uses its arm to pick the log lying on the ground and then places it all on the truck. The only limitation is that it can’t load big logs due to size constraints and therefore while the logs are cut, one needs to ensure that they are cut as per the size that a forwarder can ferry. Harvester:- You can use a harvester to cut down big trees and then cut them into logs. A harvester and a forwarder are the most common heavy equipments that one can see in the forestry sector. Once the tree is cut into logs, the forwarder then picks them up and ferry it to a roadside landing.

 The utility of a crusher in the mining and construction industry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:38

In order to break a piece of rock into pieces, there is a need of a machine which can do it in minutes. This is why we have crushers that can get this part of the job done quite easily. Crushers are basically used in the mining industry where they have to deal with huge pieces of rocks and need to crush them into small pieces so that the minerals can be removed from within the rocks. Likewise, in the construction segment in order to develop roads, you need to do away with big stones and for this purpose you require crushers to do the job. Normally, a small sized crusher can break a stone measuring 1.5 meter and bring it down to small pieces. It is not expensive equipment and normally every construction and mining company possesses one. As a matter of fact, mining companies have an array of crushers that are used to crush different kinds of stones. They just can’t function with one particular kind of crusher because once they are done with the elementary stage of rock crushing; the rocks have to go through the 2nd round of crushing that is done by a different crusher. So overall, you need more than one type of crusher to get what you want. There are basically many types of crushers available for mining work. Right from the primary crusher whose sole work is to break down the size of a rock to a size that can be managed by the secondary set of crushers, the piece of rock has to go through several crushing and grinding processes and for getting this done, there is a need of experienced men who knows how to get the work done. When we are talking about the primary crushers, the Jaw and Gyratory crushers are considered to be the most important of all. The sole function of the jaw crusher is to reduce the size of the rock by allowing maximum compression force on the two plates of the crusher. The speed of this crusher is around 100-350 revolution per minute. So one can imagine the state of the rock will be when it is grinded with such force. Related articles across the web Mine environmental risk grows with bankruptcies in big coal

 Green (Environmental Friendly) Heavy Equipment | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:42

Human progress is nothing if it is not competent enough to save its own race and what is ideally happening in today’s time is we are making living more complicated that what it was few decades ago. Our standard of living and our health has gone for a complete toss and people are suffering from all sorts of health related issues. One of the major reasons why we have to live an unhealthy life is air pollution. If we feel that eating wrong is causing number of health related issues, we are not wrong in considering that as a big threat. However, that is still manageable as it is entirely in our control. We can change our lifestyle just in case we feel that it is getting out of hand and will result in losing our life but there is not much we can do about the air we breathe. We have to get out of our homes and we have to breathe constantly. We are inhaling poisonous air and making ourselves sick. Heavy equipment have a major role to play when it comes to polluting the environment. They emit huge proportion of toxics in the air causing numerous health related complications. People are becoming prone to diseases like asthma, heart strokes, lung cancer and so on and so forth. Diesel run heavy equipment are the major source of emitting poisonous gas and make living next to impossible for people living close to a construction site. In such a situation, it becomes very important for heavy equipment manufacturing companies to introduce machines that are eco-friendly. The term eco-friendly denotes to things that does not cause or comparatively cause less harm to the environment. Governments of the developed countries are also taking initiatives by introducing subsidies to land to the construction companies who are using eco-friendly heavy equipment. Eco-friendly heavy equipment are available in the market. It is just that they are expensive as compared to the conservative form of machines and perhaps has few performance related issues. Well, the equipment manufacturing companies are working hard to fill this gap and manufacture more machines that do not let down their clients one grounds of performance. They understand how important performance is for companies working in the construction domain. The government is also setting up various environmental standards that speaks about the standard of engine equipment manufacturing companies should be producing. They are kind of setting up a regulation and all the equipment producing companies should stringently stick on to those parameters. The sad part of the story is that the regulation is applicable only for the newly built machines and not for the existing ones which are the major contributor of air pollution. This means that it will take another couple of decades for the non-environmental friendly machines to go obsolete, subsequently causing more harm to the people and claiming more lives. In order to curb this menace, government is urging construction companies to ensure that they conduct regular maintenance of their machines and apply mechanisms to reduce the emission of intoxicants.    

