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Commercial Construction Industry Trends: Reflecting on the Highs and Lows of 2018

HardHatChat

So before we officially ring in 2019, here is our rundown of Englewood Construction’s commercial construction trends “highs” and “lows” from 2018: High: A Sizable Senior Living Pipeline. Low: Labor Shortage Shapes Schedules. The result was the potential for scheduling complications and missed project deadlines.

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Survey Reveals the Impacts of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Contractors

Construction Junkie

Delays and Cancellations While not every firm has reported scheduling impacts due to the pandemic, 66% of respondents said that some of their projects have been halted, postponed, or canceled all together. According to the survey, the contractors who perform $50 million of work or less annually have experienced less delays and cancellations.

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Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction

HardHatChat

Here are just a few examples: Working Through Challenges: Key Lessons for Moving Forward For Englewood and our national retail, restaurant, and hospitality clients, we’ve learned that the old mindset of the lowest competitive bid and a rigid approach to material and equipment is ineffective in times like these.

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Learn What’s New in Revit 2019 for Structural Engineers and Detailers

BIM & Beam

Building on Autodesk’s strategy to make Revit a robust model authoring tool for designing and detailing, the Revit 2019 release includes a number of new features that increase modeling versatility, accuracy, and productivity for engineers and detailers. We’re excited to share these features with you—take a look! Detailed Steel Design.

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(Still) Waiting for the Home Building Technology Revolution

Pro Builder

They thought scheduling was “pretty good.” . But despite access to an online scheduling portal from a big-name software company, most of the actual scheduling and updates were done by the field superintendent by phone. The very best ran schedules of 60 to 65 days, with some even in the low 40s. Technology wasn’t a factor.

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Floor moisture barrier

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 01/09/2019 - 13:01. January 09, 2019. Contractors are under pressure to complete projects on ever-shorter schedules with ever-tighter budgets. Moisture-related floor failures are becoming more common due to accelerated construction schedules. Floor moisture barrier. Phillip.fry@gc…. GCP Applied Technologies.

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Protection with Floor Moisture Barriers

GCP Applied Technologies

Wed, 01/09/2019 - 13:01. January 09, 2019. Contractors are under pressure to complete projects on ever-shorter schedules with ever-tighter budgets. Moisture-related floor failures are becoming more common due to accelerated construction schedules. Protection with Floor Moisture Barriers. Phillip.fry@gc…. return to top.