Construction Junkie

MAY 12, 2020

To allow for much easier and organized documentation, Riskcast has recently released a new T&M Module on their productivity and forecasting platform. For those unfamiliar with Riskcast, you can check out my overview of their software and my interview with the co-founders by clicking or tapping here.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 23, 2018

Despite the job having many facets and accompanying challenges, the ultimate goal remains constant—increasing company productivity and profitability. Business owners must be able to simultaneously manage employees and issues, both on- and off-site, in an industry that is highly prone to unforeseeable circumstances.

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ENR Construction

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Alongside swarms of contractors and other industry professionals pouring in to see the latest in concrete equipment, tools and products at the annual World of Concrete trade show in Las Vegas, the Portland Cement Association released a relatively rosy economic forecast for 2020 into 2021.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 26, 2023

Sample KPIs include: • Labor productivity rates. Project completion time (forecast vs. actual). Project cost (forecast vs. actual). Furthermore, leveraging valid information and quantitative KPIs (key performance indicators) supports knowledge building and continuous improvement. Health and safety incident rates.

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Construction Enquirer

JUNE 8, 2023

In its latest tender price forecast for the UK, the cost consultant warned the new fire safety-based design delay would worsen the wider market slowdown. Looking ahead, Rawlinson said: “Even if 2023 turns out to be better than forecast, we will see a significant slowdown compared to the past two years.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 24, 2023

This keeps the office team aware of project progress and empowers field teams with productivity forecast to adjust or make improvements. The post New in Autodesk Build: Product Releases to Check Out in the New Year appeared first on Digital Builder.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The information teams need to visualize the potential risk of schedule delays, and cost overruns – like productivity and budget data – isn’t always avai la ble at their fingertips. Typically, productivity data goes into the ERP, and periodically (e.g., Productivity is key to finishing a project on time and within budget.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The annual Dodge Outlook Conference is the cornerstone event for building product manufacturers, construction service providers, contractors, engineers, industry associations and other professionals serving the construction industry to gain critical insights into the economic forecast for the North American construction industry.

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Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 3, 2014

billion in 2015, according to a forecast released by American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black. Gross Domestic Product is expected to grow between 2.6 transportation construction market will grow 3.1 percent from $185.9 billion in 2014 to $191.7

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In addition, AWS AI and Machine Learning services such as Amazon Rekognition and Amazon Forecast can be implemented on the data stored in Amazon S3 and Redshift to better analyze and forecast construction performance. Amazon Forecast allows you to combine time series data with additional variables to build better forecasts.

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Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Still holding up better than nonresidential construction, multifamily may not see any growth until 2022, when NAHB forecasts a 5% increase in total units built. Turning to the forecast, multifamily starts are expected to fall 11% this year to 349,000 units from a projected total of 392,000 in 2020. Read More. . Multifamily.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

To avoid this, you should create a cash flow forecast and regularly update it. You need cash to buy materials, pay workers, and keep your business running. However, you may be in a cash crunch if you don't correctly deal with your cash flow.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 25, 2022

Join us for a webinar to unlock key insights into the six pillars of proper workforce management: communication; scheduling; data management; people management; forecasting; and actuals and analytics. Senior Product Specialist . Gary Fuchs is a senior product specialist at LaborChart. Gary Fuchs. LaborChart. GDPR consent.

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Safety Services Company

JANUARY 17, 2024

This guide explores essential safety practices and certifications to equip construction teams for a secure and productive winter work season. This is known as Stop Work Authority , and can impact the productivity of your job site. Your crew may feel unsafe during certain conditions and refuse work that appears dangerous.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 5, 2013

(August 5, 2013) -- The equipment rental industry in the United States continues to outpace gross domestic product (GDP) in the U.S. by four times in 2013, according to American Rental Association’s (ARA) latest forecast from the ARA Rental Market Monitor. Revenues will reach $33.5 billion, representing a 7.0

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Industry Statistical Review and Forecast. This report delivers timely information on window, door and skylight market trends and product relationships. read more.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 1, 2022

With hundreds of updates to Autodesk Construction Cloud products in the last year alone, keeping tabs on all these new changes can feel overwhelming. But you might not have heard about some of the latest understated, but high-impact product enhancements. . We are excited to announce our new “Have You Tried” blog series.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 5, 2013

5, 2013) - The equipment rental industry in the United States continues to outpace gross domestic product (GDP) in the U.S. by four times in 2013, according to American Rental Association’s (ARA) latest forecast from the ARA Rental Market Monitor. MOLINE, ILL. Revenues will reach $33.5 billion in revenue, representing a 7.0

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The event features the release of the 2016 Dodge Construction Outlook, a mainstay in construction industry forecasting and business planning.

