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CBO's 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

Construction Business Owner

CBO's 2020 Holiday Gift Guide. Elizabeth Manning. Sun, 12/20/2020 - 16:02. Are you scratching your head trying to find the perfect gift for your employee, coworker, friend, or family member who spends most of their time on the jobsite? Look no further—we've rounded up 10 gifts to make working on any project more enjoyable, whether it's at home over the holidays or building a multi-million dollar structure in the new year.

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Top 5 Foundation Failures in New York City

The Constructor

Foundations are susceptible to movements if the applied loads are not in proportion with the design, causing a downward motion known as settlement.

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CDC Recommends Construction Workers Get Vaccines After 'Frontline' Essential Workers

ENR Construction

It is not clear how long the wait will be for virus shots for all essential workers.

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5 Types of Chains and Tapes in Civil Surveying Engineering

Learn Civil Engineering

Nowadays, there are many types of chains and tapes available in the local market. In this article, you are going to read many things about the types of chains and tapes in detail. Different Types of Surveying Chains Following are the different types of chain in common use: Metric chain Steel band or Band chain […].

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Leading the Way in Construction EHS Software

The Verdantix Green Quadrant: EHS Software 2023 is an independent third-party analysis of 23 EHS software vendors (including Intelex) that provides an in-depth look at the technical capabilities, application breadth, innovation focus, and momentum of key environmental, health, and safety management software market players. The guide is essential reading for EHS software benchmarking, especially for understanding unique vendor strengths and capabilities.

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The Making of an Earthbag House in India

Natural Building

In the last post I referenced the work of Sindhu Bhaskar as part of the Thannal Mud Homes Trust in India. She and her architect husband Biju built their own earthbag home made almost entirely with natural materials. In this video you can see how they made t his 550 Sq Ft home in one and a half months. They made around 1000 earthbags from scratch and used soil from the site.

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How to Get Better Options in Today’s Hard Insurance Market

Construction Business Owner

How to Get Better Options in Today’s Hard Insurance Market. Find out what you might be missing in safety & loss control. Greg Ragsdale. Sun, 12/20/2020 - 15:11. One thing underwriters have made abundantly clear during this challenging renewal environment is that simply blasting a submission to multiple insurance carriers to find competitive pricing, will not produce the effective results it may have in the past.

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In Yearend Push, Hill Leaders Reach Deal on $900B Relief Package

ENR Construction

Measure also includes funds for water resources, school HVAC, transit, airports and state highways.

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GRESB Purchased from GBCI in advance of ESG Breakout

Green Building Law Update

Last month GRESB announced that its management had purchased the business from its parent GBCI. GRESB was established in 2009 as the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark by three pension funds who wanted to assess and benchmark the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and other related performance of real assets, providing standardized data to capital markets.

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CDC: Only Some Construction Workers Should Get Vaccines in Third Phase

ENR Construction

It is not clear how long the wait will be for virus shots for non-housing-related workers.

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Optimize Operational Processes With an Industry-Specific ERP

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.