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OCTOBER 1, 2022

Limit Lumber Waste: 3 Effective Strategies for Home Builders. ibush. Fri, 09/30/2022 - 13:15. Dumpsters overflowing with lumber are merely a symptom. To really reduce lumber waste on your jobsites, you need to address your systems. Andrew Shipp. To reduce lumber waste, you have to go well beyond mere scraps. While a dumpster full of “scrap” lumber is the most visible example of waste, its impact is far greater if you consider the money spent on excess lumber ultimately not needed for constructio

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Business Facilities

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Jenny Massey, Sikich; Linda Burns, Wadley-Donovan-Gutshaw Consulting; and John Boyd, Jr., The Boyd Company will share their experiences navigating the shifting site selection landscape for emerging industries.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As Mortgage Rates Surge to 7%, Buyers Are Facing a Shrinking Window of Opportunity. ldeakins. Fri, 09/30/2022 - 10:32. Housing affordability recently took another hit as the 30-year fixed mortgage rate reached 7%, and a growing number of prospective buyers are struggling to stay in the game. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached 7.08 percent on Tuesday, according to Mortgage News Daily, sending average monthly payments for a home listed at the national median asking price of $435,050 r

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Contractor Bookkeeping

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Let me start by saying it's good if you have competition. Indeed, competition pushes you to be innovative. It also means there's an established community for your services. If no one else is offering the service, there's a chance there's no market for it. But, have you always wondered how a small construction company like yours could stand out from the crowd and its competitors?

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Central AC Is on the Rise in New Single-Family Homes. ldeakins. Fri, 09/30/2022 - 10:43. The share of new single-family homes with central AC systems is on the rise across the U.S., while natural gas and electric heating systems are split evenly between new homes. The share of new homes with central AC is on the rise, according to the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction (SOC), which revealed that 97 percent of new single-family homes started had a central AC system in 2021, up from 5.4 percen

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Natural Building

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In 2010, climatologists said Pakistan’s floods that year were “the worst natural disaster to date attributable to climate change”. Despite having less than 1% share in carbon emission, the country is ranked 8th in terms of exposure to climate hazards. Let’s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change. Private homes are estimated to be responsible for about one fifth to one fourth of global carbon dioxide emissions.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Autodesk University has not failed to excite us in the last couple of days. Amazing sessions, great conversations, and an immersive look into the future of technology in the AEC industry – what more could you ask for? Day 1 had the attention-grabbing General Session where Autodesk CEO, Andrew Anagnost, shared insights into the future of digital transformation.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

A Housing Reset Can’t Slow These Popular Seller’s Markets. ldeakins. Fri, 09/30/2022 - 10:27. The housing market may be slowing, but sellers are still in the driver's seat in these affordable homebuying destinations. As the housing market cools down after a two-year buying frenzy, prices are beginning to fall in some popular metros, but throughout much of the country, sellers are still benefiting from historically high home prices and unwavering buyer demand.

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Learn Civil Engineering

OCTOBER 1, 2022

What is MDF wood? MDF wood is composed of Wood-mill waste, sawdust, and wood shavings. These materials are crushed into a fine powder. Then, it is dried to eliminate moisture. After drying, it is combined with resins and pressed into flat panels. MDF wood is much denser, smoother, and harder. MDF is completely free of […].

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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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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Denver Officials Turn To Adaptive Reuse to Boost Housing Supply. ldeakins. Fri, 09/30/2022 - 10:38. Downtown Denver is home to dozens of empty office buildings, which present a prime opportunity for multifamily development, city officials say . Downtown Denver, CO was inundated with historically high homebuyer demand and a scarcity of available housing throughout the pandemic, and in order to solve an ever-worsening housing shortage, city officials are looking for ways to convert up to 15 downto

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Contractor Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Learn more about tankless technology and how it has improved the affordability and efficiency of non-condensing tankless water heaters.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Officials awarded new contract to Lakeshore Global Corp. in August to complete the years-long water supply project.

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NH Construction Law

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Over the past decade, Building Information Modeling (“BIM”) – computerized 3D portrayal of integrated building elements that allows a project or project subset to be built virtually before being built in the field – has become prolific in commercial construction. Visit any project trailer on a major construction site today, and you are as likely to see managers and superintendents poring over BIM images on their tablets and smartphones as over a set of traditional paper p

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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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OCTOBER 1, 2022

Flint officials awarded a contract to Lakeshore Global Corp. in August to complete the years-long project.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

Without granular, line item Local Market Construction Cost Data you can’t have a verifiable estimate. Most organizations rely upon national average cost data, consultants, and/or historical data. National average cost data is not representative of local market data even when cost indices or area cost factors are applied. Historical data shows little more than what some cost to build, without any information of what costs should have been. “A real irony is that respect for people

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Plastic water-filled pipes feeding heat exchangers cast into 130-ft-deep shaft retaining walls of Melbourne train station project were effective, researchers say.

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ENR Construction

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Plastic water-filled pipes feeding heat exchangers cast into 130-ft-deep shaft retaining walls of Melbourne train station project were effective, researchers say.

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