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Trending: The Rise of Prefab and Modular Commercial Construction Techniques

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This shift has taken place just over the course of my 27-year career as a commercial general contractor, and I expect prefabrication and modularization will become increasingly important – and used in new and innovative ways.

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Weekly Product Gallery: Webstone, General Pipe Cleaners, Chicago Faucet, Esco Tool, Watts and ColdTub

Contractor Magazine

This week the product gallery features a ball valve with a 3/4" hose connection, a video pipe inspection system that connect to a tablet or smartphone, a pipe beveling machine, an innovative anti-scale system and more. read more.

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State of the Construction Industry: January Roundup

Viewpoint Construction Technology

In Chicago, officials are mulling over several design plans for an $8.5 Infrastructure contractor Black & Veatch in December announced the successful test of a 60-mile, nonstop drone-based inspection flight conducted by a remote pilot located miles away in a command center in Illinois. The Memphis, Tenn. Region saw $1.3 Wildfires.

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Iowa: Moving To The Top Of The Class

Business Facilities

The latest innovation emerging from Iowa is transforming the chemical business from one based on oil to one based upon bioproducts. Each of the certified sites, which range from 150 to almost 600 acres, were inspected by an independent site selection consultant to assure it meets national site selection standards.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Points of Entry for Cash-Rich Cargo

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

CHICAGO EXEC ANCHORS WHEELING. The Village of Wheeling’s manufacturing base is anchored around its general aviation airport, Chicago Executive Airport, the third busiest in Chicagoland. Chicago Executive Airport serves as a hub for business and industry and as a logical magnet drawing businesses to the area.

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Hard Hats & Crafts – Celebrating Women Leaders in Construction Safety

Construction Junkie

He explained Chicago couplers to me and the need to always have a cotter pin, how whip checks worked and that it was important they sit above and below (not on) the fitting. I said, “I do” and I recounted for him exactly what he had taught me about Chicago couplers. He asked if I knew what I was looking at and I said no.

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Third International Emerging Technology Symposium Presentations.

Contractor Magazine

A host of innovators and industry heavyweights gathered at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, Md., RIDGID® CS1000 Digital Recording Monitor for Enhanced, Easier Digital Inspection Recordings.