Tue.Dec 20, 2016

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Commercial Construction Trends: The Highs and Lows of 2016

HardHatChat

With December here, it’s time for our annual post reviewing some of the positives – as well as a few of the challenges – that shaped the commercial construction business in the past year. Here’s a look at our top 2016 commercial construction “highs” and “lows”: Low: Mall Retail Tenants Choose Local over National. As a national commercial construction firm, it’s not surprising the majority of our 2016 revenue came from work outside our home market of Chicago.

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Need for speed: 3 tips to help contractors utilize technology

Contractor Magazine

By David Zalik, GreenSky. Given that almost 80 percent of consumers now own mobile phones, it’s crucial to utilize tech-nology to manage your business and support your customers. read more.

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Michigan Association Honors SiteOne Sales Manager

Green Industry Professionals

Ross Buffa of SiteOne Landscape Supply given Supplier Partner Award from Michigan Green Industry Association.

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Update: Harco Construction Given $10,000 Fine for Worker's Death

Construction Equipment

Despite being found guilty in June of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment in the death of Carlos Moncayo, a 22-year-old construction worker who was killed in 2015 when a trench collapsed, Harco Construction still maintains the company was not at fault and is still appealing.

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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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Green construction marketing: How to be effectively different

Construction Marketing Ideas

A core marketing rule is differentiation — you must stand out from the crowd, hopefully with attributes that potential clients value. Of course not all differentiation is good. You could, I suppose, earn “fame” as operating the most unsafe construction business in your community, with a fatal accident or two to your name. Hardly helpful […].

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Weekly Product Gallery: Victaulic, DuraVent, Matco-Norca, Esco Tool, Grundfos and Bosch

Contractor Magazine

This week the product gallery features a new series of hydraulic control valves, polypropylene vent pipe, ductile iron gate valves, a beveling machine for making boiler repairs, a packaged pumping system and more. read more.

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Caterpillar Worldwide Retail Sales Ending November Down 17%

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar reports its worldwide retail machines sales were down 17 percent year-to-year in the three months ending November. Cat's resources industries down 24 percent and construction industries down 15 percent. Energy and transportation retail sales in the same period were down 25 percent overall. Regionally, Cat's Asia/Pacific retail sales area saw 11 percent gains in the construction sector.

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Michigan Strategic Fund Approvals Will Create 1,893 Jobs

Business Facilities

Business expansions, community revitalization projects, and more will generate nearly $450 million in investment throughout the state. Read Michigan Strategic Fund Approvals Will Create 1,893 Jobs on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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Concrete Towers Top Out on New NY Bridge Project

ENR Construction

Eight 419-ft-high concrete towers, which will support the 2,230-ft-long, cable-stayed main spans of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement over the Hudson River in New York, topped out in early. December.

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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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NKBA with KBIS supports new philanthropic campaign from This Old House, Generation Next, to close the skilled worker job gap

Contractor Magazine

This Old House to present initial donation to mikeroweWORKS Foundation at ‘Beers & Cheers for Trade Careers’ in “The Backyard” on January 11. The National Kitchen & Bath Association with its Kitchen and Bath Industry Show will host the first public event supporting the This Old House Generation Next philanthropic campaign to encourage and empower young people to join the skilled trades. read more.

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Turnaround Eludes Nuclear Power Plant Vogtle

ENR Construction

Last spring, at the Plant Vogtle construction site near Waynesboro, Ga., executives representing Georgia Power, its lead contractors and trades groups gathered to commit publicly to turning around the $16-billion nuclear power-plant expansion.

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AFSA to award $20,000 in scholarships to high school seniors

Contractor Magazine

Online contest offers assistance and awareness. The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is now accepting applications for its popular online scholarship, the AFSA High School Scholarship Contest. read more.

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ENR Midwest Selects Top Young Professionals and Legacy Award Winner

ENR Construction

ENR Midwest has selected Matthew Walsh as its 2017 Legacy Award winner. The magazine also slected 20 new industry leaders as its Top Young Professionals for 2017.

