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Plain Cement Concrete (PCC)- Work Procedure

The Constructor

Plain cement concrete (PCC) is a fundamental component of building construction, serving to prevent direct contact between reinforcement concrete and soil or water. This article delves into the intricacies of laying PCC, offering insights into the materials used, the procedure, dos and don’ts, and the advantages it brings to construction projects.

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The Basics of Construction Accounting

Construction Business Owner

Promote to rotator No Rotator Image Status of webinar Featured Understanding the basics of construction accounting. Thu, 05/16/2024 - 12:00 1:00 p.m. Central When a contractor has decided it’s time to make the transition from standard accounting methods and tools to construction-specific accounting methods and tools, it’s best to start by reviewing the fundamentals of construction accounting and what role it will play in the contractor’s business.

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Key Factors for Choosing a National Commercial Construction General Contractor

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Selecting the right national commercial construction general contractor is a critical decision that can significantly impact the success of your construction project. Over the past 20+ years, with 2500 completed commercial construction projects, we have learned that it takes more than a great price to win a bid. Our national retail, restaurant, hospitality, senior living, industrial, and automotive clients are very clear about what factors they look for when it comes time to award a project.

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Youth in Construction: Building the Future of the Industry

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint enables contractors to better manage their projects, processes and people, using the data gathered to lower risk and improve margins.

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Optimize Operational Processes With an Industry-Specific ERP

As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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Sustainable Facilities Management Practices

Job Order Contracting

Sustainable Facilities Management Practices involve a clear set of objectives, methods, and processes aimed at maximizing performance of the built environment with respect to economic and environmental resources in concert with meeting organizational mission needs. Concurrent planning, design, construction, and operation throughout the lifecycle of a built structure across disparate multidiscipline teams operating in a transparent and collaborative manner, in concert with real property owner lea

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Five Tips for Maximizing Profitability With 3D Reality Capture

Construction Business Owner

Promote to rotator No Rotator Image Status of webinar Featured Maximize profit in your construction business. Thu, 05/09/2024 - 12:00 1:00 p.m. Central When properly implemented, 3D reality capture — from a progress management platform, terrestrial laser scanner, or mobile mapping device — lets your team collect, analyze, monitor, and integrate field data for a variety of specific uses.

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Using Marketing 4Ps to Make Your Commercial Site Selection

Wolgast Corporation

Along with your logo, promotional materials, and website, your building and location strategy are considered part of your marketing mix and how you reach your target audience. When starting to search for the perfect site for positioning your business, put on your marketing hat and consider how the location will help you to fulfill your product, place, price and promotion.

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Building Customer Confidence in Electrical Contractor Bids

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint enables contractors to better manage their projects, processes and people, using the data gathered to lower risk and improve margins.

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Public Procurement of Construction Services

Job Order Contracting

Public procurement of construction services could be improved through the adoption of currently available best management practices. While most organizations are aware of the rampant economic and environmental waste associated with construction, associate repair, renovation, and maintenance projects, focus continues be upon largely upon simply “getting project done” While there may be restrictions with respect to competitive, fixed price contracts there is a significant opportunity t

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The Ultimate Procurement Software Buyer’s Guide

Choosing the right procurement software is a crucial step in ensuring third-party risk management, process governance, and bidding efficiency. With so many procurement solutions to choose from, it can be overwhelming without a frame of reference and a solid starting point. This free buyer’s guide will cover: Benefits of Procurement Software –– Why do you need it?

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Anti-Termite Treatment – Types, Chemicals, Prevention and Safety

The Constructor

Anti-termite treatment is a crucial chemical procedure conducted for soil, masonry, wood, and electrical fixtures to establish a chemical barrier against subterranean termites, both before and after construction. This article delves into various facets of anti-termite treatment, encompassing anti-termite chemicals, pre and post-construction procedures, preventive measures, safety protocols, as well as advantages and disadvantages associated […] The post Anti-Termite Treatment – Types

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The True Cost Difference: Car Allowance vs Mileage Reimbursement

Construction Business Owner

The True Cost Difference: Car Allowance vs Mileage Reimbursement You know how much you're paying employees, but do you know the real cost? mhodges Thu, 03/28/2024 - 09:34 Monthly car allowances are simple to administer, but about 30% of the money never even makes it into your employee’s pockets. Make sure you're taking everything into account, from compliance and tax implications to employee fairness and retention, to choose the most cost-effective vehicle program for your business.

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Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapses after ship collision

Construction Dive

The four-lane, 1.6-mile span is a major crossing for Baltimore traffic. It crumpled into the Patapsco River Tuesday morning.

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The Power Of Core Values In Your Trade Business

Contractor Bookkeeping

As a construction company owner, you're the architect of your business's vision and culture. But some of the foundation often needs to catch up in the hustle to improve services, chase sales, and keep the lights on. Core values—those guiding principles that shape your company's identity—are more than words on a wall or a statement in a handbook. Getting leads and doing the work is only part of the answer.

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Stop Making These Mistakes and Start Scaling Your Specialty Contractor Business

Anything that is built on a poor foundation will soon crumble from the ground up. This is literally the case in the construction stage of projects and it applies just the same during the pre-construction stage. This free eBook is your ultimate guide to scaling your business with customizable software as early as during the bidding stage.

