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What the Right Network & Connectivity Can Do For Your Jobsite

Construction Business Owner

What the Right Network & Connectivity Can Do For Your Jobsite. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 05/26/2020 - 12:02. Find out how using IoT and construction wearables in your workforce will improve collaboration and safety on your projects.

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Building in Cloud – Collaborative Construction and FM Planning, Procurement, and Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Collaborative Construction and FM Technology. D esigners, P lanner, F acilities M anagement , E ngineers, and B uilders; Building in Cloud is an innovative and powerful digital platform for AECOO collaboration , available as a free service, and via paid subscription (for advanced features and capabilities). The platform many free features and can be used by teams of all sizes.

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6 Areas of Your Business Surety Underwriters Will Analyze Carefully

Construction Business Owner

6 Areas of Your Business Surety Underwriters Will Analyze Carefully. Elizabeth Manning. Tue, 05/26/2020 - 09:30. Pay close attention to these 6 areas of your company's finances to make sure surety bond underwriters view your business in a good light.

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The Dotted Line: How will clients approach contracts post-pandemic?

Construction Dive

Owners will likely demand more flexibility in future construction contracts so they can easily suspend or stop projects, as well as mitigate their risk.

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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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Difference between Gross Bearing Capacity and Safe Bearing Capacity of Soil?

The Constructor

What is the difference between Safe Bearing Capacity and Gross Bearing Capacity? The post Difference between Gross Bearing Capacity and Safe Bearing.

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Doosan Names Top Dealers

Construction Equipment

Doosan has announced its top-performing dealers of 2019. The top 2019 Doosan dealers include the following enterprises (headquarters in parentheses): • Barry Equipment Co. (Webster, Massachusetts) • Best Line Leasing, Inc.

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Allegiant stops work on $1B Florida resort due to coronavirus

Construction Dive

The effects of COVID-19 are being felt on many tourism-related projects in the Sunshine State, including at Disney parks, airports and cruise terminals.

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Bobcat S64, S66, T64, T66 Loaders

Construction Equipment

Bobcat S64 and S66 skid steer loaders and Bobcat T64 and T66 compact track loaders join the R Series. The 68-horsepower S64 skid steer and T64 CTL have 2,300-pound rated operating capacities.

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Emerging from the pandemic: The new tech and innovations for public works construction

Construction Dive

Explore technologies and innovations public contractors need in today’s new world of construction

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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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What is the Difference between Screed Concrete and Brick Bat Coba Waterproofing?

The Constructor

What is the difference between screed concrete and brickbat coba waterproofing? Which is the best of both? The post What is the Difference between.

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Procore Uses Software Data to Gauge Impact of Coronavirus on Construction

Construction Junkie

Image via Procore. With many states across the country slowly beginning to re-open amid the Coronavirus Pandemic , it’s been interesting to see how the construction industry has reacted. In the past, it’s been extremely difficult to get a firm grasp at how large sectors of the industry are affected by events, but with the influx of data being poured into relatively new technologies, we can start to gain a much clearer picture.

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What are the Physical Tests to be conducted for Fly-Ash at the site?

The Constructor

What are the physical tests to be conducted for fly ash at the site? The post What are the Physical Tests to be conducted for Fly-Ash at the site?

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9 tips for mastering virtual public meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic

BD+C

As public agencies, local government leaders, design and construction project teams, and their clients are all trying to find new ways to keep their cities and their construction projects moving, public meetings are increasingly moving online. To be successful in this newly virtual world and ultimately gain community buy-in and obtain regulatory approvals, building industry professionals will need to adapt their approach and learn how to master the virtual public meeting.

