Wed.Jun 13, 2018

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5 Innovations Revolutionizing the Construction Jobsite

Construction Business Owner

New advances in technology, particularly on the digital side of the spectrum, can do a lot to drive revenue and cut costs. Innovative techniques and processes for project management, new software solutions, the internet of things (IoT) and alternative materials are all making a push into mainstream construction. These opportunities aren’t just science fiction anymore; they’re valuable technologies moving construction into the 21st century.

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Punch list for construction: The ultimate guide

Lets Build

What is a punch list In most cases, a punch list is seen as a document or list of items which define in detail the work that doesn’t comply with the contract requirements, after a significant part of the project is completed. To some extent, this explanation is accurate. Nevertheless, it would be wrong to.

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LEAN Facilities Management via Efficient Construction Delivery

Job Order Contracting

It can be very difficult for any public sector real property owner to efficiently manage the ongoing demands for repair, renovation, and minor new construction services. It’s even more problematic with shrinking budgets and staff… and today’s need to “do more with less.”. LEAN construction delivery, combined with locally researched detailed line item construction cost data, can virtually assure that 90%+ of your repair, renovation, and minor new construction projects are consistently completed o

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Punch list for construction: The ultimate guide

Lets Build

TL;DR A punch list includes all the items that require immediate or future action during the building process. Any aspect of the project that doesn’t comply with the agreed contract specifications can be detected with the help of a well-established punch list. The contractor has to complete every item on the punch list before collecting.

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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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Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

Local Intelligence – Leverage local knowledge and a locally researched detailed line item unit price books. Efficient Information Sharing – Require collaboration among all participants and stakeholders supported by LEAN processes and enabling cloud technology. Compliance – Full financial transparency in alignment with federal, state, county, local requirements.

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How to ensure your construction project doesn’t blow your budget

Lets Build

Project cost overruns can even happen to the best of the best. However, this doesn’t mean that you should take this as an excuse and let your next construction endeavor blow your budget. Instead, you should make sure to invest in quality project management, devise a sound plan, calculate all the costs and be prepared.

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How to ensure your construction project doesn’t blow your budget

Lets Build

Project cost overruns can even happen to the best of the best. However, this doesn’t mean that you should take this as an excuse and let your next construction endeavor blow your budget. Instead, you should make sure to invest in quality project management, devise a sound plan, calculate all the costs and be prepared.

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The 10 Questions You Should Ask When Considering Project Management Software?Part 5 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

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Reducing design coordination errors with VR, AR

Construction Dive

Virtual reality and augmented reality are subject to a lot of hype, but two technology experts outline here some practical applications to help construction managers detect and manage errors such as clashes.

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How your AEC firm's brand affects recruiting top talent

BD+C

Finding, recruiting and retaining talent in our industry is a major challenge. A recent article by PSMJ cited a review of major job boards and the postings seeking licensed engineers in a major metropolitan area. The ratio showed one technically qualified candidate to fill 3.4 openings. Why? There is a major shift in workforce demographics as upwards of 80 million baby boomers retire over the next fifteen years.

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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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USDOT announces $2.1B of grants

Construction Dive

The U.S. Department of Transportation authorized almost $1.5 billion for infrastructure and $677 million for airport improvements nationwide.

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Rovers set to invade construction jobsites

BD+C

The larger a construction project is, the more complicated it is going to be to manage. Small oversights or errors can lead to exponentially greater losses in time and money. Doxel, a new construction productivity solution, claims to simplify the construction management process to help avoid these costly loses. Doxel’s preferred solution? Robots equipped with new artificial intelligence-based computer vision software.

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Suffolk: Algorithms prevent accidents and delays, up productivity by 20%

Construction Dive

An executive dedicated to data science at Suffolk Construction Co. is leading a team of analysts to write machine-learning tools that scan photos for safety risks and forecast project timelines based on historical data.

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Largest Passive House office building in the U.S. will be built in Chicago?s West Loop

BD+C

A 12-story office building planned for 310 N. Sangamon in Chicago’s West Loop will become the largest office building in the U.S. to achieve Passive House certification (and only the second building overall) if plans recently unveiled by Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc. pan out. The building will offer 268,000 sf of office space and 7,800 sf of ground-floor retail. .

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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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Bullet train authority ordered demolition, redesign of bridge

Construction Dive

The California High-Speed Rail Authority reportedly told Tutor Perini to take down a bridge on the route of the future $77 billion bullet train because it showed signs of distress.

