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4 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions for 2019

HardHatChat

It has been another successful year for Englewood Construction, and with the calendar flipping over to December we’re excited to see what 2019 will bring. But looking ahead to 2019, I see a lot of positive creativity in the way developers and landlords are brainstorming on how to fill these spaces.

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3 benefits of location-based planning in construction

Lets Build

Location-based planning and scheduling (LBS) is a methodology used by construction project managers to optimise their planning and scheduling processes by taking into account the physical location and space of their projects. Maybe we need to think about construction planning and scheduling a little differently.

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5 tips to improve construction workforce management

Lets Build

Act as a single source of truth for better site visibility. From customer invoices and signoffs to fuel expenses, site risk forms, and everything in between, paperwork results in a massive amount of admin time spent submitting them into your back office system—assuming it makes it that far. Optimise your scheduling processes.

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Commercial Construction Trends: Three Headlines That Won’t Die In 2019

HardHatChat

But for general contractors and our clients, the result is higher project budgets and challenges in construction scheduling. But lately I’m reading more about high-tech construction solutions – from the usage of BIM and drones on job sites, to new software options that streamline project management, to wearable tech for construction workers.

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6 Ways to Improve Machine Operators’ Safety on Construction Sites

Fieldwire

In 2019, 1,071 workers in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates that almost 10 out of every 100,000 construction workers are killed on a construction site - each year. The focus here will be on six fundamental practices needed in order to improve machine operator safety on construction sites. Management System.

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Overcoming Common Facilities Management Challenges – 2019 and Beyond!

Job Order Contracting

Reduced number of change orders Overall cost savings Shorter total project delivery schedules Fewer requests for information Lower construction administrative costs and burden Greater overall satisfaction of all participants and stakeholders. The post Overcoming Common Facilities Management Challenges – 2019 and Beyond!

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Shovel-Ready Sites: Ready To Hit The Ground Running

Business Facilities

From the July/August 2019 Issue. I n order to attract new development, locations have to be prepared for it and have sites that are ready to hit the ground running. are implementing site certification programs that give available sites a shovel ready designation—meaning that the site is primed and ready for economic development.

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