Tue.Jan 09, 2018

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What to Do When LOTO is Not Feasible

FDR Safety

I’m finding clients who have excellent lockout/tagout programs but who have not taken the necessary step of identifying tasks where LOTO is not feasible. When you ask the right questions, you will typically find some number of service and maintenance tasks where the task must be done with power. These are tasks that call for further analysis and action.

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Why Redwood Could Be Your Company's Solution to More Durable, Responsible Building

Construction Business Owner

There’s no denying that sustainable building projects continue to grow in popularity among commercial construction clients. A Dodge Data & Analytics World Green Building Trends 2016 SmartMarket Report projected that the global green building sector will double every 3 years, with survey respondents from 70 countries reporting 60 percent of their projects will be green by 2018.

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Top 50 Construction Universities in the World

Lets Build

Sometimes it can be hard to make the right decisions, especially when it comes to choosing the right university for your future career. And when you want your career in construction, not every university offers a degree in this field of work. To make this choice more easy, we made.

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Laying a Solid Foundation with BIM

Construction Business Owner

In the concrete business, once slabs are poured, changes can be costly. For this reason, concrete contractors stand to benefit considerably from implementing a building information modeling (BIM) solution in their companies. One such contractor, Schuster Concrete Construction, is a full-service, ready-mixed concrete supplier and concrete contracting company, headquartered in Maryland.

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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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Types of Flat Roofs and the Repair Guidelines

Lets Build

A number of homes and buildings opt for flat roofing structures, to give a subtle look. Although flat roofing appears quite promising, they may require a humongous deal of close check. Often flat roof repair companies offer a periodic check on breakdowns, splits which will keep your shelter in a.

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How local recruiters can help construction find talent amid a shortage

Construction Dive

Industry recruitment firms are building relationships with superintendents and project managers who can be tapped later for jobs — but for hefty fees.

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The addition of a medical practice is part of the cure for reviving a shopping mall in Scranton, Pa.

BD+C

Sometime this spring, Delta Medix, a Scranton, Pa.-based consortium of 20 physicians, is scheduled to consolidate its seven practices, spread over five local offices, into a 44,000-sf space within the Marketplace at Steamtown, a ‘90s-era shopping mall in Scranton that is in the process of reinventing itself as a lifestyle center. The space into which Delta Medix will relocate is the first floor of a former 100,000-sf Bon Ton department store that had been closed since its lease expired in Januar

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Communicating with construction specifiers: Some worthy ideas

Construction Marketing Ideas

UK-based marketing consultant Chris Ashworth has published a useful post: Communicating with construction specifiers – choosing your communication channels, which I believe provides some helpful observations about marketing to and through these important individuals in the construction marketing ecosystem. Specifiers, generally employed at architectural practices; but also within procurement agencies and sometimes working as independent […].

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$75B Senate bridge bill gains transportation industry support

Construction Dive

The news follows shortly after a report that found 23% of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.

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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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Supplier-based resources: Bringing your marketing upstream, or downstream

Construction Marketing Ideas

Michael Stone has posted a fascinating page based on a webinar program sponsored by Great Lakes Windows (Ply Gem) titled “2018: Plan for More Quality Leads, Better Closings and Making More Money.” The supplier organized a program, where it invited three residential contractor marketing consultants to provide their insights to its customers.

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Can Bridges Handle Weight of Platooning Trucks?

Construction Equipment

Consider this: ARTBA reported in February 2017 that nearly 56,000 of the nation's bridges are rated 'Structurally Deficient. How will platooning truck trains affect those already structurally stressed bridges? Truck platooning differs from a truck convoy in that the platoon uses AI to connect two or more autonomous vehicles within an approximate following distance of 30 feet.

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New 58-unit luxury apartment building under construction in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood

BD+C

Chicago’s upscale Gold Coast neighborhood is about to receive a new boutique rental building with a mix of 58 luxury two- and three-bedroom residences. Included among the 58 units will be seven two-story “maisonette” row home units with direct street-level entrances and private terraces. The row homes will flank the ground floor of the property. The streetscape on all sides of the building will be enhanced by the row homes terraces as well as landscaping beds designed by Jacobs/Ryan Associates.

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Video: Crane Operator Fishes 4 Accident Victims Out of River

Construction Equipment

Brilliant crane operator risked his own life to save others after witnessing a commuter bus being struck by an oncoming car, causing the bus to roll into a shipping channel in Changzhou Province in China.

