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Highway Sound Barrier Masonry Walls -Purpose, Advantages and Design Considerations

The Constructor

Highway sound barrier wall works as a sound energy absorber before sound reaches the receiver. Purpose, advantages, and design considerations of.

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How to Get a Construction Marketing Job Post-Graduation

Construction Marketing

Whether you’re nearing the end of your college career or just thinking ahead, it’s important to decide what exactly you want to do post-grad, and how to go about obtaining your chosen job. Luckily for those interested in construction marketing, the Construction Marketing Association (CMA) offers a number of resources. We have the CMA career center to help you connect with employers and find jobs.

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4BT-CE OpenJOC Building in Cloud

Job Order Contracting

4BT-CE OpenJOC TM Building in Cloud. The Best Value Cloud-based Job Order Contracting Solution. Are you paying excessive fees? Are you using “average national price data” and location factors? 4BT-CE Building in Cloud JOC software, 4BT Unit Price Book, our 4BT Staff support provide the products and capabilities to deploy and execute a best management practice Job Order Contracting Program.

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3 Easy, But Powerful, CRM Hacks That Will Make Your Day

Help Everybody Everyday

Can you make small adjustments to your CRM that result in big wins? Recently, I had the pleasure of putting together an educational session called, “Peek Into Our CRMs.” In this session, two SMPS members ( Sharyn and Janine ) joined me to share exactly how we use our CRM (Client Relationship Management) systems. It was three different people, who have implemented three different CRMs in three radically different ways.

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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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Workforce Development: The Next Generation

Business Facilities

The most successful workforce development efforts are teaming with education resources to develop job-specific vocational studies in high schools, community colleges and universities. Read Workforce Development: The Next Generation on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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Mestek unveils management changes in Distributor Products Group

Contractor Magazine

The company created the Presales Group, which provides assistance in the sizing, design and layout of equipment applications across various Mestek divisions, headed up by Tim McNeill. read more.

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Dredging vessels start to arrive at Port of Dover

Digger Blog

Specialist vessels have started to arrive at the Port of Dover for harbour dredging works on the �250m Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development. Specialist vessels have started to arrive at the Port of Dover for harbour dredging works on the £250m Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development.

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Public nonresidential construction spending rebounds; overall spending unchanged in February

BD+C

Nonresidential construction spending remained unchanged in February, according to analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data released today by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The segment totaled $701.9 billion on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate for the month, marking the seventh consecutive month in which nonresidential spending sat above the $700 billion threshold.

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SAIC Will Establish Technology Integration Gateway In Tennessee

Business Facilities

The premier technology integrator is expected to create 300 jobs over the next five years in Cookeville, TN. Read SAIC Will Establish Technology Integration Gateway In Tennessee on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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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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360 Video: Bertha’s Close to Breakthrough

Construction Equipment

Seattle Tunnel Partners is making final preparations for the SR 99 tunneling machine’s arrival at the disassembly pit near Seattle Center. Because mining rates will continue to vary as crews approach the pit, they can’t predict when Bertha’s breakthrough will occur. As of today, Monday April 3, Bertha is less than 90 feet from her breakthrough. The video below provides a 360-degree look at the big tunnel machine and how it works.

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HEAT ILLNESS: AWARENESS AND PROTECTING WORKERS

Safety Services Company

As we transition to warmer temperatures, it’s important to revisit your workplace’s Heat Illness Prevention Program to ensure your employees are equipped to combat heat-related stress and illnesses. Heat is the number one cause of weather-related fatalities in the United States despite the fact that most heat-related deaths are preventable. Average high temperatures have seen a steady increase across the country over the past couple of decades.

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OSHA & Operation Engineers Local 150 Renew Training Alliance

Construction Equipment

OSHA and the Operating Engineers Local 150 and the local's Apprenticeship and Skill Improvement Program (ASIP), based in Wilmington, Illinois, have renewed their alliance to provide information, guidance, and access to training for heavy equipment employers and workers for another two years.

