Construction Equipment

APRIL 13, 2018

Researchers in Sweden are now testing an adult-sized version that takes an old idea and makes it better. The eRoadArlanda concept involves embedding electric rails into the road which will power electric cars when the vehicle's contact arm touches the rail. Remember those electric slot car tracks you spent hours playing with?

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Construction Specifier

MAY 27, 2020

Department of Energy (DOE) began researching the benefits of reflective roofing in urban environments with the goal of reducing high temperatures caused by dark roofing, asphalt roads, and other heat-absorbing building materials (known as the ‘heat island effect’).

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Construction Equipment

JULY 13, 2016

It's not the worst idea, writes Aarian Marshall in Wired.com 's recent article. When Montpelier, Vermont decided to rip up a pothole-riddled asphalt road and replace it with gravel in 2009, it didn’t see itself at the forefront of a growing trend in public works. It was simply responding to a citizen complaint.

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Construction Test

MAY 16, 2020

A lucky safari park visitor caught a rare glimpse at a patient mother leopard relocating her small baby cubs and helping them cross the road. . She fetches them again for attempt number two and the sweet cubs sheepishly walk across the road where several cars have stopped to watch and let them pass safely. . The post Herding kittens!

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Construction Cost Estimating

DECEMBER 7, 2018

In this civil engineering video tutorial, you will learn step-by-step guidelines for measuring the quantity of earthwork (soil) in road, railway, canal work with the help of mean area method. The table contains various heads like Road station, depth, centre area, side area, total area, mean area, intervals and quantity.

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Roads Guidelines IDEA Engineering 45

BD+C

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Ranging from "less is more" to "form follows function," the quotes have been styled into colorful, old-school road signs. The idea behind the project was to put words into manifest examples of concepts and aesthetics of some architects, as advertising signs that relate architectural thought," explained Babina.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Louis Post-Dispatch reports GOP leaders think recent changes to low-income families will allow the state to generate up to $2 billion for road repair programs over the next 10 years. The idea, pitched by Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, would let Republican lawmakers avoid approving a 1.5-cent

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BD+C

JUNE 5, 2017

On May 11, BD+C hosted its first Accelerate Live! innovation conference, in Chicago, a multimedia event where an audience of more than 100 of the industry’s cognoscenti listened to a rapid-fire barrage of 15-minute presentations by 19 AEC experts.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 10, 2024

It is completely walkable, keeping vehicular roads on the ring road only. And people really love the idea of a sustainable city. We’ve created our own guidelines and our own energy strategies and ideas we’ve implemented in the design. And the idea of using generative design. It's like living on a resort.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

OCTOBER 15, 2021

If you don't have savings earmarked to fund your ideas, you'll want to make sure your "scaling my construction business" plan includes adequate financial planning. Using a business credit card regularly and paying off the balance can help you build a good credit rating, which will help you prepare to apply for a loan down the road.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

New Zealand builders business coach Graeme Owen publishes a worthy blog with ideas that contractors in North America and elsewhere can take into consideration. These options give your clients the feel that you are not rail-roading them to decisions they don’t want to make. Give Multiple Options. Provide Helpful Information.

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Wolgast Corporation

MARCH 25, 2024

Finally, your budget may require that you choose a site that already has roads/driveways leading to it and existing utilities over one that needs these features to be installed at your expense. Promotion Your business may benefit most from foot traffic or from signage seen from automotive traffic.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 17, 2013

The program honors those who have made a difference in our quality of life, whose innovations, ideas and leadership have contributed significantly to the growth and strength of the off-road equipment industry.' The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Hall of Fame is now accepting nominations through June 17, 2013.

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Green Industry Professionals

DECEMBER 2, 2019

AEM Hall of Fame recognizes individuals whose innovations, ideas and leadership have advanced the off-road equipment manufacturing industry

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Roads IDEA Innovation Equipment 52

Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 9, 2017

Our team has been on the road at trade shows, conventions, and seminars. In addition to software guidance, Best Practices is stocked with tips, suggestions, and ideas to level-up your construction business. Viewpoint is always on the road, bringing the latest in integrated software to global audiences. But we aren’t done yet.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

AUGUST 9, 2019

The bike will be familiar to me — the tour company is providing the exact same make and model I own at home, but the roads will certainly be new. […]. The post Back to the future: Entrepreneurship, delegation and history appeared first on Construction Marketing Ideas.

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Construction Law

APRIL 2, 2024

Councils had to ‘bid’ for these funds, and of over 800 bids costing an average of £30,000 each, only 25% were successful, underlining the fact that as far as infrastructure investment goes the government seems to have little clue about how to make it, but no shortage of creative ideas to waste it as well as delay it. Nick Barrett Editor

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

APRIL 30, 2014

The idea of defending the United States from a land invasion by moving thousands of tanks rapidly across the country may seem preposterous today, but it was considered a national security priority in the 1950s. In fact, the federal government’s official name for our national road system is the Dwight D.

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Construction Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Kwarteng outlined planning reforms that could at least speed the process up, even if it stopped short of allowing road planners to press on with schemes without public inquiry approval. Options would be considered for changing the Judicial Review system to avoid claims which cause “unnecessary delays” to road schemes. Nick Barrett.

