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Low-E Glass: Types, Advantages, and Applications

The Constructor

Low-E glass is an energy efficiency glass that is treated with a transparent coating. The coating allows heat inside a house while keeping.

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General Contractor Salaries in 2022

Lets Build

General contractors are at the forefront of almost every construction project. They plan and coordinate, budget, and supervise a variety of projects from beginning to end. Whether you’re hiring a general contractor for your next construction project or working as one and wondering how your general contractor salary matches up to others in the field, we have the answers—here’s everything you need to know about general contractor salaries in 2022.

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No End in Sight—Home Prices Rise to a New Record High

Pro Builder

No End in Sight—Home Prices Rise to a New Record High. ldeakins. Thu, 03/31/2022 - 10:20. Relentless home price gains are pushing a growing number of buyers entirely out of the housing market. Home prices are up to yet another record high at the start of the spring buying season, causing some weary homebuyers to throw in the towel altogether, Realtor.com reports.

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40+ APAC Construction Industry Statistics You Need to Know

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Construction is always changing, which is why it’s worth keeping up with important statistics and developments across the industry. In addition to helping you benchmark your performance against your peers, equipping yourself with the latest industry stats can help shape your overall strategy. . Like many other regions, APAC construction firms are also grappling with issues like labor skill gaps and rising supply costs.

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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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How the Gender Pay Gap Affects Women Homebuyers

Pro Builder

How the Gender Pay Gap Affects Women Homebuyers. ldeakins. Thu, 03/31/2022 - 10:23. The majority of females are still underpaid in comparison to their male coworkers, an affordability gap which is making its way into the housing market. As home prices reach new highs across the U.S., female buyers are feeling the sting of limited affordability heightened by a longstanding gender pay gap.

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[VIDEO] GPA’s Cross-dock Warehouse Taking Shape

Business Facilities

Georgia Ports Authority is building a new big ship berth at Garden City Terminal, which will provide 1.5 million TEUs of annual berth capacity and allow GPA to serve four 16,000-TEU vessels and three other ships simultaneously.

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Health Equity Humanitarian Delivers Hospitals for the Poor

ENR Construction

Veteran contractor Jim Ansara wins 2022 ENR Award of Excellence for plowing through obstacles to build sustainable and resilient medical infrastructure in resource-starved regions around the world.

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Macy’s To Create Nearly 2,800 Jobs At New NC Fulfillment Center

Business Facilities

Macy's will invest more than $584 million to open a new e-commerce fulfillment center in China Grove, NC.

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Disasters and Loss Won't Keep Ansara From His True Calling

ENR Construction

When Nadine Post arrived in Boston last July 8 to report a profile on the nonprofit Build Health International, which constructs and maintains modern hospitals in Haiti and other low-income regions, she was alerted that BHI’s Jim Ansara, his staff and their Boston-based hospital-operator partners might be distracted during interviews.

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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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Fujifilm To Build $28M Delaware Facility, Completes $88M Arizona Expansion

Business Facilities

The New Castle, DE facility will double inkjet dispersion production; Mesa, AZ plant will supply the semiconductor industry.

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Are Birkenstocks Good For Flat Feet?

Work Gearz

Do you have flat feet? I can feel the pain of flat feet as I have seen my brother struggle with it since childhood. Flat feet is a condition in which people have fallen arches or where the entire foot touches the ground. It creates extra pressure on the entire feet and makes walking long distances very uncomfortable and painful. The only saviour is a good cushioned footbed with arch support!

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[VIDEO] Camp Hall – A Next Generation Commerce Park in South Carolina

Business Facilities

Camp Hall is a first-of-its-kind, master-planned industrial work space located in Charleston, S.C. As a convergence of people, place and programming, Camp Hall delivers thoughtful infrastructure and logistical features that empower people — and business — to thrive.

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Biden Announces Funding for Energy Efficiency in Low-Income Homes

Pro Builder

Biden Announces Funding for Energy Efficiency in Low-Income Homes. ldeakins. Thu, 03/31/2022 - 10:26. President Biden recently outlined plans to improve infrastructure and energy efficiency for homes in low-income areas. The Biden administration announced plans to allocate $3.16 billion in funding to retrofit hundreds of thousands of homes in low-income areas by making them more energy efficient.

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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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Texas/Louisiana On the Scene, April 2022

ENR Construction

Reports from key industry events across the Texas & Louisiana region.

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Essential Bathroom Features for First-Time Buyers

Pro Builder

Essential Bathroom Features for First-Time Buyers. ldeakins. Thu, 03/31/2022 - 10:33. The majority of first-time homebuyers reported a strong desire for these bathroom features when hunting for their first homes. Among the changing preferences of first-time homebuyers, both a shower stall and tub in the primary bath topped the list of the most desirable 18 bathroom features and amenities in the NAHB study, What Home Buyers Really Want, 2021 Edition. .

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Moody Center Brings Austin Into the Action

ENR Construction

Site and utility challenges, critical backstage requirements and bringing the owner’s vision to life complicated the design and construction of this $$338-million P3 project for the University of Texas at Austin.

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January Home Prices Reveal an Uncharacteristic Winter Buying Season

Pro Builder

January Home Prices Reveal an Uncharacteristic Winter Buying Season. ldeakins. Thu, 03/31/2022 - 10:36. Home prices crept to new highs in January as buyers maintained a strong presence in an unseasonably busy winter market. In what is typically a slow season for homebuying, January reported red-hot sales activity with a 19.2% year-over-year gain in the average nationwide home sale price, Fortune reports.

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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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Shear key is provided to

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Why is shear key provided in the bridge or retaining wall?

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US DOT Issues New Pipeline Safety Final Regulation

ENR Construction

Rule requires automatic shutoff or remote-controlled valves for new pipelines.

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Cement grouted pavement is classified as?

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rigid pavement semi-rigid pavement flexible pavement

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April 2022 City Scoop: Austin

ENR Construction

Dodge offers data on projected 2022 construction starts in the Dallas area.

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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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Improving the PROCURMENT MODEL for Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance and Construction

Job Order Contracting

Improving the PROCURMENT MODEL for Facilities Repair, Renovation, Maintenance and Construction begins with a gap analysis, a quantitative review of the current situation and a target of how things can be when improved. Real property owners, architects, engineers, builders, and other stakeholders have long realized the construction industry and the life-cycle management of built environment have proven wasteful.

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Texas/Louisiana Industry News for April 2022

ENR Construction

Updates on projects and companies in the Texas & Louisiana region.

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New Federal Pipeline Auto-Shutoff Safety Rule Issued

ENR Construction

Final US Transportation Dept.

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