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Test It, Tag It Or Toss It
Alan Levi

March 29, 2002
Prepare your shop for unexpected guests or unexpected new customers.
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Best Of Blau-October 1996: Rebirth Of A Contractor
Frank Blau

Frank Blau
March 29, 2002
Here's how the subject of last month's column staved off Chapter 7 and turned his business around.
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Municipal Makeover
John Siegenthaler, PE

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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
March 29, 2002
Even lessons learned the hard way eventually pay off.
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Letters To The Editor - March 2002

February 28, 2002
Send your letters to the editor to pmmag@enteract.com, or visit our Feedback Page.
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Get Your Money Now!
Paul Ridilla

Paul Ridilla
February 28, 2002
We work for far too many people who have the power to authorize extra work, but do not honor their work when it is time to pay for it.
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Can Consolidation Succeed?
Jim Olsztynski

Jim Olsztynski
February 28, 2002
The roll-up gambit should result in a whole greater than the sum of its parts; why hasn't it?
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Two Areas Flat Rate Doesn't Work
Julius Ballanco, P.E.

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Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD
February 28, 2002
If you flat rate, be prepared to answer for your prices.
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Minitube Mods
John Siegenthaler, P.E.

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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
February 28, 2002
Some variations and novel applications of a system you first read about in PM.
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'The Cost Of Not Knowing. . .' Goes On & On
Frank Blau

Frank Blau
February 28, 2002
Best Of Blau Reprinted September 1996. PHC contractors continually buy themselves jobs at prevailing rates.
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Letters To The Editor
February 2002

February 5, 2002
Send your letters to the editor to PMmag@enteract.com, or visit our feedback page.
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