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ENR Construction

JULY 12, 2019

Even though flood water has fallen to levels that make some bridges and channel roads passable in the tiny island town of Kaskaskia, Ill., local officials still don't have a good idea of how much damage more than three months of being submerged has done.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

JULY 17, 2012

I could conduct a staff meeting via Skype and posted an entry on the original Construction Marketing Ideas blog. The next day, I took a long road trip to Bulawayo. But outbound, I needed to adjust to the British road style, strange roads, animals on the highway and other road hazards and variations North Americans rarely experience.

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DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Paperfreeconstruction is a goal, an idea, an ideal to work towards, something to believe in. The road to it is via building up paperfreemodules, that are self-contained, autonomous and self-sufficient. Paperfreemodules can be created at any level within the industry.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 20, 2021

When building a home for practicality, homeowners must prepare for the inevitable changes down the road to ensure that everyone’s needs are met in a growing household, says Housing Design Matters. These are all great ideas for now. She was advocating for a big open room with the bath in the middle across from the sinks.

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BD+C

JUNE 10, 2016

The 57-year-old is constantly on the road spreading the word about the centrality of cities as the best places for incubating ideas that have the potential to generate economic growth—big ideas that other metros can copy. That’s 11,655 nautical miles in seven days.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 2, 2016

. . The Connecticut Post reports that Governor Daniel Malloy is floating the idea of Rhode Island's truck toll funding model to raise money for his state's $100 billion, 30-year blueprint to modernize the state’s crumbling bridges, roads and rail system announced in 2015.

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 3, 2020

WHIT is a place for entrepreneurs to road-test products and apply new technologies and design ideas in a real life environment. . Also in the community is the Wellness Home built on Innovation and Technology (WHIT), an initiative managed by the Lake Nona Institute, a nonprofit scientific research group.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 28, 2018

For many regions, summer is the season of road construction. This ad campaign from the AGC highlights the fact that educating the public can play a key role in safety at some jobsites, especially during road construction. AGC Uses Targeted Ads to Try to Prevent Work Zone Crashes. Where Are All the Builders?

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Safety Services Company

JULY 8, 2015

The conditions you can encounter while on the road include high winds, dust storms, and thunderstorms. Strong winds can knock large branches or entire trees onto the road. If you find yourself in a high wind situation, you should look ahead on the road for windblown debris. If you encounter a dust storm, don’t stop on the road.

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Construction Specifier

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

While still in its infancy, the science of bird-safe glazing is emerging with creative new ideas and changing the way birds see and react to building glass.

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America Safety Architecture Guidelines 52

HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

On a complex commercial construction project, this is an important step that can save everyone some heartache down the road, as shop drawings are basically a double-check to verify the subcontractor understands what the plans are calling for and there are no conflicts or errors.

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Do

JUNE 7, 2011

Restart Roulette & Taking Revit Server On the Road. Thus, springs the idea, lets put RS on a laptop running Windows 7, and then, when someone has to go on site, they can still work with the Central File, without having to use a remote desktop connection, detach from central or "check-out at risk". ► August. (3). ► July. (2).

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 28, 2018

The road map of what is to come was great to see and always a highlight. I love how easy it was to talk to different ‘experts’ within Viewpoint to get answers to questions or new ideas on how we can solve our own problems/issues.”. With the number of attendees, the networking was invaluable.”. Corporate Controller. “I

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PSMJ Resources

JULY 20, 2011

Declines in Design Activity Suggest a Bumpier Road to Recovery. While these setbacks don’t necessarily spell the end of economic improvement throughout the industry, it does show just how rocky the road to recovery can be. Construction Marketing Ideas. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, July 20, 2011. What we read.

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FDR Safety

JANUARY 21, 2015

in order to pass the state licensing test, to think I could safely take to major roads just on the basis of 10 hours of classroom and 20 hours of actual riding in a parking lot seemed reckless and certain to be a mistake. I had been tested on the road and I handled the situation satisfactorily. The value of experience.

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CivilJungle

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A straight section of rock applied for the reason of paving will know as a paving slab, and it is not a simple idea as every paving slab has its self-advantages and disadvantages. What Is Road Pavement | Types of Road Pavements | Flexible Pavement | Rigid Pavement. Different Types of Pavers for Driveways. Types of Paving Slabs.

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Concrete Roads Transportation Materials 52

FDR Safety

DECEMBER 5, 2018

While a good and helpful idea, OSHA recordable and lost work-day case rates may be too much of a focus for many companies, while off the job injuries often go unaddressed. OSHA record keeping was introduced in the 1970’s with the goal of creating safer workplaces. These injuries occurred off the job.

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FDR Safety

DECEMBER 5, 2018

While a good and helpful idea, OSHA recordable and lost work-day case rates may be too much of a focus for many companies, while off the job injuries often go unaddressed. OSHA record keeping was introduced in the 1970’s with the goal of creating safer workplaces. These injuries occurred off the job.

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OSHA Injury Employment Safety 120