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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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Beverage Manufacturer, Distributor Relocating HQ To Indiana

Business Facilities

Blue Marble Cocktails and Spirits is investing more than $9 million to relocate its Oregon-based headquarters and manufacturing operations to Indianapolis, IN. - Read: Beverage Manufacturer, Distributor Relocating HQ To Indiana at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Dodge Momentum Index ends 2017 on a high note

Construction Dive

The month's uptick was driven by the institutional sector, which shot up 8.6% month over month, while the commercial sector grew by a modest 0.7%.

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Here’s what customers really need from you

Contractor Magazine

Your car’s engine sputters and dies while you’re driving and you’re able to coast into the first garage that you see. The mechanic looks under the hood then asks, “What seems to be the problem?” And then, “What would you like me to fix?

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Assurant Expanding In Pennsylvania, Creating 307 Jobs

Business Facilities

Assurant will invest approximately $4 million to support the growth of its mobile phone repair business, with help from Pennsylvania grants and tax credits. - Read: Assurant Expanding In Pennsylvania, Creating 307 Jobs at BusinessFacilities.com.

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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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MD Transportation Department snags 27 inquiries for $7.6B highway project

Construction Dive

The overhaul would represent North America's largest highway public-private partnership to date.

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Weekly Product Gallery: Wi-Fi-enabled products

Contractor Magazine

This week’s gallery highlights Wi-Fi-enabled products: a smart water shut-off that detects catastrophic water leaks; a Wi-Fi interface for HVAC products; a tankless water heater Wi-Fi adapter; a control module for demand water recirculation; a learning thermostat that remembers users preferred temperatures; and redesigned commercial tankless water heaters for Internet of Things capability.

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The process of concrete by weight and volume

Construction Cost Estimating

atching is defined as the method for computing & combining the various components (cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and water) for the formation of concrete prior to mixing following the mix design. If this calculation is accomplished based on the volume, it is known as volume batching. Batching is categorized as follow :- 1) Volume batching 2) Weigh batching Volume batching: In volume batching, the mass of each component is not calculated before batching, rather than there are some

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ENR MidAtlantic Announces 2018 Top Young Professionals

ENR Construction

ENR MidAtlantic is excited to announce the names on its 2018 Top Young Professionals list.

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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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Checklist of Concrete Formwork at Construction Site throughout Concreting and Striking

Construction Cost Estimating

Concrete formwork stands for a temporary supporting structure for concrete. It is arranged at the job site to retain the concrete in perfect position and shape unless it becomes solidified. Ensure that formwork should be done prior to start of concreting work, throughout concreting and after elimination of formwork. Concrete formwork contains both quality and safety threats.

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FERC Rejects DOE Rule as Winter Storm Proves Grid Resiliency

ENR Construction

While proponents of a grid resiliency measure said it would bolster the system during bad weather, the recent winter storm proved such efforts unnecessary.

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Elementary school, daycare campus will serve Toronto's skyrise neighborhood

BD+C

In less than two decades, Toronto’s Railway Lands district has transformed from an industrial waterfront railway yard into a city within a city, aptly named CityPlace. More than 20,000 people call CityPlace home. Most reside in a collection of residential and mixed-use towers. While the district’s vertical living lifestyle is geared for young singles and empty nesters, CityPlace has attracted a surprising number of families.

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West Virginia Kicks Off Bond-Funded Road Construction

ENR Construction

An eight-mile widening of the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley will be the first project to receive funding from the $1.6 billion bond program approved in a November 2016 referendum.

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Discover 7 Ways to Cut Construction Inefficiencies

Construction sites are often just-barely-controlled chaos. Without clear coordination, you risk everything from clashes to delays, cancellations, and missed deadlines. Get the free eBook & learn how to solve the biggest challenges in construction!

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Federal appeals court orders EPA to revise lead standard within a year

BD+C

In late December, a federal appeals court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to revise its nearly 17-year-old standard for dangerous levels of lead in paint and dust. The agency has one year to do so. The EPA must propose a new rule within 90 days , instead of the six years the Trump administration had requested to reconsider what levels of lead exposure are acceptable for children.

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Congressman Suggests Raising Corporate Taxes To Pay for Infrastructure

Construction Equipment

On Monday's CNBC Power Lunch , Representative John Delaney of Maryland presented his idea to create a "transformative infrastructure plan" that would fund the $200 billion infrastructure investment the Trump administration has talked about while still keeping corporate America happy.

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Trump administration slow to fill open OSHA inspector positions

Construction Dive

OSHA is just one federal agency where the administration has put the brakes on hiring.

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