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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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Food Ingredient Company Investing $14.2M In Missouri

Business Facilities

Kerry is expanding its liquid smoke product manufacturing facility in Greenville, MO with help from an incentive package from the Missouri DED. Read Food Ingredient Company Investing $14.2M In Missouri on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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Upgrade brings comfort and efficiency to Euclid Chemical

BD+C

Euclid Chemical, based in Cleveland, has been supplying the construction industry with products to improve the strength, appearance, and usability of concrete since 1910. Now a large, multi-national corporation, Euclid Chemical’s main offices are in a two-story, 15,000 square foot building that also contains laboratories where they develop products ranging from sealants to micro synthetic fibers. .

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Steel-Fiber Concrete Link Beams Perform Well in Tests

ENR Construction

A recent series of dynamic tests demonstrates that there are several types and doses of steel-fiber reinforcement that can be used in performance-based seismic design of coupling beams—headers that link openings in concrete shear walls—to reduce rebar congestion.

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EPA Strengthens Pesticide Application Standards

Green Industry Professionals

EPA finalizes standards for applicators who apply restricted-use pesticides; focus is on improved training and certification.

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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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Two Guys in a Garage Win Big Wave-Energy Converter Prize

ENR Construction

Wave energy, the emerging renewable resource behind wind and solar, is gaining traction as innovators advance the technology of wave-energy converter devices.

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Predator-Pro and ProCat Mowers for 2017

Green Industry Professionals

Both Bob-Cat mowers now feature the all-new 61-inch DuraDeck XF cutting deck for 2017, among other features and upgrades.

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EPA: Some Fracking Practices Could Contaminate Water

ENR Construction

In a new report that concludes hydraulic fracturing can taint drinking water in some instances, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pinpoints steps in the fracking process in which better engineering, well construction and monitoring could help to prevent contamination.

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Diamondback Residential Zero-Turn Mower

Green Industry Professionals

Worldlawn's Diamondback has a 52-inch deck and choice of 23-hp Kawasaki or 27-hp Briggs engine.

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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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Google, Environmentalists and University Push Methane-Leak Detection

ENR Construction

National Grid, which serves New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is set to be the second U.S. natural-gas utility to use technology advanced by Google Earth, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Colorado State University to boost large-scale methane-leak detection.

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New Consumer Riders for 2017

Green Industry Professionals

Husqvarna unveils a new tractor and three new consumer zero-turn mower models for 2017.

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GAO Upholds Highest Rate of Bid Protests in Past Few Years

ENR Construction

The U.S. Government Accountability Office overruled initial federal contract and task-order decisions in 23% of bid protests it judged in fiscal 2016, up sharply from 12% the year before and the highest since 2007.

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Kawasaki Engines on Zero-Turn Mowers in 2017

Green Industry Professionals

Ariens-branded mowers have Kawasaki engines for first time in several years in 2017.

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Discover 7 Ways to Cut Construction Inefficiencies

Construction sites are often just-barely-controlled chaos. Without clear coordination, you risk everything from clashes to delays, cancellations, and missed deadlines. Get the free eBook & learn how to solve the biggest challenges in construction!

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Plant Vogtle Struggling For a Turnaround

ENR Construction

Last spring, at the Plant Vogtle construction site near Waynesboro, Ga., executives representing Georgia Power, its lead contractors and trades groups gathered to commit publicly to turning around the $16-billion nuclear power-plant expansion.

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Edge Residential Zero-Turn Mower

Green Industry Professionals

Encore's Edge features a 48- or 52-inch deck and Hydro-Gear transmission.

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Feds Finalize $500M in Grants for New Texas Airport Rail Line

ENR Construction

Nearly $500 million of Federal Transit Administration capital investment grant funding has been finalized for TEX Rail, a new 27-mile commuter-rail line to. connect downtown Fort Worth to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.