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How Long are 5 Eyelet Boot Laces?

Work Gearz

The standard size of shoe laces run somewhat around 60 to 100 cm in length, but the length generally varies with the number of eyelets present in the boots or the shoes. This is easy to understand as a 4 eyelet boot will definitely have shorter lace length than an 8 or 10 eyelet boot. In general, 5 eyelets boot lace length will be around 36 inches to 45 inches that is 90 to 120 cm in length.

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5 Tips for Building Your Brand Through Charitable Giving

Construction Business Owner

5 Tips for Building Your Brand Through Charitable Giving. Alex Headley. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 07:30. Helping others is human nature. During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, one-third of United States households were still donating money to charity. Additionally, almost half made an effort to shop locally or order takeout, in order to support neighborhood businesses.

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Tired of Late, Over-Budget, and Just Plain LOUSY Facilities Repair & Renovation Outcomes?

Job Order Contracting

If you are Tired of Late, Over-Budget, and Just Plain LOUSY Facilities Repair & Renovation Outcomes, then do these 3 steps! 1. Reshape your teams and raise transparency. Too often, organization fail to build solid internal and external teams in concert with their mission goals. The root cause causes behind poor outcomes, even more so than technical factor, is lack of competent teams working collaboratively toward mutually beneficial goals.

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CA High-Speed Rail Faces 2-Year Delay

Construction Equipment

The opening of the California high speed rail stretch between Bakersfield and Merced is likely to be delayed another two years, the California Globe reports.

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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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WELL Institute certifies a gigantic office complex with its highest health and safety rating

BD+C

The largest office complex in northern Poland is the first building to receive the highest WELL Health Safety Rating, as audited by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The Olivia Business Center, located in Gdansk, is the complex, with 230,000 sm (2.48 million sf) of office space within eight completed buildings. Olivia Building Center has been expanding since 2010.

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Women at WIRC Podcast: Jacklyn Graniczny, Episode 14

Pro Builder

Women at WIRC Podcast: Jacklyn Graniczny, Episode 14. cbroderick. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 12:26. Women at WIRC. Jacklyn Graniczny of Sublime Homes talks taking risks, home design, and how it's benefitted her St. John, Indiana-based company. Jacklyn Graniczny and her brother grew up on the jobsite with their dad. She says construction is something she has always been around, but when she wanted to pursue her own career in design, she never expected to end up in construction, despite her upbringing.

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[VIDEO] This Cantilevered Building Was Built With Only Stainless Steel, No Concrete

Construction Junkie

BROAD Group’s F Tower, via YouTube. There have been many attempts to use different materials for the structural support systems of buildings over the years, but stainless steel is not one that I have come across before. The BROAD Group, based in China, recently highlights a multi-story, cantilevered building made entirely of stainless steel. The company says that the building method is similar in cost to a more traditional concrete building and that the factory made panels allowed this particula

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PacLease Names Kenworth Sales Co. Franchise of the Year

Construction Equipment

Kenworth Sales Company, a PacLease franchise since 1997, has been named the PacLease 2020 North American Franchise of the Year. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, the franchise has grown to 16 PacLease locations, operating in six states.

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Is Your Business Ready for a Post-Pandemic Pivot?

Pro Builder

Is Your Business Ready for a Post-Pandemic Pivot? cbroderick. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 09:37. Business operations quickly shifted last year when the pandemic went into full swing, but now builders should evaluate if their operations are fit for a post-pandemic world. In an unpredictable industry such as home building, it’s important to remain nimble and open to new ideas.

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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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High Material Costs Fuel Employment Lag: AGC

Construction Equipment

Construction employment in February remained below pre-pandemic levels in all but six states, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Soaring materials costs and supply-chain problems still threaten future employment, according to the group.

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Robinhood To Create Nearly 400 Jobs In North Carolina

Business Facilities

California-based financial services firm Robinhood will invest $11.7 million in a new customer experience and account operations center in Charlotte, NC. - Read: Robinhood To Create Nearly 400 Jobs In North Carolina at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Williams Plumbing Helps Hospital Reach for the (Big) Sky

Contractor Magazine

Aquatherm Blue Pipe® and Green Pipe® will handle chilled and domestic water at three-story ICU expansion.

