contractor success Moving By: Robert Kravitz Up And Out Growing your business by expanding into new geographic areas. W While the current economic environment appears to be improving — though it is still quite fragile — that does not mean that building service contrac-tors (BSCs) cannot grow their businesses or look for new business opportunities. One opportunity being pursued by some BSCs is expanding their companies by offering services in new geographic areas. Some large contract cleaning companies can do this by buying an existing business and taking the Robert Kravitz is a former building service contractor and author of two books on the industry. He may be reached at [email protected]. After saturating their current market, zealous contractors can expand by servicing other geographic areas. 40 CM/Cleaning & Maintenance Management ® • May 2010