February, 2022

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How Technology Is Helping Move Construction Toward Sustainability

Viewpoint Construction Technology

From connected, cloud-based software to in-field applications, technology is helping more and more contractors practices sustainable projects.

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Why the Real Star of Super Bowl LVI Is SoFi Stadium

Construction Business Owner

Why the Real Star of Super Bowl LVI Is SoFi Stadium. Kathy Wells. Fri, 02/11/2022 - 10:19. A joint venture from Turner and AECOM Hunt , the $5.5 billion SoFi Stadium is the most expensive ever built. There’s the 6,000-seat YouTube Theater, a 2.5-acre outdoor amphitheater and the stadium itself that can seat over 100,000. At 3.1 million square feet, it's the largest and the first "indoor-outdoor" stadium in the NFL.

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7 Must-Have Carpentry Power Tools For DIY Success

Construction Marketing

Carpentry power tools are essential in every do-it-yourself (DIY) project. Whether you’ll work on a small project or a large-scale one, you may need the best power tools to achieve the shape, size, and thickness according to plan. Without the appropriate power tools, it would be more challenging for you to cut, rip, plane, and drill wood. It may also take more time and effort to finish a DIY project.

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What is Transparent Aluminium?

The Constructor

Transparent aluminum or Aluminum Oxynitride (ALON) is an optically transparent aluminum which is a crystalline substance made of aluminate powder.

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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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Trends in Job Order Contract Process Improvement and Cost Management

Job Order Contracting

Current trends in Job Order Contracting Process Improvement are enabling improve cost management. Collaborative planning, procurement, and project delivery teams. Improve owner leadership and support. Less dependence upon third party consultants. No excessive fees for JOC products and services based upon a percentage of construction volume. Mutually beneficial outcomes for owners and design-builders. via Four BT, LLC – www.4bt.us – Locally researched detailed line item construction c

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State of the Construction Industry: February 2022 Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

New guidance on infrastructure projects, environmental rules, collective bargaining, construction workforce gaps and more made headlines in February.

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Don’t Let Rework Devastate Your Deadlines

Construction Business Owner

Promote to rotator No. Rotator Image. Status of webinar Featured. How digital quality inspections can recover losses in construction remediation. Thu, 03/24/2022 - 12:00. 1 p.m. CST. Construction rework can have devastating effects on your deadlines and profits. Of course, some measure of rework in construction is expected — despite your best efforts — and is built into project budgets and timelines.

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How To Improve The Management Of Construction Site Inventory

Construction Marketing

Site inventory management is a crucial part of any construction business. However, construction inventory can run into a few specific challenges. Plans and timelines can quickly fall apart if supplies fail to meet demand. Additionally, each delay inevitably drains finances and your company’s image. Updating your inventory management style will require a bit of creativity in equal measures of practicality.

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Biden’s Bridge Repair and Replacement Initiative

The Constructor

On Jan 14th, 2022, President Biden’s administration launched the Bridge Formula Program (BFP) to fix thousands of bridges across the United.

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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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How NOT to run a JOC Program

Job Order Contracting

Sometimes it can be beneficial to look at how not to run JOC Program! How NOT to run a JOC Program – 1. (Graphics Source: JOC Audit, City of Long Beach, City Auditor). via Four BT, LLC – www.4bt.us – Locally researched detailed construction cost data and LEAN JOC Program solutions. The post How NOT to run a JOC Program appeared first on 4BT.

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KPMG Report: The value of Information Management in construction for VolkerWessels

Lets Build

A report commissioned by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) and prepared by KPMG focused on the value of Information Management within construction and infrastructure sectors. Eleven organisations were invited to participate with two leading questions being asked: How are construction and infrastructure organisations creating, managing and making use of quality and timely information?

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It’s Almost Midnight, Do You Know Where Your Construction Data Is?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

New survey shows a wide spread as to how construction data is being backed up and protected across the organization.

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6 Common Traits of a Healthy Project: Using AI to Determine Project Health

Construction Business Owner

6 Common Traits of a Healthy Project: Using AI to Determine Project Health. Investigating how project health is understood in the construction industry. Greg Ragsdale. Tue, 02/01/2022 - 11:02. A project manager and his customer want a healthy project. However, few projects are delivered on time and on budget. Traditional construction processes and workflows can provide vital information if it is collected and made accessible to workers in a timely manner.

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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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Construction Marketing: Tips for Building a Better Audience

Construction Marketing

Marketing your business can put you in high demand in your community. Higher material prices make customers choosier about which projects they want to start. As a result, some reduce the scope of existing projects, which can leave construction companies with fewer jobs. Competition is already fierce, but by marketing your business online with the emphasis on the right things, you can ensure a steady stream of clients who want your services.

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What is Mass Concrete?