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Rusal America Joins Neighborhood 91 Additive Manufacturing Campus

Business Facilities

Rusal America has joined Neighborhood 91, a development focused on additive manufacturing at Pittsburgh International Airport’s Innovation Campus. - Read: Rusal America Joins Neighborhood 91 Additive Manufacturing Campus at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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ProCONNECT Multifamily, ProCONNECT Single-Family open for Developers, Builders, Architects

BD+C

There's still time to get involved with ProCONNECT Multifamily , April 21-22, 2021 (11am to 4:25pm ET) and ProCONNECT Single-Family , May 18-19, 2021. To learn how to participate as a Sponsor or Attendee, contact Dan Gardner, ProCONNECT Program Director, dgardner@sgcmail.com ; 989.860.7930. .

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Get to Know Middle-Aged Millennial Buyers and Homeowners

Pro Builder

Get to Know Middle-Aged Millennial Buyers and Homeowners. cbroderick. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 09:43. Are Millennials really as young, unmarried, and financially irresponsible as much of the older generations portray them? CNBC’s answer is no. At the tail end of Millennial-ism are 40-year-old, student loan stricken homeowners. Fifty-nine percent of older Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1988, are homeowners and the majority have been for more than five years, according to a new CNBC survey cond

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Do Boot Stand Work?

Work Gearz

Coming back home after a long tiring day just to witness a clutter of footwears? How annoying is that? It becomes more annoying when this mess aggravates when you have got more number of family members who use several pairs of boots. No one can tolerate muddy and salt stained floors which becomes a common sight in bad weather. In such troublesome situations, a boot stand makes your life much easier.

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Buyers Struggle to Compete for Homeownership But Aspirations Remain High

Pro Builder

Buyers Struggle to Compete for Homeownership But Aspirations Remain High. cbroderick. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 09:51. The fierce housing market continues to leave buyers dejected as they face fewer options and higher bids—yet data shows Americans still aspire to become homeowners. One Aurora, Colo. couple continues their house hunt, but they say their savings and pre-approvals from three different banks cannot compete with all-cash offers.

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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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Do I Need Insulated Work Boots in Winters?

Work Gearz

Working outdoors in chilly and wet conditions can be a daunting task for you and your feet. While standard work boots or snow boots are great, they simply don’t offer the complete protection you require. In such cases if you really want to finish off your task with all the 10 toes dry and intact at the end of the day then insulated work boots are the best choice for you.

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Remembering Ralph Drees: Housing Icon, Former Drees Homes CEO, President, Chairman

Pro Builder

Remembering Ralph Drees: Housing Icon, Former Drees Homes CEO, President, Chairman. cbroderick. Tue, 03/30/2021 - 10:01. Ralph Drees, former CEO, president, and chairman of the board for Drees Homes, died on March 27, 2021. His leadership role with Drees Homes began in 1965 and his company garnered many industry awards over the decades since. His impact on the housing industry rippled through his Kentucky community where he held several leadership positions.

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New NYC Design and Construction Chief Advocates for Less Restrictive Rules

ENR Construction

Jamie Torres-Springer, who replaced Lorrain Grillo as commissioner of the New York City Dept. of Design and Construction, says adjustments made to procurement and contracting rules during the pandemic to allow for alternative delivery should be adopted on a permanent basis.

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A New Concept for Securing Earthbags

Natural Building

The following email from Andrew explains an idea he has for a way to arrange earthbags into a fairly rigid, reinforced configuration. It seems interesting enough for me to post here and solicit comments from you dear readers. What do you think about this concept? Having read the article you posted on Machu Picchu, I began thinking very seriously about seeking a fairly reliable method that might meet code approval by a somewhat comparably lenient code district, and possibly streamlining part of t

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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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New Orleans Officials Select Developer for $1-Billion Riverfront Project

ENR Construction

Construction of the sprawling, 39-acre entertainment district should begin in 2022.

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Bipartisan ‘YIMBY’ bill would provide $1.5B in grants to spur new housing

BD+C

Three U.S. senators—two Democrats and one Republican—will introduce the Housing Supply and Affordability Act that would authorize $1.5 billion for federal grants to local governments.

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Layton Construction and Sprawling Ariz. Ritz-Carlton Developer Part on Bad Terms

ENR Construction

Liens in the millions pile up from subcontractors on the $2B Scottsdale project.

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Virginia, Railroads Plan Major Infrastructure Investments

ENR Construction

State will embark on 10-year, $3.7B expansion.

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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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Administration Propels U.S., East Coast Offshore Wind Power Build

ENR Construction

New 30 GW U.S. target will generate $12B in annual capital investment by 2030, says Biden team.

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