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WVDOT Rejects Plan to Repair 25 West Virginia Bridges

Construction Equipment

The West Virginia Department of Transportation has rejected plans to repair or replace 25 West Virginia bridges, prompting an evaluation that will change the scope of the project. The project’s low-bid amount in July was $275,158,746, much higher than the anticipated range of $107 million to $201…

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How to Leverage the Power of Software for Preconstruction

Construction Business Owner

Because owners are shifting away from traditional Design-Bid-Build delivery methods and bringing GCs into the construction process earlier than ever before. When you keep bid packages, vendor quotes, cost estimates and proposals in separate systems, you create disconnected data. Fill out the form on this page to access the article.

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7 Tips for Aligning Your Project Management Workflows & Construction Technology

Construction Business Owner

Project managers must stay on top of subcontracted costs, bids, deadlines and materials while also juggling jobsite duties and office paperwork — an overwhelming task that is often fraught with stress. Careful planning, combined with modern technologies to help streamline workflows, allow project work to move forward with ease.

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Rising costs could limit West Virginia's $2.8B Roads to Prosperity program

Construction Dive

Bids for the highway expansion plan's first project came in at $100 million more than the state anticipated.

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How Strategic Workforce Management Helps Complete Work With Limited Resources

Construction Business Owner

Track project data to improve bidding and project management. He has a strong understanding of the complexities and challenges of resource planning throughout all phases of construction, and works closely with Bridgit’s partners to transform the way they manage their workforce. Avoid cost overruns by managing resources effectively.

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Last Chance

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The PRC currently is building more than 200 new coal-fired power plants that will generate 190-gigawatts of electricity; China has plans for an additional 200 carbon-spewing utilities. Under the Paris agreement, China, the world’s biggest carbon polluter, is allowed to increase its carbon emissions for another 15 years.

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Hard Hats & Crafts – Celebrating Women Leaders in Construction Safety

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My first project was a Wind Turbine project in the mountains of West Virginia. I love going back to Seattle and (preCOVID) giving/getting big hugs from the craft workers that were on my projects when I lived out there, catching up on their wives, kids, grand kids, retirement plans…and I haven’t lived there in 12 years.

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