December 2009 Table of Contents

Features

• 8Building the Business: Looking for a Better 2010
  Follow these critical tips to create a brighter outlook for your contracting business in the new year
• 12Featured Contractor: The Path to Success
  Wisconsin's Janke General Contractors veers away from competitive construction specialties and finds challenges and profits in recreational infrastructure projects
• 20Special Feature: 2010 Truck Chassis Outlook
  Fewer platform brands and tighter emissions standards will greet medium-duty truck buyers in the coming year. But contractors will still find a variety of nameplates and cleaner, more fuel-efficient engines

Columns

• 6Safety First: Choosing the Right Extension Cord
  Don't take it for granted that any old extension cord laying around the jobsite will convey reliable and safe power to a new or unfamiliar power tool
• 18Product News: Product News
  
• 22Office Matters: Credit Card Crunch
  Because other forms of lending are tight, small businesses are relying more heavily on credit cards; but beware, reforms apply only to consumer cards
• 28Industry News: Industry News