Wed.Mar 07, 2018

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7 Ways to Leverage Licensing for Profit & Growth

Construction Business Owner

Increasing profitability is a key challenge for construction companies of all sizes. One area that presents tremendous untapped growth potential for construction firms is business licensing.

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Methods of Excavation Used for Deep Foundation Construction

The Constructor

There are number of excavation methods which are used for deep foundation construction such as full open cut method, bracing excavation, anchored.

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5 Tips for Managing Heavy Equipment Fluids

Construction Business Owner

Fluids—particularly diesel fuel, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), engine and transmission oil, hydraulic fluid and coolant—are your machine’s lifeblood. These fluids require exceptional care, especially as equipment continues to be manufactured with sophisticated technologies.

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What are the Purpose of Dewatering Foundation Excavations?

The Constructor

There are various reasons that enforce dewatering of foundation excavation such as to keep excavation bottom dry, prevent ground water or soil.

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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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Leading Technology and Strategy Speakers Lined Up for Viewpoint’s Digital Contractor Roadshow Series

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Viewpoint’s Digital Contractor Roadshow is kicking off soon and we are on our way to a city near you ! In order to keep you informed of new technology trends and best practices in an ever-changing industry, we are bringing the top thought leaders of the industry to share valuable and timely insights for your construction company. Here is a preview of just a few of the speakers who will be sharing their real strategies and leading technology knowledge at our roadshow events: Steve Coughran.

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Podcast Recap: How Integrated, Cloud-Based Construction Software Improves the Bottom Line

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Construction software can have a big impact on the productivity of a company, especially when selected thoughtfully and implemented wisely. And it’s no surprise that increases in productivity have a big impact on contracting companies’ bottom lines. In an industry that’s traditionally struggled with productivity , technology solutions that can boost productivity growth are incredibly important.

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Construction BIG DATA: Both grand and granular

GCP Applied Technologies

Construction BIG DATA: Both grand and granular. Phillip.fry@gc…. Wed, 03/07/2018 - 16:18. GCP Applied Technologies. March 07, 2018. Perhaps your construction business has hit a bit of a slump. Or maybe you’ve saturated a given market and would benefit from expanding into new territory. Unfortunately, in a climate that’s in constant flux, no road map to new ventures exists.

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Podcast Recap: How Integrated, Cloud-Based Construction Software Improves the Bottom Line

Viewpoint Construction Technology

General contractors and ACHR News’ audience of mechanical contractors will both benefit from these recommendations about construction software.

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Study: Prevailing wage laws move African American construction workers toward income equality

Construction Dive

The Illinois Economic Policy Institute found that laws can increase African American construction workers' net pay by 24%, and other workers benefit, too.

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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.

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Leading Technology and Strategy Speakers Lined Up for Viewpoint's Digital Contractor Roadshow Series

Viewpoint Construction Technology

we are bringing the top thought leaders of the industry to share valuable and timely insights for your construction company.

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Katerra plans major US factory expansion

Construction Dive

Katerra's buildouts this year will be conventional wood panel and truss factories, and potentially another mass timber plant in the Southeast.

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New National Building Museum exhibit explores the architecture of the Manhattan Project

BD+C

Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project is a new exhibition at the National Building Museum that explores the highly classified effort to produce the atomic bomb. The exhibit places an emphasis on showcasing the three new “secret cities” that were built to accommodate the tens of thousands of people who worked on the project.

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Rugged smartphone boasts high-tech features

Construction Dive

The phone, which includes a thermal camera, an air sensor and a laser measurer, is indicative of the industry's growing adoption of technology.

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The Ultimate Procurement Software Buyer’s Guide

Choosing the right procurement software is a crucial step in ensuring third-party risk management, process governance, and bidding efficiency. With so many procurement solutions to choose from, it can be overwhelming without a frame of reference and a solid starting point. This free buyer’s guide will cover: Benefits of Procurement Software –– Why do you need it?

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GSD: A solid commercial contracting blog demonstrates trust-building talent

Construction Marketing Ideas

Ft. Lauderdale, FL based GSD Contracting LLC has built the phrase “Building Trust” into its logo — and this commercial contractor has achieved that objective with its well-designed and written blog. Consider this post for example: Top 5 Design Trends: The Future of Bank Construction in South Florida. Clearly, I am not responsible for decision-making […].

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Is Seattle's building boom over?

Construction Dive

There are still plenty of projects in the pipeline, but construction has declined in the past six months and Seattle's crane count has fallen by 22%.

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Specifier and manufacturer: A beautiful friendship

GCP Applied Technologies

Specifier and manufacturer: A beautiful friendship. Phillip.fry@gc…. Wed, 03/07/2018 - 15:31. GCP Applied Technologies. March 07, 2018. When specifier Susan Walter moved from a Midwestern architectural firm to work at HDR in Washington, D.C., she took her relationships with her. Her collaboration with Kim Shaw, project manager for GCP's Design Advantage , was an important one.

