Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The emergence of construction technology has sparked an overdue, industrywide revolution. As technology companies attempt to capitalize on the unspoiled market, the industry is becoming infiltrated with a slew of enticing new options. Innovative project management and scheduling software, building information modeling (BIM), lean tools, value stream mapping (VSM) and 3-D printing are flooding the market.

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The Constructor

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Bitumen is used in road construction due to various properties and advantages it has over other pavement construction materials. Advantages of.

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FDR Safety

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

In past years I’ve written about the value of the ANSI B11 standards and risk assessment. Those blogs were focused on describing the “what” and “why.” After recently concluding a class with a couple of safety pros and larger group of operations executives from a manufacturing company, it occurred to me that what was missing in my blogs was a description of “how” to go about the process.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

This Job Order Contract Audit Report dated 10/31/2016 is a follow up the an early JOC Audit conducted by City of Long Beach Auditor Laura Dowd. The firm of Vicenti, Lloyd, & Sutzman (VLS) was retained to provide a construction consultant to further review certain JOC projects. The Job Order Contract Audit Report can be downloaded here. Vicenti, Lloyd & Stutzman LLP (VLS) was retained by the Office of the City Auditor for the City of Long Beach (City Auditor) to provide certain forensi

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Twenty-five years ago, I was first turned on to the idea of virtual reality (VR) as the holy grail of design visualization in architecture while thumbing through inspirational musings and essays published in Cadence’s “Special Summer Reading Issue.” Indeed, VR took hold of many an imagination, as popular media glimpsed into bleeding-edge work by research labs like Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab and the Human Interface Technology Lab (HIT Lab) at the University of Washing

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Lets Build

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

We’ve spent nearly 40+ hours collecting the best advice from many different construction companies and contractors to bring you an incredible guide to getting free advertising in the construction industry. Our 30 page guide is consisted of 5 chapters and many useful tips that can help you boost your online and offline presence. Building new opportunities online for your construction company can sometimes be a huge pain.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

JOC Contract strategy, development, implementation, and management involves a thorough understanding of LEAN Construction and Life-cycle Asset Management. Basic steps involved in JOC Program implementation include; Strategic evaluation of objectives, goals, and appropriateness. Development of acquisition/procurement approach. Facility management/engineering planning.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, like hundreds of other cities across the United States, is saddled with an aging infrastructure originally designed and built in the mid-1800s. Basement sump pumps, roadside storm water drains, sewage lines and industrial wastewater all drain together, and the system is easily overwhelmed by storm events and annual snow melt.

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The Constructor

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The usage of construction and demolition wastes as an aggregate for the manufacture of concrete is considered in new research studies. The usage of.

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Concrete Construction 189

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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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Lets Build

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The warehouse safety is important for your employees and your property. There are many safety hazards that warehouse workers face and with the appropriate preventative measures you can ensure that nothing and no one comes to any harm while under your care. Here are 3 tips. The facility and the equipment meet the warehouse safety standards. The first step is ensuring that the actual facility and equipment meet the appropriate safety standards.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

According to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), 2016 was a record-shattering year: 128 buildings of 200 meters in height or greater were completed around the world, and of those, 10 are super tall towers of 300 meters or greater. These numbers are predicted to grow steadily into 2017 and beyond.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Propane is being put to work on construction jobsites more and more as owners do some digging and find that the it makes for an attractive jobsite fuel for all kinds of construction applications. In fact, propane-powered engines are already found running a whole host of jobsite mainstays, including concrete trowels, portable generators, welders, lights and heaters.

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Transportation Concrete Equipment Engineering 225

The Constructor

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The rheological properties of concrete are dependent on the factors like mix proportions, consistency, the properties of each ingredient present in.

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Concrete 189

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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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Business Facilities

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The Lone Star State reaffirms its dominance as the most dynamic state economy in the U.S., an energy and exports powerhouse with a seemingly boundless potential for growth. Read State of the Year: Texas on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

As the demand for energy-efficient building products increases, metal roofs are being praised for their long-term cost-cutting potential. Although solar-reflective coatings for roofs have been instrumental in reducing energy costs, a study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and conducted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory highlights another reason why metal roofs promote energy efficiency.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Construction business owners sometimes live in a rearview world, where visibility into their work is retroactive, advance planning is nearly impossible and the bidding process is unnecessarily complicated. Until recently, the only way to measure cost per yard on a project had been a combination of estimates or guesses based off of previous work or truck counting.

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The Constructor

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Tunnel surveying is a type of underground surveying for the construction of tunnels. Methods and procedure of tunnel surveying is discussed. Read.

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Construction 189

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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.

Contractors

Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Your customers are requesting the most-efficient technology available that will allow them to save on utility bills. You need to find a solution to retain and grow your business. read more.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

A mixed-use tower currently under construction in Beijing’s Lize Financial Business District will be notable not for its two twisting sections, but for what unites these sections: a 190-meter tall atrium that rises almost the full height of the building. The atrium will surpass the 180-meter tall atrium found in the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai as the world’s tallest.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In 2004, I wrote an article for one of the first editions of Construction Business Owner magazine titled “Is Your Goal to Retire Before You Learn the Computer?” At that time, many owners didn’t want to add technology to their operations, and they were hoping computerization would not be required to do business. Boy, were they wrong. Now, cutting-edge technology is required to communicate with customers and subcontractors, obtain and read plans, schedule jobs and people, and manage business and f

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Schedule Plans Management Construction 222

The Constructor

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Various laboratory tests are conducted on building lime for its suitability as material for construction works. Test for consistency of putty is.

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Materials Construction 189

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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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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

CM Labs Simulations, developer of Vortex training simulators, today announced that New York-based IUOE Local 14, the organization responsible for all crane operations in New York City, has selected a Vortex simulator, along with crawler crane and rough terrain crane training modules, for its training center. Organizations that use Vortex simulators enjoy a number of training benefits, ranging from cost savings, to training flexibility, to safety.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The process of anticipating what the future will hold and then designing and developing methods to minimize the effects of future events is known as future-proofing. Gensler’s 2017 Design Forecast deals with this concept and how the firm is implementing design strategies to create functional spaces for the future.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Jeff is a crane operator working out of Detroit, Michigan. Thirty years ago, he learned how to operate heavy equipment the same way every other operator did: on the job. “I remember starting out in a 20-ton crane years and years ago,” he said. “I didn’t know what I was doing—alarms were going off; I was hitting override buttons—I’m lucky to be alive.

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The Constructor

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Inspection of underwater concrete structures is required for maintenance and repair works. Methods, types and objectives of underwater concrete.

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Inspections Concrete Structural Engineering Engineering 189

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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!

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

“This is NOT a drill.” That is the emergency alert about 188,000 residents from Butte County and areas to the south along the Feather River near Oroville, Calif., received when they were ordered to evacuate Sunday night. A hole in the main spillway measuring 250 feet long by 170 feet wide and 50 feet deep emerged last week. At that time officials said the spillway was secure but around 3 p.m.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Thanks to innovative design and the use of Solarban ® 70XL glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass), the architects for Bob Evans Farms’ corporate headquarters were able to incorporate those features and more into a modern structure that venerates the company’s rural heritage.

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Construction Business Owner

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The easiest part of baking is picking out the shape of the cookie you want to make. The easiest part of hiring is writing a job description. The only problem is that the taste outcome doesn’t come from the cookie cutter, and your day-to-day operations aren’t completed by a bunch of bullet points and boilerplate rhetoric.

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