 Do not start heavy equipment workshop without adequate experience | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:15

It is mostly advisable to not start a business that you do not know much about. You will most probably end up burning your fingers. It is quite natural for a person to not understand what is going around in his business if he understands nothing about it. So it makes no point to start something that you know nothing about or know very less. When we think about starting a business, we not only invest good sum of money into it but also our time and effort and we should make sure that we get everything back from it. So when you start a business, do it with the intention that you have to reap profits to the extent that you get back the money you have invested and also the time and efforts that you have put in. We all know how thriving the construction industry is and how profitable any business will be that is closely associated with the industry. Therefore it definitely makes sense to get into something that the construction industry requires on almost every day basis. Owning a heavy equipment workshop means real big thing. Contractors will come to you with their heavy equipment to get them fixed and you in turn can make good money out of it. But for that, the pre-requisite is that you have sound knowledge of heavy equipment. The people who will come to you to fix their machines will want you to do the work at the earliest. They may not have time for you to take days to find the problem and then look out for a solution. They are people who probably want mechanics with excellent knowledge about machines and who can acknowledge the issue the moment they start the engine. So if you intend to open heavy equipment workshop you have to be that competent. You do not have any scope to take things for granted because if you try to do so you will start losing business. The contractors will take no time to switch workshops. Work as a mechanic in some workshop:- It is quite crucial for you to gain some experience as a mechanic before you end up starting a workshop of your own. Now you can gain experience by either working as a mechanic in somebody else’s workshop or try to get into heavy equipment manufacturing company as a mechanic. You also need to study on heavy equipment and pass exams to become a certified mechanic. No heavy equipment company or for that matter workshops will hire you if you do not have any such certifications. Spend some years working with them and try to learn as much as you can. Try to deal with different types of heavy equipment so that you are exposed to many machines at a time. Become a freelancer:- You need not have to open a workshop to fix machines. You can even work as a freelancer. So the construction companies who want a mechanic will reach out to you and you visit them at the jobsite and try to fix the equipment. In this way you do not have to shell lot of money on infrastructure that is otherwise required if you own a workshop of your own.

 Adequate security for heavy equipment is of utter importance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:14

For any construction company irrespective of its size, it is quite crucial to take adequate steps to ensure that the heavy equipment in the construction site are safe and secure. There are enough reports that you get to hear where machines have been stolen due to inadequate security. These machines are then sold in the grey market for a lesser price and you will also find enough buyers for it. Now the security of heavy equipment is the sole responsibility of its owner and that can’t be pushed on anybody else’s shoulder. If you are running a big unit then you have people under you who are given the responsibility to ensure that the machine or their parts are in place and no trespasser can ever manage to sneak in without taking prior approval. These measures carry a lot of weight in today’s times when there are increasing incidents of thefts happening from the construction units. At times, the burglars are able to creep in and manage to take the entire heavy equipment but most of the time they content themselves with the vital parts of the machine. Tight security can be one of an option:- You have to guard the construction site with enough men who will be stationed at the entrance and in the exit (if the exit is different from the entrance). At times, there are more than one entrance points and hence you must make sure that you have the guards on all the entrance and exit points so that no one can sneak in and get out easily without being checked. Their primary work will be to check each and every person and their belongings when they get inside the site and also when they move out of it. You never know if an insider is also attached to one such gang and therefore you should leave no stone unturned to ensure that your site remains theft free. Install cameras at all important junctions:- You need to keep a round the clock watch on the construction site and it is not possible by manning humans where there are chances that they may feel fatigued and may take a short nap. This is why it is important that you install cameras at various junctions so that it tracks every move of people that works on the site. When you are installing cameras, please make sure that they are of superior picture quality so that if there is a theft that takes place in the site, it should not give a blurry picture of the burglar. Moreover, the guards stationed in the security cabin from where they can view the pictures should be extremely active and if they see anything wrong on the site they should immediately raise an alarm. Drones can be used:- Flying drones can be used for this purpose as well. The only challenge is that you can’t have them flying for the entire night and therefore measures should be taken to give rest to drones at regular intervals. In a nutshell, it should be in complete control of humans.

