Construction Business Owner
JULY 10, 2018
Do construction contractors that win 100 percent of their business through the low-bid process need marketing? If you are this type of contractor, you will likely insist wholeheartedly that you don’t. After all, as a low-bid construction business owner, your fate lies strictly in the ability of a hard-nosed, creative estimator to bring in new work on bid day.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JULY 12, 2018
If you work in construction, you’re familiar the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), whose standards regulate safety on the nation’s construction sites. You probably also know the agency isn’t known for making new rules quickly. We have seen a new silica rule that affects construction sites in the past year, though, and now we’re looking at a proposed crane operator certification rule , scheduled to go into effect this November.
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FDR Safety
JULY 9, 2018
Worksites are a melting pot of tradesmen who bring a range of skills and experience of how to do the job “the right way”. While logistics and coordination are critical to the success of a project, the most important piece could be the relationship between workers. It is human nature to lack trust in someone with whom you are unfamiliar. Naturally this can cause problems on job sites especially in relationships between temporary safety managers and full time workers.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 13, 2018
State, local governments may spend approximately $275B on commercial construction in 2018, including $90+B on roads and $70+B. Unfortunately the bulk of these funds will be spent in a wasteful manner and without the use of proven LEAN construction delivery methods. The post State, County, Local Government – $275B on Commercial Construction in 2018?
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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.
Construction Business Owner
JULY 12, 2018
Construction is a low-margin industry facing a skilled labor shortage and increasingly complex, fragmented projects. While every project is unique, with countless moving parts and diverse physical, environmental or regulatory challenges, that doesn’t mean lessons learned at one site can’t be applied to the next. By failing to capture, unlock and employ insights from one project to the next, owners and contractors miss out on a critical opportunity to make the industry safer, more efficient and,
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Lets Build
JULY 13, 2018
Safety on construction sites should be a priority at all times. With that in mind, we prepared the following infographic of the most common construction accidents – divided into five main categories: How many? Who? When? Where? How? Read also: How to decrease accident rate on a construction site?
Job Order Contracting
JULY 11, 2018
What if there was a better way to perform renovation, repair, maintenance, sustainability, and construction tasks? What if owners and service providers could consistently assure that over 90% of projects are on-time, on-budget, and delivered per requirements? With LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting, this is not only possible, but the norm. Learn more?
Construction Business Owner
JULY 13, 2018
You’ve seen the news coverage—another day, another highly visible immigration raid on a business. All politics aside, there is no denying the federal government is making a big, loud statement that it will continue to come down hard on the companies that flout hiring rules. A very different sort of enforcement action that tends to fly below the radar, but still can be intimidating and costly is an inspection of your hiring records by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JULY 11, 2018
We know that as an IT professional in a construction organization, you wear many hats — mobile device manager, server maintainer and application help desk to name a few. That’s why we are dedicating an entire educational track at this year’s Viewpoint Collaborate User Conference just for you! This track offers dozens of sessions on timely topics in construction IT, from emerging trends in cloud computing to detailed instruction in Viewpoint software database and reporting tools.
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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.
Lets Build
JULY 13, 2018
Safety on construction sites needs to be a central focus at all times. That’s why we prepared this infographic of top construction accidents – divided by these categories: how many? who? when? where? how? Read also: How to decrease accident rate on a construction site?
Job Order Contracting
JULY 12, 2018
Consumer Price Index Summary. Technical information: (202) 691-7000 • cpi_info@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cpi Media Contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – JUNE 2018 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.2 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Construction Business Owner
JULY 12, 2018
Each month, the Construction Business Owner team compiles statistics from several different sources, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the United States Census Bureau, to give you a better understanding of the current state of affairs for the construction industry. The statistics featured in each month's print issue are for 3 months prior to the publication of the magazine, based on the data available.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JULY 9, 2018
A Viewpoint on Construction, Modern Takes on a Transforming Industry.
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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?
BD+C
JULY 9, 2018
“Hospitals of the future” has been the hot topic of conversation around the proverbial office watercooler. My two cent contribution to these conversations usually comes in the form of my assertion that the pragmatics of healthcare architecture can sometimes hold us back from truly imaging what the future of healthcare architecture could be.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 12, 2018
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Construction Dive
JULY 13, 2018
The Portland, Oregon, area's nonresidential construction workforce employs only 4% women and 20% minorities, according to a recent report, which offered some solutions to what it indicated is part of a widespread problem in the industry.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JULY 10, 2018
Regulatory Requirements Before Bidding.
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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.
BD+C
JULY 13, 2018
The thought of colonizing Mars has science fiction aficionados, scientists, and billionaire entrepreneurs staring up at the night sky with renewed wonder and inspiration. But the key to achieving the lofty goal of colonizing and building extensively on a new planet may not exist out among the stars, but under our feet right here on Earth.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 12, 2018
Public Sector Real Property Owners have a fiduciary responsibility to efficiently manage their buildings and other physical infrastructure. Traditional design-bid-build simply isn’t up to task. Collaborative construction delivery, such a job order contracting (JOC) can meet this goal, however, the JOC Program must observe LEAN fundamental processes, not carry excessive fees, and provide mutual benefit to owners and contractors.
Construction Dive
JULY 8, 2018
The Canadian infrastructure firm halted work on nonessential portions of the expansion in May amid opposition from activists and British Columbia officials.
Viewpoint Construction Technology
JULY 12, 2018
OSHA’s Crane Operator Proposal.
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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!
BD+C
JULY 11, 2018
One of the most important milestones in a child’s life is learning to ride a bike. It’s a skill that, once acquired, is never forgotten. It doesn’t take a classroom lecture on technique, balance, and physics. It takes good old-fashioned trial and error. In other words, “practice.”.
Job Order Contracting
JULY 10, 2018
Audit of City of Scottsdale’s Job Order Contract shows a need for improvement? The audit of Selected Job Order Contract Construction Contracts was performed to review compliance with contract terms and evaluate the effectiveness of contract administration. Job order contracting (JOC), which uses individual job orders written against a “master” contract, is one method the City’s Capital Project Management (CPM) staff uses to procure construction services.
Construction Dive
JULY 9, 2018
The project delivery method considered the "alternative" to design-bid-build is expected to represent 44% of construction spending.
Construction Marketing Ideas
JULY 12, 2018
Corey Philip of HomeProSuccess suggests a timing adjustment about when to present the price/offer when you are conducting a residential sales call can bring about big differences in the closing rate and relationship quality. He calls it the “valve stem strategy” and the concept is quite simple. Instead of presenting your price/proposal at the end of […].
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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!
BD+C
JULY 11, 2018
Today, more than 40 million American adults suffer from a mental-health condition, and half of all chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14. Despite these overwhelming statistics, the negative stigmas associated with mental illness, combined with a scarcity of clinicians and facilities, resulted in over half of those with behavioral health conditions forgoing treatment last year. .
Job Order Contracting
JULY 10, 2018
Discover the power of LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting. LEAN Job Order Contracting (JOC) is a robust LEAN construction delivery method that consistently delivers 90%+ of repair, renovation, and minor new construction projects on-time, on-budget, and to the satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders… WITHOUT excessive administration fees, or a unnecessary “JOC consultant” to gum up the works.
Construction Dive
JULY 12, 2018
So far, Mortenson Construction and McCarthy Building Cos.' work hasn't yielded any costly or schedule-delaying surprises that could affect the project's tight, 30-month schedule.
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