Every plumbing contractor has down years where small dollars can make or break it. The best way to weather business downturns is to ensure your company is running lean while business is good.
That means implementing programs — like GPS monitoring and routing, digital invoicing and electronic infrastructure, not to mention the oft-touted preventive maintenance.
“The dynamics of doing what we do — the big thing in keeping our costs down — is trying to make everybody work smarter, not harder,” says Darrin Black, president of Black Plumbing in Abilene, Texas. “It’s more of an intentional thought process that they’ve got