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HEAT ILLNESS: AWARENESS AND PROTECTING WORKERS

Safety Services Company

As we transition to warmer temperatures, it’s important to revisit your workplace’s Heat Illness Prevention Program to ensure your employees are equipped to combat heat-related stress and illnesses. Heat is the number one cause of weather-related fatalities in the United States despite the fact that most heat-related deaths are preventable. Average high temperatures have seen a steady increase across the country over the past couple of decades.

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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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The $100,000 golden sales guru: Should I have said “no” to his proposal?

Construction Marketing Ideas

We connected by phone at the scheduled time Sunday afternoon. On one end of the line: a sales guru who has certainly received plenty of (self-promotional) publicity and has a clear and obvious online presence. On the other side, me. (I won’t name the guru here because this post isn’t entirely positive and it goes […].

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Anchor Ingredients Building North Dakota Processing Plant

Business Facilities

The company’s new Buffalo, ND pea protein processing plant will serve the food and pet food markets. Read Anchor Ingredients Building North Dakota Processing Plant on Business Facilities - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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IAPMO advances development of 2017 Water Efficiency and Sanitation Standard (WE•Stand)

Contractor Magazine

IAPMO last week convened the Water Efficiency and Sanitation Standard (WE•Stand) Technical Committee meeting to resolve public comments as an integral step in the procedure to develop WE•Stand as an American National Standard. read more.

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Distinctive Construction Joints Details and Spot for Beams and Columns

Construction Cost Estimating

During the need of concreting termination for the day or more than 30 minutes or so; construction joints in RCC beams and columns are necessary. In such circumstances, regular construction joints shall be provided for the reason that bond is maintained between set concrete and fresh concrete properly. The provided images below portray proper process of construction joints to be provided in columns, beams and beam-column junction. 1.

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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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IAPMO seeks USEHC geothermal piping and photovoltaic task group members

Contractor Magazine

The deadline to submit an application is April 7. IAPMO is accepting applications and seeking technical experts to participate on task groups relating to geothermal piping and photovoltaic systems. read more.

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Make your estimating, project management and bidding process smarter with ProContractor

Construction Cost Estimating

ProContractor is a useful construction software developed by Viewpoint. The software can handle the whole project lifecycle from bid to project completion by providing all-in-one solution for estimating, project management, and accounting. ProContractor is operated through the cloud with the viewport’s partner CloudJumper. Supported by a strong and scalable platform, CloudJumper offers a workspace as a service (WaaS) platform –providing the users the capability to virtualize their desktop and ge

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Foliar-Pak Fertilizers Gaining National Distribution

Green Industry Professionals

Popular in the Midwest and Long Island, Foliar-Pack brand of fertilizers now going national as manufacturer retires its EnP Turf brand.

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Site Conditions Test Crews on Hospital Infill Job

ENR Construction

Covenant Hospital has multiple projects underway at its main campus in Lubbock, Texas, with more to come

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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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New Report Highlights Job Opportunities in Green Infrastructure

Green Industry Professionals

Training and certification could professionalize, enhance the field.

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Transportation and Energy Jobs Lead Region’s 2016 Top Starts

ENR Construction

Expanded geographic coverage area also includes Arkansas, Oklahoma and Mississippi

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Aspire University Announces April Classes in Management and Reporting

Green Industry Professionals

Cloud-based software company holding St. Louis-area business education April 19-20.

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Federal Government Approves New Estimated Cost Structure For Long-Delayed MBTA Green Line Extension

ENR Construction

The Federal Transit Administration, on April 4, green lighted the new estimated cost structure for the long-delayed Green Line Extension. The $2.3-billion MBTA light rail extension slated to open by the end of 2021 will include seven new stations and two new branches emanating from a relocated Lechmere Station in East Cambridge to Union Square in Somerville and to College Avenue in Medford.

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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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Hanford Vit Plant Hits Construction Milestone

ENR Construction

Rarely has the nuclear world proven so excited about a caustic scrubber.

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Historic Space Becomes Contemporary Facility

ENR Construction

Arts center and developer envision New Orleans building serving as a model for creative reuse projects

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Community a Priority For CHRISTUS Health

ENR Construction

Health care provider brings cutting-edge services and new facilities to the Coastal Bend community.

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