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The small fee for a service call: Better than a “free estimate” (and other aspects of residential contracting decision-making)

Construction Marketing Ideas

Recently, we needed some urgent (and some not-so-urgent) work on our home garage door. My wife had used another contractor previously, and there was a quality problem (combined with some brute force mistakes on my part — like smacking my car against the door frame). She tried to get the contractor to come out and […].

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WINTER DRIVING SAFETY

Safety Services Company

Winter is in full swing, and in many areas of the country, the cold weather is having an adverse effect on driving conditions. The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration states that annually, an average of 22 percent of vehicle accidents are related to the weather. This amounts to almost 1.3 million accidents each year.

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AStrutTie 2017 – The powerful software for structural design

Construction Cost Estimating

HanGil IT develops AStrutTie 2017, a software that can be used for strut-tie model analysis and design for concrete members having disturbed stress region(s). This software facilitates the construction professionals to design corbel (bracket), abutment/pier footing, bridge pier coping (pier cap), frame corner, anchorage zone, deep beam, etc. The software is compatible with U.S (ACI 318, AASHTO LRFD) and Europe (EuroCode 2) codes and specifications.

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ENR California Announces Top Young Professionals

ENR Construction

Program focuses on leadership skills, industry work and community service.

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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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2018 will be a Year for New Green Building Standards, Codes and Rating Systems

Green Building Law Update

2018 will be a watershed year in the course of green building standards, codes and rating systems. There has been no other single calendar year that has seen the breadth of substantive change that is before us. In 2018 there will be new versions of LEED, ASHARE 189.1, IgCC, ICC 700, Green Globes and. True believers seek to design to a reality that green building, at its foundation, is fundamentally human; that engineering is second rate without aesthetics in the building architecture; and, that

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