Happy Ground Hog Day

February: the shortest of the twelve months in days and one of the longest in our business, at least for me. Regardless of whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow at Gobbler's Knob we know that winter will be around for weeks yet. Bummer. Sure, Gamka sells and rents temporary heat, tarps and chemicals that make work in freezing climates possible but no one is thrilled with the costs involved to work at this time of year and even less joyful at the prospects of shutting down instead. No work, no pay. We commiserate but are glad that some of you are working, heating , enclosing and "gittin' her done", like Larry the Cable Guy would say.

What will Spring bring? Let's hope it will be more jobs, construction work for us all and an upturn for the construction industry, especially in New Jersey!

Will it happen? I am a believer in making your own luck. Bid everything you can do, look for new venues, better methods, new technology, apply it to whatever there is to make you more competitive than the next guy.

At Gamka we are always looking for products that will assist our customers with that edge. Education is part of that program and we recently put out an On Line Learning Event survey to determine the interest levels with our customer base. If you responded, thanks! If you missed it, it isn't too late to participate. There is a link to it at www.gamka.com. We want to know if Webinars suit your lifestyle.

John Greenleaf Whittier said, "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been'". It is those Shoulda, Woulda, Couldas that will get you every time.

Well, not on our watch! And since we are on the topic of watching, keep your eye on Washington and Trenton. We know what we want, don't let them forget it.

We are a distributor of a wide variety of construction products. Gamka's business is in equipment sales and rentals, construction chemicals, thermal and moisture protection, diamond cutting, hardware, concrete accessories and safety equipment.  We are family run and our World Headquarters is located in Edison, NJ. Gamka's truck fleet delivers all over New Jersey, Metropolitan New York and Philadelphia. To serve our outside customers, we have three field sales representatives who call on contractors on jobs and in their offices. Inside our 60,000 square foot building we have a 2,000 sq. ft. show room where our sales counter handles walk-in customers and telephone calls. Under roof are more than 30,000 line items. We rent over 1,700 pieces of machinery. There are 9,000 parts in stock and our service department repairs our customers' equipment and what we sell and rent. Information on all of this and much more can be found on our website, www.gamka.com . We offer our customers application-engineered solutions to their problems.  We have established ourselves in the concrete market niche and are known by our customers as the concrete experts. If you have anything to do with concrete, from placing it to restoring it and every stage in between, Gamka can help. We have the answers.

As the construction industry and our customers evolve, so do we.