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How to Untangle Your Construction Payroll Processes

Viewpoint Construction Technology

5 Tips to Help Your Construction Organization Overcome Common Construction Payroll Challenges.

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What are the Types of Cladding Installation Systems?

The Constructor

Cladding is an envelope that protects the exterior of a structure by acting as a shield to the dwelling unit/structure from environmental elements. A.

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How Alta Eqt. Trains Operators

Construction Equipment

Equipment technology designed to boost production and efficiency does neither without proper instruction of the operator. That responsibility often falls to the dealer, who may spend hours familiarizing an organization’s individual operators or training a trainer within the organization.

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How to repair Honeycombs in Column?

The Constructor

How to repair Honeycombs in Column? The post How to repair Honeycombs in Column? appeared first on The Constructor.

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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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Florida to require sea level studies for coastal public construction projects

Construction Dive

Contractors that move forward on publicly funded projects without performing an impact projection study could have to reimburse the state for all or part of the money spent on the project.

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Report: AEC proposal activity at lowest level in a decade

Construction Dive

While proposal activity shrank due to COVID-19, a few construction sectors experienced growth in Q2, according to PSMJ Resources.

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Center Of Innovation In New Hampshire

Business Facilities

Nestled between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the White Mountains of New Hampshire, a red-hot center of innovation Is thriving in Claremont, NH. - Read: Center Of Innovation In New Hampshire at BusinessFacilities.com.

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What is Slag Cement? How it affect in cement property?

The Constructor

We all know about slag cement, but what is slag which is used in cement? How slag affect cement property? The post What is Slag Cement? How it.

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WELL Health-Safety Rating & LEED Safety First: What You Need To Know

Stok

As organizations wonder what the future of workplace will look like, high performance rating systems are rising to the challenge. Here, we’ll dive into the new WELL Health-Safety Rating and LEED Safety First pilot credits —along with a nod to Arc’s Re-Entry tool —to help familiarize project practitioners with their rating system-aligned options for building re-entry and the post-pandemic built environment.

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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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New Cal Poly Research and Innovation Center includes features for a COVID-19 world

BD+C

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s newest addition to its campus, The William and Linda Frost Center for Research and Innovation, is currently under construction.

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Versatile.ai Turns Your Tower Crane into a Data Collecting Powerhouse Using AI

Construction Junkie

CraneView, courtesy of Versatile.ai. The tower crane is easily one of the most fascinating pieces of equipment on any large construction project and operators certainly have a unique view of the jobsite. So with that birds-eye view perspective, their vital important to the success of each project they’re on, and their relatively high cost, it only makes sense to collect data from tower cranes to make better business decisions.

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Doosan’s biggest excavator to date

Digger Blog

At 80 tonnes, the new DX800LC-7 is the biggest excavator that Korean manufacturer Doosan has ever offered.

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One Atlanta: Economic Mobility, Recovery And Resiliency Plan Launched

Business Facilities

The mayor, in partnership with Invest Atlanta and WorkSource Atlanta, created the initiative to help Atlanta families and hometown businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic. - Read: One Atlanta: Economic Mobility, Recovery And Resiliency Plan Launched at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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COVID-19 puts an emphasis on the benefits of prefabrication, communication tech, paperless jobsites

Construction Dive

Brian Poage of Raken says the future of construction tech may continue to be influenced by social distancing guidelines.

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Georgia gives the go-ahead for tall mass timber construction

BD+C

The Georgia Legislature passed a bill this year to allow tall mass timber structures to be built in the state. The governor recently signed the bill. The next step: The state’s Department of Community Affairs will review the 2021 edition of the International Building Code to consider amending the state minimum standard codes to allow tall mass timber construction types.

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Threats of 'Day Zero' Water Scarcity Multiply

ENR Construction

Last summer, Chennai became the world’s first major city in which there was no water for residents to drink. But, as climate change makes flooding and drought more common, the city of 8 million is unlikely to be the last to run dry.

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Denver airport unveils Great Hall project online dashboard to boost transparency

Construction Dive

Airport officials say the dashboard, which will be updated monthly, will share the project's progress and show if segments are meeting expectations.

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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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Gradall Storm Recovery Series Handle Disasters

Construction Equipment

Gradall Storm Recovery Series of wheeled excavators are designed to help municipalities, counties, and contractors handle multiple challenges in the wake of hurricanes, tornadoes and other weather disasters.

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Tech Tools: The latest product introductions for contractors

Construction Dive

A roundup of new software and hardware for jobsites and the back office from leading contech providers over the past few months.

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Crews Install Record-Setting CIDH Pile 332 Ft Deep

ENR Construction

Working on a customized trestle in the middle of a stream, crews recently installed in Oahu, Hawaii, what officials say may be the deepest 10-ft-dia cast-in-drilled-hole pile (CIDH) in foundation history.

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Elliott Eqt. Launches New Crane Cab

Construction Equipment

Elliott Equipment has a new crane cab available for all Elliott cranes with capacity of 30 tons or greater. “We have worked closely with our customers and distributors to deliver a state-of-the-art design,” said Dave Cheleen in a prepared statement.

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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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Contractor and Allies Replace San Francisco Highway Overpass in Eight Days

ENR Construction

Crews are focusing on punch-list items and fiber-reinforced wrapping of bridge columns following a fast-track overpass replacement made possible by long-standing relationships between subcontractors and suppliers and a contracting company’s history of similar feats, according to project team members.

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Takeuchi Names Feenaughty Machinery Dealer of the Year

Construction Equipment

Takeuchi-US named Feenaughty Machinery as its 2020 Dealer of the Year. Feenaughty Machinery ranked No. 1 in total sales for Takeuchi products in 2019. The full-service construction dealer has locations in Portland and Eugene, Oregon. “We are honored and thrilled to award Feenaughty Machinery Co.

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Case loader proves its worth on Douglas promenade rebuild

Digger Blog

Isle of Man groundworks contractor Stephen Christian & Sons is putting a Case tracked loader to work on a demanding streetworks project in the capital, Douglas.

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Link-Belt Names Dealer in Idaho

Construction Equipment

LBX has added a Shafer Equipment Company branch as a dealer for Link-Belt hydraulic excavators, material handlers, and parts in Idaho. The new Shafer Equipment branch is located at 7150 W. Targee Street, Building B, Boise, Idaho, 83709.

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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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Threats of 'Day Zero' Water Scarcity Multiple

ENR Construction

Last summer, Chennai became the world’s first major city in which there was no water for residents to drink. But, as climate change makes flooding and drought more common, the city of 8 million is unlikely to be the last to run dry.

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1928 hotel reimagined as new residential and cultural hub in Merced, Calif.

BD+C

Hotel Tioga, a traditional Renaissance-style structure originally built in 1928, has undergone an adaptive reuse project and has recently reopened as The Tioga, an apartment building with ground floor retail. . The 73,670-sf building is located in downtown Merced, Calif., near several new cultural destinations. The mixed-use residential offering welcomes residents and visitors with a fully restored lobby marked by high ceilings, original plaster detailing, and a large skylight that fills the spa

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Pulse: Project News for the Week of July 20, 2020

ENR Construction

The National Park Service Intermountain Region is planning to construct the Transcanyon Water Distribution Pipeline in Grand Canyon National Park, via one of two options.

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