Tue.Mar 13, 2018

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America’s Largest EPA Contractor on How to Avoid Equipment Downtime

Construction Business Owner

Imagine maintaining 300 pieces of rolling stock plus 200 pieces of equipment spread across the entire United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. That’s the challenge Tim Bland, assistant operations manager at Environmental Restoration LLC, faces every day. For 20 years, Bland and his staff have provided emergency response services, site remediation, government services and industrial cleaning to various commercial, state and federal clients.

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Women in Construction – As Told By Women

Construction Marketing

Construction is one of those industries notorious for being male-dominated and, at times, not as welcoming to women. What’s that experience truly like? Here are some opinions of women working in the construction industry, because who better to describe a woman’s experience in construction than actual women? Challenges Women Face in Construction. Women make up only 4% of the workforce in natural resources, construction, and maintenance.

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Components or Materials of Concrete and their Storage Methods

The Constructor

The concrete is manufactured using cement, sand, gravel and water as the main components materials. The active material in concrete is cement which.

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Improve Construction Productivity 50%+

Job Order Contracting

Improve Construction Productivity 50%+ with LEAN renovation, repair, and minor new construction processes and a common data environment, embedded within cloud technology. Learn how LEAN workflows improves collaboration, accountability, and provide financial transparency. Improve design team productivity by 50%+. Create a shared information information resource for renovation, repair, and minor new construction program.

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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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Pressuremeter Test on Soil for In-Situ Stress Strain Determination

The Constructor

What is a Pressuremeter? A pressuremeter is a device which is used to determine the stress strain relations of in-situ soil by pumping it into the.

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Report: Global construction waste will almost double by 2025

Construction Dive

Lack of global recycling standards is one hurdle the construction waste market faces in its efforts to reduce the amount of material that ends up in landfills.

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What does the new tax reform act mean for construction companies?

Construction Dive

Michael DeSiato, an accountant and a financial planner, provides insights on the act's provisions that will impact construction and related businesses.

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Caterpillar Retail Sales Up 33% for February

Construction Equipment

Caterpillar reported its rolling three month retail sales today with resources industries up 60 percent and construction industries up 27 percent. North America was up 25 percent for construction industries and 62 percent for resource industries. The Asia/Pacific region saw the highest sales figures, gaining 36 percent in construction and up 41 percent for total machines.

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Majority of worksites could be violating OSHA's electronic record-keeping rule

Construction Dive

OSHA has until June 15 to inspect its database of locations and issue violations to those that did not file 2016 summaries.

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Using workplace data to create connected communities

BD+C

Life in a connected world produces a constant stream of data—from purchasing our morning coffee, to sending emails throughout the workday, to streaming music on our evening commutes home. This catalog of data provides a powerful tool. It codifies behavior, details how resources are (or are not) used, and supports analysis that can bring to light tacit information and trends.

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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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American Airlines threatens lawsuit, reduced service over $8.5B Chicago O'Hare expansion

Construction Dive

At the heart of the dispute is the airport's refusal to award American Airlines three additional gates as part of the expansion.

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Movers + Shapers: VR's next shift

BD+C

This spring, Emily Griffith Technical College in Denver, one of the country’s oldest such institutions, will take another step into the 21st century by offering courses in its Construction Careers Now program that incorporate virtual reality to train students how to work in high-citation safety areas on construction sites. The school will also use VR in its nursing program to simulate real-life healthcare and emergency situations.

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The two types of marketing change: Where do you stand?

Construction Marketing Ideas

In some ways, I envy you. If you are an architect, engineer, or contractor, your certainly are experiencing changes and competitive pressures. There are new players on the block, and you can’t rest on your laurels — or you’ll be picked off by one change or another. And if times are good, you know the […].

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Movers + Shapers: Automating building design

BD+C

For the first several weeks of 2018, Deepak Aatresh was in India working with a client on a one million-sf-plus healthcare network that is being designed with technology developed by Aditazz, which Aatresh co-founded in 2010 and is its CEO. The Brisbane, Calif.-based firm is attempting to bring building design to a new frontier with computational software that uses algorithms to help clients complete large-scale and complex projects in less time, at lower cost, and with more efficient operations

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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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New Steel Rebar Micro-Mill to be Built in Frostproof, Florida

Construction Equipment

North Carolina-based Nucor Corp. has announced plans to spend $240 million to build a construction rebar mill in Frostproof, Florida in Polk County. This will be the second rebar micro mill that is part of the company's expansion. Sedalia, Missouri will be the home for the micro mill announced in Novemeber 2017.

