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Controlling Costs for Construction Companies

Construction Business Owner

Promote to rotator No Rotator Image Status of webinar Featured Thu, 07/27/2023 - 12:00 1:00 p.m. Eastern If you're tired of tedious, costly financial processes slowing down your construction company's growth, this one's for you. Join us for a candid conversation with Cindy Morton from Anchored Tiny Homes about how to control costs and increase visibility by leveraging technology to streamline your business' finances.

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Construction Industry Trends: June 2023 Roundup

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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Maximize Your Construction Estimating Efficiency

Construction Business Owner

Maximize Your Construction Estimating Efficiency Tools, tips and insights you can use right now to make use of your valuable time. mhodges Thu, 07/06/2023 - 10:23 Prior to a new construction build or renovation, cost estimates are used to evaluate information and determine project feasibility, funding, logistics and other required resources. Therefore, a project’s success is in direct correlation to the thoroughness of its estimate.

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Construction Equipment: Rent, Buy, Or Lease?

The Constructor

Constructing a property can be one of the most challenging yet rewarding endeavors. Whether building your own home or a commercial building, you’ll need the right construction equipment to ensure the job is done correctly and efficiently. But with so many options available, it can be not easy to know which route to take when […] The post Construction Equipment: Rent, Buy, Or Lease?

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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Rydon pays out £27m for Grenfell civil claim settlement

Construction Enquirer

Grenfell contractor Rydon has revealed a provision of £26.7m to cover the cost of its part in the settlement earlier this year with more than 900 survivors and bereaved family members of the tragedy. The provision is also understood to include the potential outcome of ongoing talks with individuals not included in the BSR Cohort 1 group civil case settlement.

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45 construction workers killed on site last year

Construction Enquirer

Forty-five construction workers were killed in site accidents last year according to the latest official figures from the Health and Safety Executive. The figure is sharply up on last year’s 29 fatalities and higher than the five-year average of 37 annual deaths. Construction made up a third of the 135 workers killed in work-related accidents across all industries in the UK in the 12 months to March 2023.

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‘No reason not to have it’: Why contractors equip jobsites with Narcan

Construction Dive

Construction industry news, trends and jobs for building professionals who want mobile-friendly content.

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Housing slump sees construction output fall

Construction Enquirer

Construction buyers reported a drop in overall output in June for the first time in five months. The bellwether S&P Global/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index recorded 48.9 in June, down from 51.6 in May and below the neutral 50.0 threshold for the first time in five months. The index was dragged down by a steep decline in residential work.

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Hudson River Rail Tunnel Project Set for Record $6.9B Federal Grant

ENR Construction

The Federal Transit Administration OKed the NJ-NY crossing to advance to the engineering phase of its Capital Investment Grants program.

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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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Renaker submits £300m plan for Manchester’s tallest tower

Construction Enquirer

Manchester developer and builder Ranaker has submitted plans for the city’s tallest tower containing over 640 flats. The 71-storey tower, already nicknamed the ‘Lighthouse’ because of its distinctive lantern-style glazing on the upper six floors, will top out Ranaker’s Great Jackson Street cluster. Designed by SimpsonHaugh Architects, the 213m tall skyscraper will feature a public restaurant on its 71st floor.

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Aluminum-framed fenestration: A guide to specifying paints and coatings

Construction Specifier

Photo courtesy Linetec. By Tammy Schroeder Choosing finishes for commercial buildings’ aluminum-framed vertical fenestration assemblies—windows, curtain wall, storefront, and entrances—often begins by selecting a color. Specialty coatings also can enhance the visual and tactile effects of the finished appearance. Since fenestration products have both interior- and exterior-facing finished surfaces, high-performance coatings typically are specified to ensure lasting performance with minimal mai

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New leader at NASC

Construction Enquirer

The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation (NASC) has appointed Clive Dickin as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dickin has worked for more than 25 years as a senior leadership figure within the membership trade association sector – most recently as Commercial Director for the National Federation of Builders. His plans for the NASC include highlighting the support available to the membership – of all levels within the scaffolding sector – promoting the independently vetted, high qua

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How to Choose a Solar Panel Company? 10 Tips For Getting Started

Learn Civil Engineering

Choosing the right solar panel company is crucial for a successful and efficient solar installation. With numerous companies offering solar solutions, it’s important to know what factors to consider to make an informed decision.

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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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Henry collapse drops bomb in bonding market

Construction Enquirer

The collapse of Henry Construction has triggered a serious bonding crunch for contractors. Some bond providers are warning firms will now find it much more difficult and costly to raise bonds as a result of the fallout. Surety capacity is being constrained as providers seek to manage risk, and brokers now warn that contractors with tight headroom on balance sheets could be refused bonding.

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All About Daylight Vs Walkout Basement

CivilJungle

Daylight Vs Walkout Basement Generally, a daylight basement has a full-sized window which creates a path to enter daylight into the basement, that’s why it is termed as daylight window. Daylight basements are generally situated at.

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Go-ahead for 48-storey Birmingham BTR tower

Construction Enquirer

Residential developer HUB and real estate investment manager MARK have got the planning thumbs for a 48-storey residential-led scheme at 2 Snowhill Plaza in Birmingham. The project will deliver 462 build to rent homes, public realm, ground-floor commercial space and onsite amenities. Designed by architect Metropolitan Workshop, the proposal for 2 Snowhill Plaza would replace a vacant commercial property acquired by the duo last year.

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The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings

BD+C

The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings 0 qpurcell Thu, 07/06/2023 - 10:44 Adaptive Reuse Shepley Bulfinch's David Whitehill, AIA, believes the adaptive reuse of historic university buildings is not a matter of sentimentality but of practicality, progress, and preservation. David Whitehill, AIA, and Matt Gifford, AIA LEED AP Higher Education University Buildings Architects Adaptive Reuse Daylighting Designs Energy-Efficient Design Exterior Restoration Interior Architecture G

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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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Multiplex and Murphy top June contracts league

Construction Enquirer

Multiplex and Murphy shared the honours in the contracts league rankings for orders taken in June after both firms bagged a project estimated to be worth £200m. Murphy took the contract to build a £200m station in south Cambridge for the East-West Rail line. Enabling works are underway at the site located next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, home to the Royal Papworth Hospital and AstraZeneca headquarters.

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Hudson River Rail Tunnel Project Set for Record $6.9B Grant

ENR Construction

The Federal Transit Administration OKed the NJ-NY crossing to advance to the engineering phase of its Capital Investment Grants program.

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How To Protect Yourself From The Scorching Summer Sun

Civiconcepts

As the scorching summer sun blazes down, it becomes crucial to protect ourselves from its harmful effects.

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DOE Says Construction Propelled Energy Jobs Growth in 2022

ENR Construction

Energy efficiency work created more than half of the overall sector's new construction jobs, the agency says in new report.

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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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Buildots Adds Planning Tool to Project-Progress Tracker Platform

ENR Construction

The two new predictive tools offer planning advice and are based on lean construction practices.

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5 Key Insights from Let’s Be Civil, Episode 6: IFC & e-Bidding

ENR Construction

BIM expert Ron Gant and technology leader Andy Martin explore the overall goals of Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) and the benefits they can bring to the e-bidding process.

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DOE Says Construction Propelled Energy Employment in 2022

ENR Construction

Energy efficiency work created more than half of the overall sector's new construction jobs, the agency says in new report.