Even though the snow continues to fall, we can still complete certain projects! Of course, outside projects aren't much of an option right now...but interior projects can still be completed.
During the week between Christmas and New Year, we completed an interior warehouse project at the Goodyear-Dunlop Tire manufacturing facility in Tonawanda, NY. The timing was ideal for the facility manager as that time-frame is a recurring annual shut-down week and minimal scheduling changes needed to be made to facilitate completion of the project. Also, he was able to take advantage of 2009 budget dollars that would have gone unused.
So, to all our industrial, commercial and municipal customers, please keep in mind that the snow on the ground now does not keep us from completing your interior project now.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Customer Letter!
Thanks to Paul & Carol Welker for the complimentary letter below.
We enjoyed working with you and appreciate that you took the time to communicate your satifaction not just to us but to your family and friends.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Wishing everyone health & prosperity in 2010...
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put the words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and the first chapter is New Year's Day." - Edith Lovejoy Pierce
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put the words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and the first chapter is New Year's Day." - Edith Lovejoy Pierce
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Facilities Management Expo Seminar Presentation
As you know, we recently exhibited at the Facilities Management Expo in Depew, NY. We were lucky enough to be asked to present a seminar which we titled "Concrete Leveling: When is it right for your facility?"
The seminar was information driven and designed to help commercial and industrial facility managers see examples of what types of projects are ideal for concrete leveling and which ones are better suited for replacement.
We discussed the changing business environment, how facility managers are feeling pressure to complete more projects with the same or less budget dollars than previous year and the dangers of liability-driven situations (we recently completed a project for a company who lost a million dollar lawsuit because of a trip-and-fall situation involving concrete slab transition).
Our open-dialog format encouraged audience participation and we fielded many good questions about our application and its' appropriateness for specific situations. We have already completed a couple of projects for people who attended our seminar that day and we look forward to completing more!
Thanks to Nancy Boyd Haley at PPM for producing such an effective show!
The seminar was information driven and designed to help commercial and industrial facility managers see examples of what types of projects are ideal for concrete leveling and which ones are better suited for replacement.
We discussed the changing business environment, how facility managers are feeling pressure to complete more projects with the same or less budget dollars than previous year and the dangers of liability-driven situations (we recently completed a project for a company who lost a million dollar lawsuit because of a trip-and-fall situation involving concrete slab transition).
There are a number of points we discussed at the seminar as supporting information and explanation. For example, we show a chart which indicates a very significant savings using concrete leveling (in this case, stabilizing the slabs) versus replacement for a customer. Discussion of this slide included the fact that this was an industrial facility in which there were exceptionally high OSHA standards and additional regulations which are not typical for standard warehouses; replacement in their facility would cost significantly more than in a typical warehouse because of the product they manufacture and store. It was an ideal project for concrete leveling.
Our open-dialog format encouraged audience participation and we fielded many good questions about our application and its' appropriateness for specific situations. We have already completed a couple of projects for people who attended our seminar that day and we look forward to completing more!
Thanks to Nancy Boyd Haley at PPM for producing such an effective show!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Facilities Management Expo!
The FM Expo is this Thursday, November 12th, from 11AM-6PM, at The Hearthstone Manor. We will be in booth 303. We are looking forward to seeing our current business partners and meeting new contacts! The show is aways a fun and informative environment in which to communicate and share ideas.
Please stop in and see Pete's seminar presentation at 1:00PM in which the discussion will focus on determining when concrete leveling is the best option for your facility.
Click here, FMexpo, or on the title of the blog to visit the FM Expo website; new features have been added and user friendliness improved! You can also pre-register online to expedite your entry to the show.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Concrete Leveling Saves More than Just Another Pool Deck!
A Note from Pete the Leveler:
In October, we successfully completed another pool project bringing our total of pool decks raised in WNY to 48 between 2007-2009. This was our first indoor pool and, more importantly, a pool in which replacement was almost inconceivable.
The house and pool were built by the owner himself 25 years ago and is a thing of beauty. The pool has a bar along the outside perimeter and a spiral staircase leading to the second floor that had also been affected by the drop of the concrete below the flagstone. Raising the pool deck back to original position using concrete leveling was the only viable way to save the pool deck from demolition.
After completing over 800 projects in the last three years, the feeling of bringing value and successfully solving another concrete issue never gets old, but this particular project brought a unique type of satisfaction. As a company, making money is a necessity; however, saving something that worthy of saving and knowing that for the owner of this pool we saved the blood, sweat and tears that go into creating something with your own hands has a particularly satisfying feeling upon completion.
Any skill worth having is a skill worth testing to ensure continued improvement...
Shown below are a before and after picture in the bar area of this project.
In October, we successfully completed another pool project bringing our total of pool decks raised in WNY to 48 between 2007-2009. This was our first indoor pool and, more importantly, a pool in which replacement was almost inconceivable.
The house and pool were built by the owner himself 25 years ago and is a thing of beauty. The pool has a bar along the outside perimeter and a spiral staircase leading to the second floor that had also been affected by the drop of the concrete below the flagstone. Raising the pool deck back to original position using concrete leveling was the only viable way to save the pool deck from demolition.
After completing over 800 projects in the last three years, the feeling of bringing value and successfully solving another concrete issue never gets old, but this particular project brought a unique type of satisfaction. As a company, making money is a necessity; however, saving something that worthy of saving and knowing that for the owner of this pool we saved the blood, sweat and tears that go into creating something with your own hands has a particularly satisfying feeling upon completion.
Any skill worth having is a skill worth testing to ensure continued improvement...
Shown below are a before and after picture in the bar area of this project.
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