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OSHA delays enforcement of beryllium exposure rule

BD+C

The rule had been scheduled to go into effect March 12. The delay will allow extra time for employers to comply with the rule prior to enforcement and to ensure uniform enforcement. The rule had been finalized in January 2017. OSHA faces lawsuits from manufacturers and interest groups over the rule.

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DOT Announces Half-Billion Dollars for 41 TIGER Projects

Construction Equipment

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced the list of 41 recipients of nearly $500 million in discretionary grant funding for road, transit, maritime and rail projects through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program. More than 64% of this round of TIGER funding was awarded to rural projects, a historic number that demonstrates this Administration’s commitment to supporting the country’s rural communities.

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Do technicians really sell?

Contractor Magazine

For a long time, I thought if I hired clean, sharp, articulate, intelligent technicians with mechanical aptitude that I could teach them to sell.

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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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Hyliion HE Drive Axle Wins Annual Tech Achievement Award

Construction Equipment

A powered auxiliary axle for road tractors from Hyliion, a recent start-up company, won the 2018 Jim Winsor Memorial Technical Achievement Award. Called 6x4HE, the fuel-saving electric drive-axle system was selected from five finalists by a panel of truck writers, and presented Wednesday, March 7, during the Technology & Maintenance Council’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

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U.S. Labor Market Tightens, Demand For Skilled Workers Continues

Business Facilities

Manufacturing companies report the biggest growth in hiring plans, up +7% from Q2 2017, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey. - Read: U.S. Labor Market Tightens, Demand For Skilled Workers Continues at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Plumbing repipe saves significant wait time for hot water

Contractor Magazine

I have a friend who is an architect in Fargo, N.D. He has lived in his house for about a decade and has always had plumbing problems, such as low flow from hose bibs and sinks, poor pressure at showers, and long hot-water delivery times.

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In 'most important labor decision in decades,' SCOTUS appears ready to weaken unions

Construction Dive

While the case involves public-sector union fees, one expert says the outcome will have major implications for private employers, too.

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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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MicroStrategy Creating 300 New Jobs In Virginia

Business Facilities

The business intelligence company has renewed its headquarters lease in Fairfax County, VA and will invest $6 million in capital improvements. - Read: MicroStrategy Creating 300 New Jobs In Virginia at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Mixing business with pleasure

Contractor Magazine

I won’t go. Who wants to go away with competitors on a trip? That was my attitude decades ago and we did not participate in supply house incentive trips despite having qualified for the trips.

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How to determine the length of a transition curve

Construction Cost Estimating

In this construction video tutorial, you will learn how to determine the length of a transition curve by applying various methods like definite rate of superelevation, rate of change of radial acceleration and arbitrary gradient. Definition of transition curve may be given as following :- The transition curve stands for a horizontal curve with inconstant radius that is applied to attach straight line to circular curve.

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Changing employee demographics

Contractor Magazine

While all manner of ways and means are being applied to recruit new blood into our trade, one which has only recently reported on is recruiting women.

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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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Benefits of vibro compaction for improving the conditions of ground

Construction Cost Estimating

Particles of granular soil are reorganized by vibration in a manner so that greater density is maintained. In non cohesive soils (granular soils), the optimal depth of surface compactor and vibratory roller is restricted to a few meters under ground level and large depths can be attained with deep compaction method having depth vibrators. This method is described as Vibro compaction.

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Are you controlling pipe growth potential or is it controlling you?

Contractor Magazine

With the ASSE 19210 Hydronic System Installation Standard, I helped address the coefficients of expansion and contraction in hydronic piping.

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Video: 950 Ton ABC Bridge Swings Into Place at FIU

Construction Equipment

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What’s on tap for the 6th Emerging Water Technology Symposium?

Contractor Magazine

This is the first of a three-part EWTS update series to let attendees know what they can look forward to.

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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.