Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 20, 2021

What You Can Expect to See in 2021 According to Economist Richard Branch. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 08:40. The ongoing pandemic notwithstanding, construction economists are cautiously optimistic about a slow, but continual, recovery in 2020. That’s the short answer. The long answer is a bit more complicated. In its 2021 Construction Outlook, Dodge Data & Analytics predicts that total United States construction starts will increase 4% over the next year, to a total of $771 billion.

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The Constructor

JANUARY 20, 2021

Progressive collapse of a structure is defined as the spread of an initial local failure of a structural element that eventually results in the.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 20, 2021

3 Strategic Marketing Moves to Emerge From the Pandemic Strong. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 16:04. The coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying economic uncertainty have hit the construction industry hard. The effects are apparent, with reports of losing one million jobs in just one month and a smaller number of cranes in top United States cities for the first time since 2017.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JANUARY 20, 2021

Learn about Viewpoint's new Quarterly Construction Metrics Index and gain valuable insights into the data that is shaping today's contractors.

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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 Business Owner

JANUARY 20, 2021

A Look Back at 75 Years of the Backhoe Loader. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 16:35. The post-World War II era was one of enormous innovation and economic growth. As millions of servicemen returned home, the housing market exploded, with 2.5 million homes built from 1946 to 1948. By the 1950s, nearly two-thirds of all industrial construction was taking place outside of cities as suburban America was forming.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 20, 2021

5 Benefits of Eliminating Waste & Tightening Project Elements. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 08:59. The construction industry, deemed an essential business during the coronavirus pandemic, never stopped working. Because it remained vital, 67% of workers expected consistent or increased project backlogs. As project managers (PMs) navigate a new normal and a considerable amount of work, lean workforce management processes can provide a blueprint for successful crisis management and risk mit

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 20, 2021

In his first hour as president, President Joe Biden will sign a series of executive actions that reverse his predecessor’s orders on the border wall, immigration, climate change, and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to various sources.

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BD+C

JANUARY 20, 2021

One of the major global trends that we’ve seen during the last 50 years has been the steady shift of populations from rural communities to urban areas. Globally, people are flocking from the countryside to city centers. In fact, the United Nations estimates that more than two thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 20, 2021

Autonomous construction equipment is not merely the fanciful stuff of far-flung iron ore mines in Australia—these robotic machines are slowly gaining advocates here in North America—where we will see smaller, familiar pieces of equipment run autonomously and find homes on the job sites of the not-…

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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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Business Facilities

JANUARY 20, 2021

Energy technology company Arq will develop a new industrial facility in St. Rose, LA to produce its proprietary Arq Fuel product. - Read: Arq Investing $40M In Innovative Fuel Facility In Louisiana at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Construction Junkie

JANUARY 20, 2021

courtesy of Liebherr. As more and more battery powered heavy construction equipment is being released to help lower noise and emissions on the jobsite, I shouldn’t be that surprised to hear about a battery powered crawler crane – but, I still am. In December, crane manufacturer – and amazingly cool crane video maker – Liebherr unveiled what they are calling the world’s first battery powered crawler cranes.

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BD+C

JANUARY 20, 2021

In the 1920s, the King Cole Hotel helped put Miami Beach on the map as a popular tourist destination. Automotive industry pioneer and entrepreneur Carl Fisher developed the three-story, 60-room hotel to fulfill his vision of turning vacant land into an oceanfront winter getaway. .

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 20, 2021

How Biden Plans to Address Housing Affordability. cbroderick. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:04. Joe Biden has big plans for the housing market, and especially for housing affordability. CNBC says Biden’s housing plan could relieve buyers by easing the pressure on home prices and supply. Possible proposals from Biden’s housing plan could include a $15,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit, which would be immediately accessed and used for a down payment.

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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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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 20, 2021

Kevin Smith has been named the general manager of the recently formed Ditch Witch Division of The Toro Company.

