Construction Business Owner

APRIL 8, 2019

Well, it's almost here—the United States is one week out from Tax Day 2019. Whether you have already filed your company's taxes, you're in the process of completing them, or you'll be requesting an extension until October, it's important to stay up to date on all tax changes—especially as they relate to construction businesses. To help you out, we rounded up a few articles you need to read to keep your company's taxes in check.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 8, 2019

Competitive advantage lies in an environment that frees employees to experiment and encounter tech's value at their own pace, according to a VDC director and an Autodesk strategist.

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Construction Business Owner

APRIL 8, 2019

Growth & Development Expert Blake Cavignac on how to understand, attract and harness the power of millennials.

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Job Order Contracting

APRIL 8, 2019

Rethink, Reshape, Rewrite Your Facilities Repair, Renovation, and Construction Procurement and Project Delivery Methods. The only proven way to improve facilities management outcomes is to RETHINK,, RESHAPE, and REWRITE your facilities repair, renovation, and construction procurement and delivery methods. Maximizing value with limited funding requires the adoption of LEAN procurement and construction delivery processes.

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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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Construction Dive

APRIL 8, 2019

Presenters shared a way that smartphones can be paired with interactive Q&A sessions to derive more value from typically blasé safety briefings.

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The Constructor

APRIL 8, 2019

The pressure on a fluid can be measured depending on two systems where one system measure pressure above the absolute zero pressure scale and the.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 8, 2019

The proposed measure would increase the penalties for underpaying employees — including migratory and foreign laborers — by $2,000 or more.

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Business Facilities

APRIL 8, 2019

The company will also retain more than 1,100 jobs as it increases the capacity of its Allegany Ballistics Laboratory at Rocket Center, WV. - Read: Northrop Grumman Expansion Creating 500 New Jobs In West Virginia at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 8, 2019

San Diego International Airport staff said agreements with local unions are key to keeping the design-build redevelopment on pace with its five-year schedule.

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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

APRIL 8, 2019

Poorly fitting equipment is a leading cause of injury in service members, according to a recent Department of Defense report. The military has had difficulty supplying women with correctly fitted equipment, and construction companies face the same challenge. Ill-fitting gear can pose safety risks including snagging on ladders and exposing the body to hazards.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 8, 2019

The city is looking for a new design-build team after an employee of former manager Trammell Crow allegedly leaked information to bidder Mortenson.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2019

When we think of workplace amenities, only the truly extraordinary or extremely whimsical tend to stand out: the ping-pong tables, the nap pods, the pinball machines, the chef-driven lunches. While these kinds of office perks can be useful signifiers of a company’s culture and values, the amenities that support effective work habits tend to go quietly unnoticed, despite their crucial contribution to the office’s overall productivity.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

APRIL 8, 2019

Mark Mitchell, who focuses on building supply manufacturers, has for the last couple of years been warning them about impending technological and business process changes affecting the construction industry. The evolution of integrated IT-focused design-to-complete organizations such as Katerra could tear apart standard processes and relationships within the industry.

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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?

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2019

LEED v4.1 is now available for residential/homes, and cities and communities. LEED v4.1 certification emphasizes performance monitoring, fully integrated design, social equity and human health factors.

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Lets Build

APRIL 8, 2019

The lean construction industry is gaining momentum as construction practices make headway to more integrated and structured systems to deliver excellent final products. In other words, lean construction practices are slowly acquiring a decisive role for organizations in the market to significantly improve their results and move forward to achieve bigger ambitions.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2019

Flight, a new office building located in Denver’s RiNo Arts District, provides 140,000 sf of fully-furnished office suites for early-stage and emerging companies. The building is currently home to the 80,000-sf Boa Technologies’ headquarters. It also provides space for smaller companies such as The Nature Conservancy, Lark Burger, and Denver Design Build.

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Construction Dive

APRIL 8, 2019

The 12-year sewer modernization program, mandated by the EPA, is currently $650 million over its original budget.

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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

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APRIL 8, 2019

As part of its Living Standard initiative, today, the U.S. Green Building Council ( USGBC ) released a new U.S. public research report titled Standard Issue that sets out to better gauge how the public feels about issues at the core of the green building community’s mission: sustainability, green buildings and the environment.

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Construction Equipment

APRIL 8, 2019

The Case concept loader unveiled at Bauma on Monday is powered by an FPT Industrial natural gas engine. It runs on compressed natural gas (CNG), delivers up to 230 horsepower, and has “diesel-like” performance, according to the company.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2019

Total engineering and construction spending for the U.S. is forecast to rise 3% in 2019, according to FMI’s First Quarter 2019 North American Construction Outlook. That represents a slight slowdown in industry growth compared to the 4% growth rate of 2018. Spending growth in 2019 is expected to be led by public investment across both non-residential buildings and non-residential structures.

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Business Facilities

APRIL 8, 2019

Greenleaf Foods, SPC is investing $310 million to build a manufacturing facility in Shelbyville, IN, creating 460 new jobs. - Read: Indiana Lands North America’s Largest Plant-Based Protein Operation at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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

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APRIL 8, 2019

A new study shows benefits to government agencies when using qualifications-based selection (QBS) for design services.

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Construction Equipment

APRIL 8, 2019

Komatsu and MineWare are launching their first factory-fitted payload management system, Argus PLM, at Bauma 2019 in Germany. Argus PLM increases loading tool productivity and efficiency, which ultimately lowers cost per ton, according to MineWare.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2019

Failure modes of glass systems under the extreme heat and pressures of building fires are reasonably well known, yet still hard to predict. In a recent fire simulation on a three-story structure built in India and studied by Underwriters Laboratories, the façade system of toughened glass and aluminum composite panels performed better than expected. That is, the glass did: As the aluminum cladding’s window frames deformed and expanded under heat, “the glass panels did not break due to fire but fe

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Construction Equipment

APRIL 8, 2019

Doosan opened its second North American parts distribution center in Lacey, Washington. This distribution center triples the company’s parts inventory, benefitting dealers and customers in the Western U.S. and Canada, according to the company.

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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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Construction Superintendent Magazine

APRIL 8, 2019

Construction spending increased by 1% from January to February, while construction employment increased compared to February 2018 levels in 275 out of 358 metro areas, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors. Association officials called on federal officials to support more career and technical education programs to prepare workers for in-demand careers like construction. “The spending increase in February follows an extremely strong 2.5% gain

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Construction Equipment

APRIL 8, 2019

Bobcat of Watertown (South Dakota) and Bobcat of Winterville (North Carolina) have been added to the Bobcat network. The Watertown location is owned by Watertown Motor Co., and the Winterville location by White’s Herring Tractor & Truck Co.

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BD+C

APRIL 8, 2019

We are proud to announce Star’s 2018 Master Builder Award Winners! The quality of submissions continues to raise the bar for this competition and we are thrilled to see such design and innovation within our industry. Congratulations to all of our category and district winners! .

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