The Constructor

Mass concrete is defined as heavy volume concrete work with large dimensions and boundary conditions that are prone to elevated temperatures due to a.

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Traditional construction procurement methods can endanger building safety

Job Order Contracting

Traditional construction procurement methods can endanger building safety, while an integrated, less adversarial approach can consistently improve safety and quality, while significantly reducing cost and delivery time. “The way in which procurement is often managed can reduce the likelihood that a building will be safe […] Issues at this stage, for example inadequate specification, focus on low cost or adversarial contracting, can make it difficult (and most likely, more expensive) to produce a

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3 Ways Machine Learning Can Be Useful in Construction

Pro Builder

3 Ways Machine Learning Can Be Useful in Construction. ibush. Thu, 02/10/2022 - 16:11. When most people hear “machine learning” or “artificial intelligence,” the last thing that comes to mind is a technology that requires human interaction. Usually, it’s the opposite. More computers and more technology mean fewer humans need to be involved. Machine learning can, however, improve the daily lives of humans in industries of all natures, particularly in construction.

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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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How do you engage a post(ish)-Covid, Gen Z workforce?

Safety Services Company

The workplace likely won’t return to ‘how it used to be’, even for labor-intensive, off-site industries. The past two years have been the great equalizer for many companies. Covid brought remote work and accelerated the pace of digital transformation in the workplace. The “Great Resignation” brought a high rate of employee movement and a worker shortage.

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Your Order Has Not Arrived

Construction Business Owner

Your Order Has Not Arrived. Alex Headley. Fri, 02/18/2022 - 07:30. Supply-chain delays caused by COVID-19 are often an inconvenience, but can also be an employee safety issue. Global supply-chain disruptions in shipments of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) high-visibility safety apparel create a safety risk for construction workers who rely on the effectiveness of reflective garments to be visible in hazardous conditions.

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What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan

Construction Marketing

Finding your dream home with all the unique features within your budget and in the perfect location can be challenging. However, with a construction loan , you can build your dream home from scratch without making compromises. A construction loan is high-interest, short-term financing that you can use to custom-build your home. It covers land acquisition costs, building materials, construction permits, labor, contingency and interest reserves, closing costs, and plans.

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Concrete Sensors: Working and Types

The Constructor

Concrete sensors are sensors embedded in concrete to record its temperature and humidity. The data collected by these sensors is retrieved either.

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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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Building Trust & Connection are CRITICAL to improving Facilities Management Outcomes

Job Order Contracting

Improving facilities management outcomes requires building trust & connection. Real property owners and FMers must become trusted partners with service providers (architects, engineers, and builders) and their building user customers. This requires solid leadership both internally and externally with a focus upon long-term, relationship and mutually beneficial outcomes.

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Port Of Philadelphia: Gov. Wolf Announces $246M Investment

Business Facilities

Pennsylvania will invest an additional $246 million into the Port of Philadelphia to continue modernization efforts and improve regional economic stability. The post Port Of Philadelphia: Gov. Wolf Announces $246M Investment appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine.

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Reducing 3 Types of Construction Waste to Increase Home Builder Profit

Pro Builder

Reducing 3 Types of Construction Waste to Increase Home Builder Profit. ibush. Fri, 02/11/2022 - 10:13. In today’s economic climate, it’s vital for home builders to keep waste to a minimum so they can receive the highest profit on their homes. However, most builders struggle with understanding exactly where the waste is coming from and how to reduce it.

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5 Ways Software Is Impacting Construction

Construction Business Owner

5 Ways Software Is Impacting Construction. Alex Headley. Wed, 02/09/2022 - 07:30. Construction businesses are on the hunt for solutions as consumer demands and newly passed legislation become increasingly more complex. Customer change requests, evolving permit requirements and ongoing supply chain hiccups have created in-flux circumstances that shift on a daily or hourly basis. .

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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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Six Strategies To Solve Your Delegation Problem

Contractor Bookkeeping

When you run your own business, it's tempting to take on every responsibility. There are many reasons for doing so: you want something done a specific way because you don't have the time to explain how to do it or because you're not sure someone else can handle the task. Delegating saves you valuable time and energy. Sharing duties with your team also fosters a sense of responsibility, engages them, and helps them develop their skills.

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Pros and Cons of Shipping Container Homes

The Constructor

A shipping container home is made from steel containers used for transporting goods on ships. These units are large, reusable, intermodal containers.

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DoD Real Property Management Failures

Job Order Contracting

The lack of continuous competent leadership is the root cause of environmental and economic woes impacting the DoD’s real property portfolio and its mission. [link]. The DoD has NEVER implemented a robust, system-wide process to monitor and manage planning, procurement, and project delivery for repair, renovation, maintenance, and new construction.