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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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POINT Biopharma Investing $25M In First U.S. Manufacturing Facility

Business Facilities

The pharmaceutical company will establish its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Indianapolis and plans to create more than 100 new, high-wage jobs by the end of 2024. - Read: POINT Biopharma Investing $25M In First U.S. Manufacturing Facility at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Multifamily developers report mounting delays in permitting and starts due to coronavirus pandemic

BD+C

More than half (53%) of multifamily developer respondents reported construction delays in the jurisdictions where they operate, according to the third edition of the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) COVID-19 Construction Survey. Of this group, 85% reported delays in permitting due to COVID-19, up from 77% in round two (conducted April 9-14) and 76% in the initial survey (conducted March 27-April 1).

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How to Build a Technician Team

Construction Equipment

The availability of equipment technicians continues to decline, rapidly intensifying the need to address recruitment, advancement, and retention of mechanically talented men and women to fill the void.

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Talking Shop with Marlon Blackwell

BD+C

We have special guest Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, on the podcast. If you are not intimately familiar with his work, I am excited to be in a position to share it with you. I originally met Marlon almost 30 years ago, just as his career started to take-off.

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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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Amazon Creating Over 1,000 New Jobs In Delaware

Business Facilities

The new, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Wilmington, DE will add more than 1,000 new, full-time jobs to the company’s current 2,500 employees across the state. - Read: Amazon Creating Over 1,000 New Jobs In Delaware at BusinessFacilities.com.

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6 must reads for the AEC industry today: May 26, 2020

BD+C

1. Apple is building a 192-room hotel on its billion-dollar Austin Campus (BD+C) . " The hotel will give Apple more control over all aspects of where visitors to the Austin campus will stay.".

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First Piece of Keystone Pipeline Finished

Construction Equipment

A Canadian company, TC Energy, has built the first piece of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S. border. However, it has not resolved a courtroom setback that will make it hard to finish the $8 billion project.

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Visionary footbridge/elevated park concept wins AISC’s Forge Prize

BD+C

The judges have spoken, and the American Institute of Steel Construction’s Forge Prize has a 2020 champion!

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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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Associated Builders and Contractors File Suit Against Michigan Governor's Orders

ENR Construction

ABC of Greater Michigan lawsuit alleges that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's (D) construction opening executive orders eliminate due process and increase penalties for contractors without new laws being passed to do so.

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Deere Sales Down 18 Percent

Construction Equipment

Net sales and revenues decreased 18 percent in the second quarter of 2020 for Deere & Co. to $9.3 billion, down from $11.3 billion in the same period last year. Construction & Forestry sales were down 25 percent, to $2.3 billion.

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Tech Giants Team Up to Develop 'Building Transparency'

ENR Construction

In an unprecedented collaboration, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce, along with floor covering supplier Interface, are showing their collective commitment to embodied carbon reduction by joining the board of Building Transparency—a nonprofit formed recently to further develop a free-to-use digital tool for estimating embodied carbon in building construction, called the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator.

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Is CLT really a green solution?

BD+C

Cross-laminated timber, or CLT , is touted as a more sustainable option for building construction than concrete and steel. But is it really? The answer is complicated. CLT is intended to replace concrete and steel whose production accounts for about 13% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Wood in CLT panels pulled CO2 from the atmosphere, and that carbon should remain locked up as long as the building stands.

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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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Covid-19 Lowers Outlook, Fleet Plans Steady

Construction Equipment

Equipment managers say the Covid-19 pandemic has caused their firms to lower expectations for the year’s business outlook, according to Construction Equipment’s exclusive mid-year survey.

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Architectural Reuse Council will step up efforts to reuse construction waste

BD+C

The Architectural Reuse Council (ARC) was recently formed to maximize building material diversion and reuse. The San Diego-based group aims to foster more salvage and reuse of material through education and outreach. The group is composed of reuse experts that regularly repurpose cabinets, appliances, lighting, lumber, and other materials taken from construction sites.

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NESA: What Makes Your Business Run?

Business Facilities

NESA is a regional, non-profit, economic development organization that serves nine counties in the northeastern corner of South Carolina. Our primary objective is to create jobs for the residents of the region by working within the existing industry base and recruiting new companies. - Read: NESA: What Makes Your Business Run? at BusinessFacilities.com.