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BD+C

JANUARY 20, 2021

300 Grant Avenue, a 70.000-sf mixed-use project, has been completed, making it the first new ground-up development in San Francisco’s Union Square in over 20 years. The project includes approximately 28,100 sf of retail and 41,500 sf of Class A office space. The project sits within the historic Kearny/Market/Mason/Sutter Conservation district and is inspired and defined by classical proportions and modern detailing. . .

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 20, 2021

The review—which will include the recently reissued and modified Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permits, the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, and several energy efficiency standards, among others—is par for the course, say industry officials.

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BD+C

JANUARY 20, 2021

The 25-story Casablanca Finance City Tower has become the first project to be completed in the newly-established Casablanca Finance City, a new business district being developed in Morocco's Anfa District. The Casablanca Finance City Tower’s design draws on the openness of the surrounding area, which gave the designers the opportunity in an otherwise dense city to highlight the relationship between the building and the natural environment. . . .

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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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ENR Construction

JANUARY 20, 2021

Jim White’s experience was critical to the innovative construction approach that shaved six months off the schedule of Oxford Group’s $1-billion effort to transform the former St. John’s rail freight terminal on Manhattan’s West Side into the 1.3-million-sq-ft corporate hub that tech giant Google plans to occupy next year.

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BD+C

JANUARY 20, 2021

Four domestic steel industry associations and the United Steelworkers union have urged President-elect Joe Biden to ensure steel tariffs and quotas are kept in place.

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 20, 2021

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 20, 2021

Peterbilt- and Kenworth-branded autonomous trucks are the goal of a partnership between parent company Paccar and Aurora.

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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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ENR Construction

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sitting with his wife, Maureen, in 2015 in a booth at the Space Needle’s former SkyCity restaurant celebrating their shared birthday, Bob Vincent had. just learned his longtime employer Hoffman Construction landed the contract of a lifetime: to renovate the iconic Seattle landmark. And he couldn’t say a word.

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Work Gearz

JANUARY 20, 2021

On a scale of 1 to 10 how annoying is the feeling of putting on wet footwear? If your workplace demands wearing boots on a daily basis then I am sure you must be familiar with this unpleasant happening. No matter whether your boots are made of leather, canvas or any other material, they seem to take ages to dry out especially during winters. While there are a number of solutions for this problem, a more reliable way is to get the job done by investing in a boot dryer.

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 20, 2021

Huellmantel & Affiliates is planning to develop Banyan North Tempe, a mixed-use project on a 15.3-acre site at 1255 E. Curry Road in Tempe.

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Work Gearz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Saw a military personnel carrying their pants with a balloon like area right above their boots? Not just them, there are a lot of people who go out on hiking adventures or hunting trips which are usually seen pulling off the same style. So what exactly is this style which is becoming a new fashion trend? This is what blousing of your boots is. Blousers, boot bands or blousing bands are classic elastic adjuncts that are practically used for keeping loose fabric out of your way so that you can eas

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Natural Building

JANUARY 20, 2021

Recently Kimi Ishikawa posted this comment on the blog post about building their tire bale house in New Mexico : I hear people referring to tire bales as “thermal mass” and others referring to them as “insulation.” It can’t be both, right? Aren’t “thermal mass” and “insulation” mutually exclusive? I understand “thermal mass” to be a material that absorbs and stores heat from warmer air, or releases heat to cooler air.

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Work Gearz

JANUARY 20, 2021

For most people working outdoors and in places where they have to deal everyday with different kinds of hazards boots are considered as their best friend. Boots help us comfortably face whatever conditions we work through and make the work quite easy. So when I say that after a gruelling day’s work our boots don’t smell fresh, it is hardly very surprising.

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 20, 2021

Latest RCLCO Survey Finds Record-Low Sentiment Toward Real Estate. cbroderick. Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:19. RCLCO’s end-of-year Sentiment Survey found real estate participants are significantly more negative about the housing market compared to 2019. The Real Estate Market Sentiment Index (RMI) closed out 2020 with a 31.6—the second lowest number ever recorded.

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