Construction Business Owner

MAY 3, 2016

Last week, Construction Business Owner Editor Kathy Wells and Account Executive Judy Rice traveled to Seattle, Washington, for the 2016 Connect Users’ Conference hosted by Dexter+Chaney. The conference was held April 25-28 at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. The following tweets are from Wells while she attended the conference.

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Construction Business Owner

MAY 26, 2016

This week, Editor Kathy Wells traveled to the Komatsu Customer Center in Cartersville, Georgia, to meet with product managers and learn more about the latest offerings in integrated construction equipment technology and how smart construction is reshaping the future of earthmoving. Check out the tweets below for CBO 's coverage of the event!

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CivilJungle

JANUARY 15, 2021

What Are Plastic Roads? Plastic Roads are roads that are made completely of plastic or composites of plastic made with other materials. Plastic Roads are generally of two kinds. The first type of plastic road is made up of modular, hollow and prefabricated road elements made from waste consumer plastics.

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Construction Business Owner

JUNE 17, 2016

Last week, Managing Editor Elizabeth Manning visited Milwaukee Tool for the annual New Product Symposium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Catch up on new offerings from the company below.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 24, 2016

. . On March 10, 2016, Volvo Trucks North America announced the recall of certain model year on-road trucks. Specifically, they are: Volvo 2016-2017 on-road trucks manufactured from May 11, 2015 through March 8, 2016.

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Construction Dive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

As construction picked up after the Great Recession, so did worker deaths, according to the most recent statistics.

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Construction Business Owner

JANUARY 7, 2016

On the heels of last month's congressional final passage of a much-needed $305 billion measure to fund infrastructure, the construction industry continues to climb toward recovery and is more than prepared to literally hit the road.

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Construction Equipment

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In 2016, the U.S. billion in 2015, according to the American Road & Transportation Association’s (ARTBA) chief economist. economy are the key factors driving an expected 4 percent growth in the 2016 U.S. economy are the key factors driving an expected 4 percent growth in the 2016 U.S. billion, up from $200.5

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Construction Equipment

AUGUST 6, 2015

Road Institute will offer training sessions, ranging from two to five days, beginning in mid-September 2015 through May 2016. Courses are held at the Road Institute Training Center in Shippensburg and Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and at the Road Institute West location in Phoenix, Ariz.

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Construction Equipment

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Author Edgar Browning's seventh pictorial review of highway construction titled “Roadbuilding Construction Equipment at Work in the State of Massachusetts” and the 2016 HCEA Calendar are now available for purchase. Also includes discussion of road construction in 1803 through 1805.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 23, 2016

Business Facilities May / June 2016. Breaking Records in TN | Tennessee’s business development team landed 25,837 new job commitments in 2015 and is aiming to bring in 28,000 new jobs in 2016. Read May / June 2016 Issue (Volume 49, Number 3) on Business Facilities - Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 7, 2018

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced today the Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals (SCTPP) Program, launched in late 2016, has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) under the ISO/IEC 17024:2012 international standard.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 11, 2022

Lane Construction can face cross claims, a federal judge has ruled, from another contractor on a road resurfacing project that the widow of a cyclist killed in a 2016 crash charges caused his death.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 11, 2022

Lane Construction could face cross claims from a project contractor in a road resurfacing that the widow of cyclist killed in a 2016 crash claims was at fault in her husband's death.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 5, 2017

The Associated General Contractors of America surveyed more than 700 contractors during March and April and found 44 percent of the contractors had experienced vehicle crashes into their construction sites in 2016. Half of those reported an injury, and 13 percent said the accident resulted in a fatality.

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Construction Equipment

JUNE 5, 2017

The Associated General Contractors of America surveyed more than 700 contractors nationwide during March and April and found 44 percent of the contractors had experienced vehicle crashes into their construction sites in 2016. The AGC survey results showed of the contractors reporting work zone crashes:

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

In September 2016, Paris closed a stretch of road along the River Seine to automobiles in an attempt to improve both the pedestrian experience and the city’s air quality. 21, 2018, the Paris Administrative Court annulled the closure of the roads on the right bank of the Seine.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MARCH 29, 2016

Although design-build had been approved in New Mexico on limited public projects, road and highway construction had been previously excluded. That changed on March 9, 2016, when Governor Susana Martinez signed into law the bill authorizing use of design-build on certain, large critical highway projects of more than $50 million.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

In September 2016, Paris closed a stretch of road along the River Seine to automobiles in an attempt to improve both the pedestrian experience and the city’s air quality. 21, 2018, the Paris Administrative Court annulled the closure of the roads on the right bank of the Seine.

