Web Columns

Web Only Columns

• Make Your Own Silver Lining

  Using the downturn to practice some creative cost control.

   

• Still Crazy After All These Years

  An aging hippie asks remodelers to turn on and tune in…to his online community to foster thoughtful and constructive dialogue about remodeling.

   

• Restoration Revisited

  In light of the economy, Rick Provost revises what he said in a previous column about remodelers and restoration.

   

• Both Sides of the Satisfaction Equation

  Rick Provost offer a case study of how a remodeling company saved a customer relationship.

   

• Weather or Not

  Stimulus money is still out there--Rick Provost tells you where it is and how to use it.

   

• You Can Get There From Here

  Rick Provost's profile of a remodeler's path to balancing craft and business.

   

• Independent Contractors…or Employees?

  Worker misclassification is the target of proposed legislation as well as new Department of Labor enforcement tools.

   

• Start All Over Again

  Dealing with some tough issues during the recession? Over his Memorial Day weekend, Rick Provost looks to the Greatest Generation for inspiration.

   

• OSHA Update

  OSHA repositions itself from a compliance organization to an enforcement agency.

   

• Lead Rule Perspective

  Columnist Rick Provost compiles internet comments about EPA's lead rule.