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Construction Dive

JUNE 13, 2018

is leading a team of analysts to write machine-learning tools that scan photos for safety risks and forecast project timelines based on historical data. An executive dedicated to data science at Suffolk Construction Co.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Any gains or losses are easily visible and can be used as the basis for forecast adjustments. . Being able to quickly see this, you can now forecast the end cost as accurately as possible. Users can then use the realized amount, unrealized amount, or sum of both to generate a forecast adjustment. .

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Pro Builder

MARCH 31, 2021

What they didn’t factor, and could not have foreseen, was that homeowners now forced to work from home began an incredible surge in repair and remodeling projects to create at-home workspaces or extend and improve outdoor living spaces—a dynamic that set the stage for an unexpected boom in demand for a variety of LBM products.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Real gross domestic product (GDP) fell two percentage points below forecasted rates and slowed significantly from its second quarter levels. . According to the “advance” estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.0%

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Contractor Bookkeeping

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

To avoid this, you should create a cash flow forecast and regularly update it. You need cash to buy materials, pay workers, and keep your business running. However, you may be in a cash crunch if you don't correctly deal with your cash flow.

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Home > Management > Business Devlopment > HIRI Continues to See Growth for Home Improvement Product Sales. HIRI Continues to See Growth for Home Improvement Product Sales. The Home Improvement Research Institute (HIRI) has just released its September 2012 forecast for the size and trends in the home improvement market.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

MAY 8, 2022

The war in Ukraine has reduced the supply of raw materials, port congestion from China to Los Angeles continues to delay shipments on all goods, while new COVID-19 variants have continued, leading to a forecasted overall escalation of 7-9%. Product Availability – Overall demand for materials will remain high with supply moderately low.

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 25, 2022

But I would counter that even Tesla’s journey can’t fully compare to the roadblocks hindering the adoption of Innovation in housing, especially on the production side: Our industry is far more fragmented, a collection of tens of thousands, mostly small, local operations relying on low-tech materials and manual labor. We’ll get there.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 8, 2017

Efforts to improve lagging construction productivity have largely failed, notably in the U.S., but skills shortages and increasing constraints on migration likely will inflate pay and force productivity improvements across the globe, according to a recent construction-industry survey and forecast by the McKinsey Global Institute.

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Lets Build

JANUARY 20, 2023

Daily reports are how everyone involved in the project tracks progress , performance, and productivity. Your construction and maintenance daily log is crucial for: Protecting against disputes Tracking on-site activities Keeping stakeholders in the loop Improving productivity Minimising delays 1.

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GCP Applied Technologies

MARCH 7, 2018

It’s called ‘construction forecasting’. Construction forecasting is not unlike predicting the stock market—anything under the sun can affect it. With the right know-how, the right applications and an analytical mind, a good forecaster can not only extrapolate the patterns, but explain them. Forecasters can also work backwards.

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Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In specialized construction segments, market and product knowledge will always be important. Understanding of planning, forecasting, budgeting and market research are required skills for the certain levels of marketing management. Can senior marketing executives manage young managers without understanding new media and marketing?

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Pro Builder

MAY 19, 2021

Limited availability and rising costs of construction materials are creating a slowdown in housing production. It should be noted that March housing production reached the fastest rate for combined single-family and multifamily construction in 15 years. Overall housing starts dipped 9.5%

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Pro Builder

MARCH 6, 2023

Connor describes Forest to Home’s vision this way: “It ties together our commitment to the conservation of working forest land and our desire to help Washington state capture the carbon value of the wood basket that’s unique to the Northwest to produce a high-value engineered wood product that can increase the efficiency of construction,” she says.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Homebuyer demand is falling at a steady pace in the wake of 7% mortgage rates and still-rising home prices, and that dwindling buyer traffic could force builders to slow their production of new single-family homes in the months ahead. This will be the first year since 2011 to see a decline for single-family starts.

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Job Order Contracting

MAY 13, 2019

For example, the OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting Solution of is a powerful LEAN construction services procurement and project method for best value construction services production planning and life-cycle management from concept through joint site visit and warranty period, and beyond! contact-form].

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Pro Builder

JULY 8, 2021

One of them, per this NPR story, is that even though forecasters say lumber prices may have more room to fall, price volatility creates its own headaches. So lumber may continue to capture headlines as yet another example of a product upended by the unprecedented pandemic.

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Construction Equipment

JANUARY 12, 2016

businesses to acquire the productive assets they need to operate and grow," says Petta. "Equipment acquisition is critical in driving the supply chains across all U.S. manufacturing and service sectors. Equipment leasing and financing provide the source of funding for a majority of U.S.

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