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Safeguarding our schools: Strategies to protect students and keep campuses safe

BD+C

Safeguarding our schools: Strategies to protect students and keep campuses safe 0 qpurcell Tue, 03/26/2024 - 08:03 Security and Life Safety HMC Architects' PreK-12 Principal in Charge, Sherry Sajadpour, shares insights from school security experts and advisors on PreK-12 design strategies. Sherry Sajadpour K-12 Schools Designers Architects Interior Architecture Security and Life Safety Ensuring the safety and security of students and staff is a top priority for school districts nationwide.

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Backfilling in Foundation : Types and Procedure

The Constructor

What Is Backfilling? In the construction, backfilling stands as a pivotal process, essential for fortifying and supporting the foundations and structural components of buildings. It involves the replacement or reuse of excavated soil to ensure the structural integrity of a project. Factors affecting Backfilling in Foundation Several factors play crucial roles in the backfilling process: […] The post Backfilling in Foundation : Types and Procedure appeared first on The Constructor.

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A Call to Action To Design 'Future-Ready' Buildings

ENR Construction

David Odeh, principal of Odeh Engineers/WSP, sees ASCE's IMAX film, Cities of the Future, as a “call to action for how we can cope with what is in fact a very uncertain future.

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Key Bridge ‘couldn’t have been expected to withstand impact’

Construction Dive

President Joe Biden said he intends for the federal government to pay to rebuild the span, as re-opening the Port of Baltimore is top priority.

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The Specialty Contractor's Guide to Job Cost Accounting

Supply chain challenges and rising material costs are forcing specialty contractors to pay more for what they need to complete each job. Following a simple set of principles, this easy-to-follow guide can help you manage job costs, ease the pains of accounting, and run a more profitable businesses. If you are a Specialty Contractor or Self-performing GC, you do not want to miss out on this essential guide!

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Groundbreaking Celebrated for The University of Maine Athletics Renovations

PC Construction

On Wednesday, PC joined The University of Maine to celebrate the start of construction for major renovations to Harold Alfond Sports Arena and the Shawn Walsh Hockey Center. This project will further UMaine’s commitment to excellence in the state’s only Division I athletics program, strengthen gender equity and provide a preferred destination for high school sports championships, competitions and community events.

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Cal Beyer discusses how new technology can harm the mental health of those working in construction, and what companies should do about it

Construction Today

His mission is saving lives – that is how Cal Beyer describes his job in human capital risk management and wellbeing consultancy. As an executive committee member for the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, Cal has devoted the majority of his adult life to helping people with mental health issues. After starting primarily with first responders, Cal shifted his career focus to the… Source The post Cal Beyer discusses how new technology can harm the mental health of those

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Dept. of Energy Selects Kohler Co. to Pioneer Commercial Scale Decarbonization Solution in Company’s Largest Manufacturing Plant

Contractor Magazine

Funding, matched with Kohler investment, will create jobs, decrease emissions, and support local economic development.

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Vessel Impact Collapses Major Interstate Bridge in Baltimore

ENR Construction

A construction crew was working on Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge when it collapsed, reports say.

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Report: Optimism for Construction Growth in the Next Year Remains High

Research reveals 96% of respondents are very or fairly optimistic about their organization’s growth prospects for the next year. The InEight Global Capital Projects Outlook also finds over half see digital technology as the greatest growth opportunity. But these are only some of the findings. Don't be kept in the dark when it comes to the future. Read the report today!

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Clark Builders wins $91.1M British Columbia school build

Construction Dive

The contractor’s parent firm Turner Construction said the new school will feature a geo-exchange HVAC system and incorporate mass timber elements.

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Maximizing ROI: Tips for a Successful Bathroom Remodel in Sacramento

Learn Civil Engineering

Remodeling a bathroom is not just about updating its aesthetics or making it more functional; it’s also an investment in your Sacramento home’s value. Whether you’re planning to stay in your home for years to come or looking to sell in the near future, a well-executed bathroom remodel can offer significant returns.

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In the age of online transactions, Yoav Kutner encourages vendors to upgrade their online sales experience 

Construction Today

The construction industry has a big problem when it comes to e-commerce. On the one hand, B2B buyers are eager to go online to place orders for both parts and construction equipment, and vendors of all kinds are anxious to build out digital sales functions. In fact, nine out of ten construction companies see digital tech transforming the way they do business, and 84 percent expect to move 100… Source The post In the age of online transactions, Yoav Kutner encourages vendors to upgrade

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Mental health questions added to tender documents

Construction Law

Halton Borough Council is to make contractors include mental health statements in bids for construction work. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account.

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Discover 7 Ways to Cut Construction Inefficiencies

Construction sites are often just-barely-controlled chaos. Without clear coordination, you risk everything from clashes to delays, cancellations, and missed deadlines. Get the free eBook & learn how to solve the biggest challenges in construction!

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Wood Wizardry in Oregon: Innovation Raises the Roof for PDX Terminal B

ENR Construction

Drones, self-propelled modular transporters and a curtain wall that really does hang off the roof like a curtain are all notable technologies that made installing an 18-million-lb timber roof possible at Portland International Airport.

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Schott Pharma to build $371M syringe factory

Construction Dive

The North Carolina plant is part of the company's effort to triple its U.S. supply of glass and polymer syringes used in GLP-1 therapies by 2030.

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Workplace campus design philosophy: People are the new amenity

BD+C

Workplace campus design philosophy: People are the new amenity 0 qpurcell Thu, 03/28/2024 - 10:33 Office Buildings Nick Arambarri, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB, Director of Commercial, LPA, underscores the value of providing rich, human-focused environments for the return-to-office workforce. Nick Arambarri, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB Office Buildings Headquarters Designers Building Owners When leasing agents take clients to see buildings, they know what’s important: people.

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