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5 Unique Challenges Manufacturing Companies Will Face In 2023

Construction Marketing

According to a Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report , more than 30% of CEOs interviewed claimed they had encountered a considerable interruption in the supply chain in the last few years due to variables such as taxes, new rules, pandemics, and natural disasters.

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Monitoring Your Financial Position to Succeed in the Construction Industry

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Over the course of a project, cost increases that may seem marginal at the time, end up having flow on effects, or adding up with other overheads resulting in total project expenditure which is far from the amount originally estimated. When is the Right Time to Implement Construction Accounting Software?

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7 Ways to Improve Construction Site Safety

Levelset

Struck-by : Building materials being unloaded overhead by cranes or booms frequently result in struck-by incidents. Electrocution : Contact with overhead power lines and electrical power boxes presents risks that can lead to serious injury or death during the construction phase. . Document & track safety incidents.

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What are Preliminaries in Construction Contracts?

Lets Build

The easiest way to define preliminaries in construction is as a group of items necessary for a construction company or contractor to complete a project but that won’t become a part of the finished work—site overhead, scaffolding, powering the site, etc. Free eBook: Guide to a digitised QHSE organisation. What are prelims?

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(Still) Waiting for the Home Building Technology Revolution

Pro Builder

Claims about how new and impressive technologies will revolutionize product and process in home building are nothing new. 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. cbroderick. Mon, 11/30/2020 - 08:29.

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DebunkTheBIM: Breaking down the doors to construction modelling.

DebunkTheBIM

I stated before, how I believed there were no decent construction modelling software–applications available for the AEC market. I still stand by this claim and to support it, let me turn to the ‘humble’ door. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. link] Reply Delete Add comment Load more. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Viewpoint: The Case for Neutral, Third-Party Schedulers | ENR.

ENR Construction

To reduce overhead costs, contractors often give scheduling short shrift—assigning inexperienced or junior-level personnel to schedule complex, multimillion-dollar projects. Avoiding Claims and Lawsuits The benefits are obvious. Perhaps claims and lawsuits could be avoided.  Kurt Rossetti, P.E., This weeks content.