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6 Best Practices for Reducing Fleet & Operations Costs

Construction Business Owner

6 Best Practices for Reducing Fleet & Operations Costs. Elizabeth Manning. Wed, 02/05/2020 - 17:36. 6 tips for saving money on your construction fleet's equipment costs.

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Lean Construction Technique: Why it Matters

The Constructor

The lean construction can be understood as a technique used to design production systems in a construction environment with an aim to decrease time,

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Report: 2.7M construction jobs could be automated by 2057

Construction Dive

The Midwest Economic Policy Institute study suggests a roadmap for helping workers that are displaced by automation.

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BIM London: A glimpse of BIM discussions across the pond

BD+C

The Digital World: BIM event was held in central London in late September 2019. Organized by BSI Group , the British Standards Institute, this one-day conference welcomed over 100 attendees and speakers from a broad variety of fields and constituencies who spoke on an array of BIM topics. Talks ranged from embedding data to blockchain to advanced use of BIM in the field.

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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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RCC issue

The Constructor

I am a newly recruited site engineer so i am having a doubt. In the design drawing it was done based on M25 concrete and Fe500 steel and while making.

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Contour To Add Airline Base At Indianapolis International Airport

Business Facilities

The Tennessee-based regional airline's new nonstop routes will create up to 55 new jobs in central Indiana by the end of 2023. - Read: Contour To Add Airline Base At Indianapolis International Airport at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Komatsu to unveil semi-autonomous bulldozers

Construction Dive

The Japanese construction equipment manufacturer is launching new products aimed at easing the shortage of skilled dozer drivers.

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Lockout Tagout Demystified

Safety Services Company

LOCKOUT/TAGOUT & OSHA COMPLIANCE DEMYSTIFIED. Technology has advanced tremendously over the last few decades. Under ideal conditions, the equipment used in the industrial and manufacturing industry is safe to operate and requires almost no supervision. Nevertheless, the power produced by machines easily surpasses what the human body can handle. Accidents involving hazardous energy are always a possibility.

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10 biggest OSHA fines of 2019

Construction Dive

Fall protection violations are by far the most common among the heaviest fines, which reached as high as $1.8 million in 2019.

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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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Vermeer TR6400 Screening Plant

Construction Equipment

The Vermeer TR6400 trommel screen separates up to 180 cubic yards of material per hour with 0.5-inch screens working with material with less than 40 percent moisture content. It has a 100-horsepower Deutz Tier 4-F diesel, a 6.5-foot-diameter screen drum with variable speeds of 0-33.

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Truebeck Construction gets a handle on deliveries with app

Construction Dive

On the recent Uber headquarters project, StruxHub kept all players in the supply chain connected and informed, slashing unplanned deliveries to 1%.

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Volcan spillways protect resources as well as homes

Digger Blog

Here’s an interesting report from the Philippines courtesy of Volvo Construction Equipment, whose excavators are in use to provide locals with protection from erupting volcanoes.

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'Phone-A-Drone' Concept Aims to Simplify Inspection

Construction Equipment

A group of Arizona State graduate students invented a drone company called “Phone-A-Drone” as part of a class project, and are now considering it for a future enterprise.

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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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Suffolk rebrands, expands beyond construction

Construction Dive

Suffolk's new strategy will see its increased involvement through the entire lifecycle of a construction project.

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Power moves: The Shed

BD+C

When The Shed, a $435 million arts, education, and entertainment center in New York City, had its grand opening in the spring of 2019, it attracted attention for its 115-foot-tall moveable canopy that, when fully opened, adds 17,000 sf of light-, sound-, and temperature-controlled multipurpose space; and when fully retracted into the 200,000-sf building uncovers an open-air public plaza.

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Soak Pit Design | Health Aspects | Operation and Maintenance of Soak Pit | Applicability of Soak Pit Design

CivilJungle

Introduction of Soak Pit Design If there is no intention or need to reuse wastewater, collected rainwater or gray water, immersion pits can offer an economic opportunity for partial treatment of waste-water or ash from a primary treatment (eg septic tank, double pits for flush toilets, biogas collector, deflector anaerobic reactor, etc.) and a relatively […].

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HUD issues guidance on emotional support animals

BD+C

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released new guidance clarifying the responsibilities of rental housing providers and renters for reasonable accommodation requests for emotional support animals in housing.

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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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Northeast Caterpillar Dealers to Consolidate

Construction Equipment

The Caterpillar dealer in Salem, Virginia, will acquire the Cat dealer in Baltimore. Carter Machinery announced the deal to acquire Alban Tractor effective February 4. As a result, Carter Machinery will expand its territory to include Northern Virginian; Washington, D.C.; Maryland; and Delaware.

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What Is Admixture | Types of Admixtures

CivilJungle

What Is Admixture? Admixture is artificial or natural materials added to concrete, in addition to cement, water, and aggregates, to improve certain properties of concrete during casting, laying, or the service stage. To improve the properties of the concrete needed. It can be divided into two groups which are: Chemical Mineral Also, read: What Is DLC […].

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Miyamoto Office to Consult for Puerto Rico Quake Retrofits

ENR Construction

Miyamoto International, a seismic structural engineer, is opening a permanent office in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to offer its services to public and private entities to help with the repair and seismic strengthening of buildings damaged in the earthquake on Jan. 7.

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Soak Pit Design | Design Considerations

CivilJungle

Introduction of Soak Pit Design If there is no intention or need to reuse wastewater, collected rainwater or gray water, immersion pits can offer an economic opportunity for partial treatment of wastewater or ash from a primary treatment (eg septic tank, double pits for flush toilets, biogas collector, deflector anaerobic reactor, etc.) and a relatively […].

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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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Construction employment increases in 211 out of 358 metro areas from December 2018 to 2019

BD+C

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New York City Studies Feasibility of $1B Passenger Rail Line

ENR Construction

Design firms AECOM and WSP awarded $1.3 million contract to study 16-mile Brooklyn to Queens line.

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Do judge a building by its model

BD+C