Construction Equipment

MAY 23, 2016

Last week was Infrastructure 2016 Week and construction media was full of ideas, opinions and plans to strengthen the nation's infrastructure and economy. This week, AASHTO has posted a State-by-State Rescission Estimate that show how much highway funding each state stands to lose if Congress fails to take action to ensure old-school economics don't detour progress that has been made by the FAST Act.

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The Korte Company

MAY 23, 2016

Congrats to our own Brian Marks, who was recently promoted to a Senior Estimator. Brian has been with us for 8 years and has performed roles as an estimator, project engineer and project estimator. Besides being instrumental in helping us capture work, he has also been the pre-construction group's technology leader — performing research on new software products and training new employees on the software the group uses.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 23, 2016

Ranked among the best places to live and do business, and located in the tax-friendly state of Florida, Cape Coral is a top contender for corporate relocations and business expansions for companies worldwide. In the past year, the Cape Coral Economic Development Office (EDO) team successfully recruited seven new manufacturers to the city. As the 10th largest city in Florida and the largest city in Southwest Florida, Cape Coral is an ideal location for relocating businesses due to its large, tale

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BD+C

MAY 23, 2016

Perkins+Will announced that the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre received Living Building Challenge (LBC) Petal Certification by the International Living Future Institute.

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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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Construction Equipment

MAY 23, 2016

D.R. Horton, the nation's largest homebuilder, has been ordered by a Duval County, Florida court to pay $9.6 million to repair defects in a 240-unit Jacksonville condominium development. Residents and owners of condo in the Heron's Landing community complained of cracked stucco, leaning roofs, faulty windows and sliding glass doors, problems with A/C and electrical systems, poor soundproofing, broken plumbing, and garage doors falling off.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 23, 2016

. The ARA Foundation and its affiliate programs offer trade/technical/vocational, undergraduate and graduate scholarships to help students pursue their dreams. The largest amount of scholarship funds — $88,500 — ever offered by the ARA Foundation and its affiliate programs has been awarded to students for the 2016-2017 school year.

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BD+C

MAY 23, 2016

The TKF Foundation is a 10-year-old private nonprofit that specializes in creating open, public sanctuaries. Since its founding, TKF has supported the creation of more than 130 Open Space Sacred Places in the Baltimore-Annapolis-Washington area alone. . “We envision a time when every urban community in the U.S. will provide people with opportunities for intimate, intentional daily doses of nearby urban nature through the creation of a system of nature spaces,” says the Foundation’s mission state

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 23, 2016

Mary’s Gone Crackers®, a manufacturer of organic and gluten-free healthy snacks, will open a new manufacturing and R&D facility in Reno, Nevada. The company headquarters will also be relocated to the site with plans to be operational by this fall. Mary’s Gone Crackers intends to hire over 200 employees by the end of 2017. The company was awarded business incentives in March 2016.

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BD+C

MAY 23, 2016

Facility managers are increasingly looking to adopt the Internet of Things (IoT) in their building maintenance strategies , with 60% of professionals predicting that IoT will impact their building and maintenance policies within the next year, according to a survey by Schneider Electric.

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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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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 23, 2016

Polymer Logistics, a retail ready packaging company, will create 110 new jobs and invest more than $4 million in a new 73,500-square-foot logistics and distribution center in Dublin, GA. “Our team has been working in partnership with state and local officials to bring a significant investment and new jobs to Georgia,” said Danny Bartal, chief operating officer of Polymer Logistics.

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BD+C

MAY 23, 2016

As urban sprawl continues to chew up the Chicagoland area, it’s odd that a little swath of land just outside the city’s downtown has remained vacant for decades. A green space that was once railroad land has been snatched up by developers. The Chicago Tribune reports that Related Midwest, a developer of luxury condos, mixed-use, and master-planned projects, now controls 62 acres that connect Chicago’s South Loop to its Chinatown.

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Contractor Magazine

MAY 23, 2016

Grant funding will provide training and resources to more than 100,000 industry professionals. The ICCs Solar Rating & Certification Corporation is an allied industry partner in the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s two-year project to develop solar resources and training. read more.

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Construction Cost Estimating

MAY 23, 2016

Both the designers Ron Culver and Joseph Sarafian have discovered a unique system for casting concrete in Lycra stretched with robotic arms. This newest method can be applied to develop basic new architectural forms (+ movie). The Fabric Forms project comprises pouring a concrete fibreglass mixture into Y-shaped Lycra sleeves stretched into position through six-axis robots.

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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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Contractor Magazine

MAY 23, 2016

The IAPMO Group was honored to have been invited to attend the grand opening of the Taiwan Institute for Plumbing Innovation in Changhua, Taiwan. read more.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 23, 2016

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MAY 23, 2016

A Google images montage of (open rights) images associated with ingenuity. Can you see any ideas for your business here. This Forbes.com article: The single trait that can build or (or kill) your brand , initially troubled me. I couldn’t pin down exactly why I found the assertion that you need ingenuity to succeed (or avoid failure), sensing with some dissatisfaction that concept does not itself create a pathway to action or real change.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 23, 2016

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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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