 Join an institution of repute to become competent mechanics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:09

The excellence of any work is highly dependent on your base knowledge. If you are strong with your basics then you will not take long to learn the tricks of the trade. It will be just matter of years for you to master everything under the sun. Hence it is very important that you should first give time to develop your basic skills before you jump to the next level. The next level will be full of complexities if you are not fine-tuned with the basics. So how do you make your base strong in the profession that you want to enter? First and foremost you have to join an institution that has the curriculum which you are looking for and want to study. All you need to ensure is the institution you are joining is a reputed one and they have a history of producing highly competent men. The heavy equipment and the construction industry are short of people who are good mechanics. Heavy equipment is a highly complex subject and it requires years of dedication and devotion for one to learn many things about different kind of machines. It is quite understood that a student will not be able to learn everything in the institution. He learns about machines while he is at work and masters it slowly while he gets to work more and more. However, in this entire process the most important part is how well he knows the basic of machines. Because as long as you are not clear with the foundation level you will keep having some or the other problems understanding what you are doing. This is where the role of an institution becomes pivotal. The institution has to enroll the basics of different kinds of machines in its curriculum so that students who want to become mechanics should know something about all the machines. A grader is different from an excavator in many ways and may have different types of problems. So knowing a bit about grader as well as an excavator is crucial. Once you become a mechanic, you will be a mechanic of all the heavy equipment that we know about. You can’t say that you have only learnt to repair a dozer and are completely ignorant of any other machine. No company will want someone who specializes in just one machine and does not even know a thing about other heavy equipment. They will want the mechanics hired by them to know almost everything. So you got to start learning it right from the beginning. You do not have to do a thorough research on the best institution available in your city. Almost all institutions that teach heavy equipment are good. You only have to check their rankings and see if they have campus interviews. Institutions that arrange campus interviews should be preferred but one should not only aim to get enrolled in such institutions. Campus interviews will help you get a job easily but this does not mean that other institutions that do not arrange campus interviews are poor in terms of standard. At the end of the day any institution that molds you into a competent mechanic should be given utmost preference. Related articles across the web VIDEO: Three large dozers join forces to create one giant wall of dirt

 How to kick start construction business with low investment | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:39

Investment is an important requirement for starting off any business. You may have the skill and the experience needed to start a business but if you do not have required sum of money then it becomes quite difficult to get into any kind of business. You can definitely borrower money from some lender but you got to have at least some portion of money with you to give it a kick start. As long as you have an office and have completed few projects you will not even find any investor who can help you by lending money. Not would like to invest their money on a person who just have skill and experience but no money to become an entrepreneur. This is why you should start saving some money from the day you dream of starting a business so that you can bring into effect your business plans with the small amount you have saved. People who have thought of starting a construction business can definitely begin with low investment. All they need to have is an idea that they can execute and some skills and experience to run the business. It is recommended that people who have belonged to this industry and have been a part of it for a good period of time should think of getting into the construction business and guys who have never been a part of it and want to begin this venture should first join a construction company, study how things work there and only when they are completely confident they should start the business. Newbie can end up losing all their money as their lack of experience can prove to be very costly to them. Start taking small projects:- Big projects definitely have more money but for a new construction company that does not have enough investment to fund a big project should not go for it. They should rather focus on smaller projects and gather experience of running this business. Small projects have the capability of making more money for you and in this process try to develop your assets as well as create your company’s portfolio. These small steps that you take will prove to be quite helpful to you in the long run. Once you have your company portfolio, you can spread it across to people in your circle so that they can give you more work. In this fashion, you can keep yourself busy with work, earn money and also increase the size of the company by making a very low investment. Take heavy equipment on rent:- Heavy equipment are a necessity and also an expensive commodity. Buying a construction machine will cost you thousands of dollars and therefore you have to look into an alternative that will save your money and also meet your requirement. What you can do is take heavy equipment on rent once you have a project in hand and return it once you are done. You only have to pay the rental which should not burn a hole in your pocket.

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