Construction Business Owner

MARCH 30, 2018

Each month, the Construction Business Owner team compiles statistics from several different sources, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the United States Census Bureau, to give you a better understanding of the current state of affairs for the construction industry. The statistics featured in each month's print issue are for 3 months prior to the publication of the magazine, based on the data available.

Industrial 120

Industrial Statistics United States AIA 120

BD+C

MARCH 30, 2018

According to The Washington Post , more than 187,000 students have been exposed to gun violence at school since Columbine. With the unsettling rise in school shootings over the past two decades, educators are looking for design solutions that will make their buildings safer for students and teachers.

Design 85

Design Washington Education 85

Construction Equipment

MARCH 30, 2018

A five-room house was printed by the University of Nantes in France using a patented 3D printing method called BatiPrint3D - the result looks like a place that could easily be called Home. The 3D printed housing project is called Yhnova. This 'smart house' will be equipped with a range of sensors and monitoring systems to keep track of the home’s air quality, humidity, temperature, and condition of the 3D printed materials.

Housing 70

Housing Equipment Materials 70

BD+C

MARCH 30, 2018

Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia will serve as a key interchange on the new Riyadh Metro network for Line 1 and the terminus of Line 4 and Line 6. The 45,000-sm complex will include four above ground levels and two below ground (car parking) and will be integrated within the urban context of the financial district.

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Metro Design 75

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Construction Marketing Ideas

MARCH 30, 2018

Good Friday has always had special significance, ever since the epiphany I experienced on this Christian religious holiday in 1980. (I’ve told the story enough times that it is starting to get boring or even irritating to hear it recounted again and again.) It is supposed to be a public holiday from work, but I’m […].

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Contractor Bookkeeping

MARCH 30, 2018

I Have Been A Successful Contractor In Training Since I Was Eight Years Old. Click me to play the virtual voice. I was raised in a great environment. My parents were wonderful people who always did their best and could always be counted on to provide food, clothing, shelter, and opportunity to attend school where I earned my High School Diploma. After that, I attended several Colleges and Universities to further my education.

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Cash Flow Contractors Profitability Education 53

BD+C

MARCH 30, 2018

With college basketball action set to play out on the sports greatest stage this weekend - the Final Four - hoops hype and March Madness energy abounds. With that in mind, CannonDesign recently shared new images of two collegiate sports projects with interesting ties to college basketball past, present and future. Take a look below and don’t forget to check your brackets one last time before Saturday’s games. .

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 30, 2018

If your company uses drones to view, map or monitor construction projects, getting approval to operate your commercial drones in controlled airspace is about to become easier and safer. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced it is expanding tests of an automated system that will ultimately provide near real-time processing of airspace authorization requests for unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators nationwide.

Commercial 49

Commercial Construction 49

Business Facilities

MARCH 30, 2018

The move to McKinney, TX will enhance corporate support for the transformer services company’s eight locations and 450 employees. - Read: Emerald Transformer Relocates Headquarters To Texas at BusinessFacilities.com.

Texas 52

Texas Dallas Airports Transportation 52

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As the use of Enterprise Resource Planning systems in the construction industry is critical to optimizing operations, it's critical that decision makers conduct a thorough software evaluation to find the one that best aligns to their needs.

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Construction Equipment

MARCH 30, 2018

Minnesota legislators are considering if detouring certain sales tax dollars into a constitutionally mandate separate fund could solve the state's road and transportation funding needs. Wednesday, Minnesota State Senator Scott Newman's bill was passed by the state's Senate Transportation Committee to ask the voters in November if they want to legally require sales tax revenues generated from auto parts and repairs toward fixing roads, bridges, highways and other transportation projects instead o

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Minnesota Roads Transportation Legal 49

Contractor Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

This is the 3nd and final installment of a 3 part EWTS update series to let attendees know what the symposium organizers have teed up for the technical program.

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ENR Construction

MARCH 30, 2018

"The future is already here; it's just not evenly distributed." This quote by writer William Ford Gibson was a theme at a recent forum on the future design state and fate of the shopping mall.

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Design 53

Construction Dive

MARCH 30, 2018

The Office of the Inspector General found that the project had "shoddy planning" and hasn't complied with safety regulations.

Regulation 49

Regulation Safety Office Plans 49

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

Thirty-five states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between February 2017 and February 2018, while 38 states added construction jobs between January and February, according to a recent analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials praised the latest Congressional spending bill for funding career and technical education to help young workers get into the industry. “The construction industry continues to add empl

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