Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 6, 2018

For many communities throughout the country, each municipality has its own elected and appointed officials who oversee the governing of their respective communities and are tasked with charting and shaping the growth of their towns. This system of checks and balances plays a primary role when building a new commercial facility; these are the people who approve—or don’t approve—requests for new construction, expansion and/or renovation of an existing space.

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FDR Safety

AUGUST 6, 2018

Working around energized equipment can be very hazardous, it is good to know these helpful tips to prevent yourself from becoming the path to ground electricity is always searching for. Overhead lines: On your own time, if you are going to be flying a kite, launching a sailboat, or using any tall farm equipment check to see if there are any overhead lines around you.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 6, 2018

There’s a better way to manage facilities repair, renovation, and minor new construction. Why not use it? We know that your needs are constantly changing, that’s why you need a LEAN construction delivery framework that embeds new and improved ways to serve them… openly, in full compliance, and without excessive costs or fees. LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR INNOVATIVE APPROACH – Open Job Order Contracting (TM).

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

AUGUST 6, 2018

Project Management Connected Drawings.

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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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BD+C

AUGUST 6, 2018

The jobsite is very tight for the 11-story, 625,000-sf Medical University of South Carolina’s Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital and Women’s Pavilion, which is under construction in Charleston. The $385 million project, scheduled for completion in April 2019, required an offsite delivery point for materials. But Robins & Morton, the CM at Risk, also had to contend with local workforce shortages and rising construction costs.

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BD+C

AUGUST 6, 2018

Student housing is as important a selling point on American campuses today as the number of spin bikes in the rec center. Administrators at the nation’s 3,011 four-year institutions know that if their residential offerings aren’t absolutely top of the line, the best students will—with their parents’ blessing—look elsewhere for their degrees. But new student residences can also help solve problems unique to their respective institutions.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 6, 2018

Where troops in full battle gear once lined in formation, high-tech execs squint to take aim at targets today—this time with new patents and breakthroughs in their sights. - Read: Devens: Winning The Battle For Business at BusinessFacilities.com.

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BD+C

AUGUST 6, 2018

Housing livestock can be a challenge to the integrity of a building. The animal waste creates a highly aggressive environment, fostering corrosion that can damage steel wall and roof panels, and even structural steel. That challenge can be met successfully, however, by a combination of smart design and the correct corrosion-resistant materials.

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Green Industry Professionals

AUGUST 6, 2018

A man was arraigned on gun charges after allegedly threatening landscaper whose leaf blower left grass clippings on his car.

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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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BD+C

AUGUST 6, 2018

The architecture and design community has been aware of its responsibility to lead the fight against climate change for several decades now. Important industry initiatives like the AIA’s Architecture 2030 Commitment use techniques like voluntary self-reporting from firms to help bring down the energy consumption and carbon footprint since 2009, and Gensler is proud to be a leader in that program.

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Green Industry Professionals

AUGUST 6, 2018

The lawn care business owner was stabbed outside his home, allegedly by one of his own employees.

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BD+C

AUGUST 6, 2018

With an aggressive construction schedule – just 23 months to build a 485,000-square foot, five-story hospital – contractors knew that speedy installation was a must. They turned to Viega for help. The facility is the North Alabama Medical Center, located in Florence, Alabama. Operated by RCCH HealthCare Partners, the new 263-bed hospital complex will also include a 72,000-square foot, three-story medical office building.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 6, 2018

Tennessee’s red-hot financial sector, which has added more than 24,000 jobs in this decade, continues to attract foreign direct investment from global asset management leaders. - Read: The World Is Coming To Tennessee at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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?

Procurement

BD+C

AUGUST 6, 2018

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) recently released a new document that describes proper guidelines and glazing procedures for structural glazing.

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Construction Dive

AUGUST 6, 2018

Dominus Construction Corp. pleaded guilty to not having adequate signage to warn of an open elevator shaft.

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Contractor Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2018

Chinese exporters had undersold cast iron soil pipe fittings in the United States in a range of 22 to 360 percent less than fair value.

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Green Industry Professionals

AUGUST 6, 2018

Innovative Lawn Solutions hacked up a front yard because of a $35 fee the company claim was unpaid.

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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.

Contractors

Contractor Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2018

Dunphy is an accomplished marketing leader with global expertise in market and brand strategy, new product development, omni-channel marketing communications, and market research.

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Construction Cost Estimating

AUGUST 6, 2018

Cast In Situ belongs to a construction item or structural member similar to a beam or in this case a Pile that should be built up, assembled or poured at site instead of prefabrication in a factory. Normally, in cast in place or cast in situ construction , concrete is delivered from a batch plant to site where it is poured and compressed into the formwork that is fixed in required shape and dimensions at site.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 6, 2018

This year's competition featured 124 entries from seven states, the largest number of entries in the contest's18-year history.

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Construction Cost Estimating

AUGUST 6, 2018

All the building structures are developed with various types of materials. These materials are either known as building materials or materials of construction. The cost of material in a building varies from 30 to 50 percent of entire building cost. Given below, the detail mechanical properties of materials :- Strength: a. Strength is defined as the strength of material to resist the load. b.

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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!

Contractors

PC Construction

AUGUST 6, 2018

PC Construction recently joined Mirbeau Companies at a groundbreaking ceremony for their new 50-room upscale hotel and European-style spa in Rhinebeck, New York.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 6, 2018

Crews battle the weather, poor site conditions and budget challenges to build Goose Creek ISD’s new ‘brain center.

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Contractor Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2018

17 scholarships of $5,000 each were awarded to student employees or children of employees.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 6, 2018

The North Carolina-based concrete and civil contractor notes strong business growth and notable safety achievements over the past year.

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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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Green Industry Professionals

AUGUST 6, 2018

The acquisition is designed to accelerate growth opportunity in the commercial lawn and turf market.

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Contractor Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2018

Where have the days of great service gone? Wait, there is hope.

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ENR Construction

AUGUST 6, 2018

ENR Texas & Louisiana’s 2018 Contractor of the Year branches out to construct more than just highways and bridges.

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