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United States Resiliency Council announces support for Calif. earthquake resiliency bill

BD+C

The United States Resiliency Council through its support behind California’s AB 2681, a bill now in the appropriations committee that would assist cities in identifying the most seismically vulnerable structures. The bill would provide funding and tools for cities to identify dangers to their communities and infrastructure.

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JCB X Series 'will take some beating'

Digger Blog

“The best machine JCB has ever made,” says Wayne Goring of the new JCB 220X. “The best machine JCB has ever made,” says Wayne Goring of the new JCB 220X.

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Adding value and longevity with anti-corrosion glass

BD+C

High-end residential construction is changing. While there is a certain market which aims to call the more traditional mansion home, more people today are eager to live in attractive mixed-use spaces; one can live, perhaps work, shop, and play, footsteps from their front door. As such, residential builders are catering to the demands of the modern, luxury home in this pseudo-urban setting, where a minimalist, light, and airy residential aesthetic still reigns supreme.

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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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Cook County Hospital Gets Repurposed

Construction Equipment

On the Near West side of Chicago stands a blocklong, grey, scowling building that overlooks the Eisenhower Expressway, waiting for the next ambulance to deliver another patient. Since 1916, Cook County Hospital's dual nature has supported indigent persons who could not find care at a private facility, while some of the most skilled surgeons and physicians trained new doctors at what was regarded as one of the world's great teaching hospitals.

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Multifamily visionaries: KTGY?s extraordinary expectations

BD+C

In 1991, Tricia Esser joined KTGY Architecture + Planning, a new architecture firm in Irvine, Calif., as Controller. Her timing could not have been worse: 1991 marked the start of the steepest economic downturn in decades. Despite the gloomy economic picture, Esser believed in the vision the founding partners postulated for their newly minted firm—that talented professionals, sustained by training, desire, opportunity, and teamwork, could be molded into a team environment to produce superior wor

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Contractor Using AI to To Build Worker-Safety Predictor

Construction Equipment

. MIT's Technology Review has posted a fascinating article that discusses how a Boston contractor is using visual data such as jobsite photos to analyze and predict worker safety incidents.

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Design errors, omissions, delays cost military hospital $166M

Construction Dive

A report from the U.S. Department of Defense found that the various setbacks pushed costs of the Fort Bliss, Texas, facility from $966 million to $1.2 billion.

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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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Western Access to O'Hare Nearing Reality

Construction Equipment

The dream of driving to O'Hare Airport from the western Chicago suburbs - a route that is currently nothing less than a nightmare - is reported to be thisclose to coming true, according to Crain's Chicago Business.

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Mass. Researchers Build First Tidal Power Test Site

ENR Construction

Three tidal turbine energy developers, including one U.K. company, are planning to test their prototypes at the world’s first-of-its-kind permanent tidal test site on the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts.

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Chicago schools need $3B in repairs, opt for new construction and modernization

Construction Dive

Approximately 60% of Chicago's school budget has been used for new construction rather than critical maintenance, according to a National Public Radio affiliate.

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Kobelco gives Alpine customers the skinny with the SK210SNLC-10

Digger Blog

Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe has introduced the all-new super skinny SK210SNLC-10 excavator. Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe has introduced the all-new super skinny SK210SNLC-10 excavator.

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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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Workforce Development Training & Talent Acquisition

Business Facilities

Workforce training is still job one for locations vying to compete for high-tech projects, but talent acquisition—a.k.a. recruiting—now is a critical component for success. - Read: Workforce Development Training & Talent Acquisition at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Super long front Hitachi speeds Dutch brick production

Digger Blog

Dutch excavation and transport company Kper Transport uses a Hitachi Zaxis-6 super long front excavator at a Wienerberger brick factory near Pannerden in the east of the Netherlands. Dutch excavation and transport company Küper Transport uses a Hitachi Zaxis-6 super long front excavator at a Wienerberger brick factory near Pannerden in the east of the Netherlands.

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Raken scores $10M for construction software expansion

Construction Dive

The tech startup will use the venture capital funds to "aggressively expand" its mobile field management and jobsite reporting tools.

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Can Construction 'Par' Standards Raise Productivity?

ENR Construction

Technology is transforming entire industries to be more efficient, yet productivity lags in construction—confoundingly so. The reality is that the problem is systemic. What if there was a par system for construction?

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Learn How to Boost Productivity for Every Project

For construction contractors, productivity is everything. Download this guide to discover how digital production tracking improves project visibility, data collection, and production insights—all in real time.