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ENR Construction

JANUARY 9, 2018

billion bond program approved in a November 2016 referendum. An eight-mile widening of the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley will be the first project to receive funding from the $1.6

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Contractor Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2015

On the road again. This article is a compilation of some of the trucks and vans best suited for the tradesperson. Let’s take a look at some of the newest models on the market that fit contractors’ vehicle needs. read more.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In 2016, over 400 Blinn College students were put on the campus housing wait list. The facility, located at the corner of Seager Street and Old Mill Road, will offer 464 suite-style beds and 9,000-sf of common space. The new residence hall will help alleviate the stress on the school’s campus housing system.

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Construction Equipment

MAY 1, 2017

To cover the costs of maintaining and building new roads, state governments are proposing gas tax increases at a record rate. TIAC looked at 16 states that raised their gas taxes between 2013 and 2016. TIAC looked at 16 states that raised their gas taxes between 2013 and 2016. Here's what TIAC found:

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Construction Equipment

MAY 18, 2016

It's Infrastructure 2016 Week and the Huffington Post'stimely article, " America’s Crumbling Dams Are A Disaster Waiting To Happen", details the grave condition the nation's dams are in and why we should care.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 9, 2016

When hundreds of off-road equipment industry professionals gather at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) annual product safety and compliance seminar in April, it will mark the 25th consecutive year of the annual safety forum.

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Construction Equipment

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

As part of the Obama Administration’s $4 trillion fiscal 2016 budget proposal, president announced $478 billion in funding for infrastructure, according to the New York Times. The money will be used to fund new roads, bridges and mass transit and will be paid for by a one-time 14 percent tax on approximately $2 trillion in U.S.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Mortenson’s scope of work will include the erection of 200 Vestas V110 turbines and the engineering, procurement and construction of foundations, access roads, underground collection systems, two substations and a transmission line.

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Revit OpEd

APRIL 28, 2015

Rather than allow us to continue, to create a parameter that isn't supported, it takes the hard road and invalidates using it at all. Mulling it over for a moment, it makes sense to me since the older versions of Revit are not able to interpret this new kind of parameter because it didn't exist.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

JUNE 20, 2018

According to a 2016 report from the American Society of Civil Engineers , almost 40 percent of the nation’s bridges have been around for 50 years or longer, and 9.1 Doing so can reduce road closures, traffic delays and overall project costs, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Increased worker safety.

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Business Facilities

JULY 6, 2016

By Dominique Cantelme From the May/June 2016 Issue. Without applying for, or accepting any tax incentives, Shorr Packaging chose a location on Ferry Road between Route 59 and Eola Road. Canada and Mexico, while its access to over the road transportation is apparent. supply chain. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 14, 2016

Last year, Greenbuild 2015 was in Washington DC, just down the road from the first U.S. Greenbuild 2016 in LA will be “the” target rich environment for green people this year. I have been attending Greenbuild on and off over 13 years.

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Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Triple B Services, LLP , decided on May 26, 2016, the Court of Appeals of Texas reviewed a contractor’s claim for damages on a road expansion project. The County entered into an agreement with the Contractor to expand a three-mile stretch of road. A few years ago, I found a case the shed some light on the delay v.

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Construction Specifier

MAY 27, 2020

According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2019 was the second hottest year on record , beaten by 2016 by less than 3 / 50 C ( 1 / 10 F). The 2010s were marked by shorter winters, longer heat spans, and record-setting temperatures around the globe.

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Revit OpEd

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

It works as I remembered in Revit 2016.project I did try creating the family in 2016 and let Revit upgrade it in the 2017 project.no I also created a Specialty Equipment family (in-place too) and it shows up in plan view but since that category doesn't cut.it's missing the point , my reason for traveling this road in the first place.

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Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction. In reality, machine learning has been gaining traction in the construction business for years and, simply put, rather than removing humans from the equation, it allows individuals to accomplish their jobs more efficiently. Housing's Incremental Innovation Path.

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Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Energy-Efficiency Road Map: Whole-Building Envelope Sealing. An Energy Efficiency Road Map for Home Builders. Indoor Air Quality Road Map: A Smart Range Hood. 2016 test results were promising: The California home testing showed aerosol whole-home envelope sealing is very effective at sealing air leaks. Eric Werling.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Emser Tile’s establishment of a distribution operation in the City of Suffolk is a wonderful testament to the superior assets Hampton Roads offers U.S.-based The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with the City of Suffolk and the Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance to secure the distribution center for Virginia.

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