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Most contractors optimistic about commercial construction industry

Construction Dive

A USG + U.S. Chamber of Commerce report shows prefabrication and modular construction are picking up some slack created by the labor shortage.

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Stop Making These Mistakes and Start Scaling Your Specialty Contractor Business

Anything that is built on a poor foundation will soon crumble from the ground up. This is literally the case in the construction stage of projects and it applies just the same during the pre-construction stage. This free eBook is your ultimate guide to scaling your business with customizable software as early as during the bidding stage.

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Construction BIG DATA: Both grand and granular

GCP Applied Technologies

Construction BIG DATA: Both grand and granular. Phillip.fry@gc…. Wed, 03/07/2018 - 16:18. GCP Applied Technologies. March 07, 2018. Perhaps your construction business has hit a bit of a slump. Or maybe you’ve saturated a given market and would benefit from expanding into new territory. Unfortunately, in a climate that’s in constant flux, no road map to new ventures exists.

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Florida developer files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Construction Dive

The filing comes amid lender claims that 550 Seabreeze Development defaulted on a $36.9 million mortgage loan for the Fort Lauderdale resort.

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Specifier and manufacturer: A beautiful friendship

GCP Applied Technologies

Specifier and manufacturer: A beautiful friendship. Phillip.fry@gc…. Wed, 03/07/2018 - 15:31. GCP Applied Technologies. March 07, 2018. When specifier Susan Walter moved from a Midwestern architectural firm to work at HDR in Washington, D.C., she took her relationships with her. Her collaboration with Kim Shaw, project manager for GCP's Design Advantage , was an important one.

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Operators can control this Samsung drone with their eyes

Construction Dive

As commercial drone use rises, the sophisticated technologies, applications and regulations around them also escalate.

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The Specialty Contractor's Guide to Job Cost Accounting

Supply chain challenges and rising material costs are forcing specialty contractors to pay more for what they need to complete each job. Following a simple set of principles, this easy-to-follow guide can help you manage job costs, ease the pains of accounting, and run a more profitable businesses. If you are a Specialty Contractor or Self-performing GC, you do not want to miss out on this essential guide!

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Prefab and Modular Components Help Contractors Meet Labor Shortage

Construction Equipment

The Q1 2018 USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (Index), released Tuesday, reveals nearly two-thirds of contractors are highly confident that demand for commercial construction will increase over the next year.

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Water Tunnel Business 'Exploding' as Technology Reduces Risk and Cost

ENR Construction

As the cost comes down for boring water tunnels without major disruption to cities, more and more of these long-lived, cost-effective projects are on the horizon for floodwater storage and pollution prevention.

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Senate reviews new $3.3B FBI headquarters proposal

Construction Dive

In addition to project specifics, representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation fielded questions from lawmakers about the White House's involvement in the new proposal.

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Interoperability for the building industry – More wicked problems

BD+C

News recently broke about Flux’s pivot away from making tools focused on interoperability between building design tools. The AEC startup recently alerted their customers that their web-based data management platform and desktop tools would be taken offline starting on March 31, 2018. This gives designers just little over a month to find alternatives if they are relying on the platform to develop their projects.

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Report: Optimism for Construction Growth in the Next Year Remains High

Research reveals 96% of respondents are very or fairly optimistic about their organization’s growth prospects for the next year. The InEight Global Capital Projects Outlook also finds over half see digital technology as the greatest growth opportunity. But these are only some of the findings. Don't be kept in the dark when it comes to the future. Read the report today!

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Los Angeles mayor promotes mandatory earthquake safeguards for buildings

Construction Dive

A report says steel buildings constructed from the early 1970s through 1994 are susceptible to earthquake damage.

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Video: Uber Announces Self-Driving Truck App

Construction Equipment

Uber Freight is the latest entry in to self-driving long haul shipping with an unspecified number of tractor-trailers being tested from its hub in Arizona. Like other companies testing the transfer hub hand-off model for autonomous trucking, Uber uses human drivers for the short-hauls from the customer's dock to the transfer hub facility. There, a safety driver with a self-driving tractor takes custody of the freight trailer and begins the second leg of the long-haul segment of the delivery whic

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“Good Faith” May Not Be Good Enough: California Supreme Court to Decide When General Contractors Can Withhold Retention

Construction and Infrastructure Law

It is industry standard in California for owners of a construction project to make monthly payments to a contractor for work it has completed, less a certain percentage that is withheld as a guarantee of future satisfactory performance. This withholding is called a retention. Contractors generally pass these withholdings on to their subcontractors via a retention clause in the subcontract.