Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
The Best Value Job Order Contracting Alternative. – Independent, Objective, Best Value Job Order Contracting Solution – Open JOC. Independent, Objective, Best Value Job Order Contracting Solution – OpenJOC. Robust, Proven Processes that Delivery Approximately 90% of Renovation, Repair, and Minor New Construction Projects… On-Time, On-Budget, & To Everyone’s Satisfaction.
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
E-commerce is reshaping the landscape for traditional retailers. Store closures and consolidations in 2017 are on pace to eclipse the total number of stores that failed in 2008, in the depths of the Great Recession. Just two months ago, Credit Suisse forecasted that 20-25% of malls will close by 2022.
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Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Job Order Contracting Helps Construction Contractors in several ways. If you firm has yet to participate in JOC Programs, it may be the time to do so. Job Order Contracting Helps Construction Contractors … Outperform competitors, Achieve greater financial visibility, Improve profit margins, Develop more consistent revenue streams, Improve customer service and loyalty, Develop longer term client relationships, .
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to extend the employer's responsibility to ensure crane operator competency and enforcement for crane operator certification to Nov. 10, 2018.
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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.
Job Order Contracting
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
The Job Order Contracting Task Order Process and LEAN Construction Delivery Approach exists to improve organizational performance specifically with respect to facilities management planning, renovation, repair, and minor new construction. The Job Order Contracting Task Order Process helps owners and their approved JOC construction contractors… Improve construction outcomes, Assure appropriate management, technical/engineering, procurement, user, and construction service provider engagement
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Construction Marketing Ideas
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
What if you only had eight weeks to rebrand? The headline for the story by Josh Miles in the most recent issue of the SMPS Marketer magazine caught my attention, because it invites several other questions, like: Who would need to do anything like this? Is the name/identity for a business really important? How do […].
Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Pittsburgh International Airport is primed to take off with a $1.1 billion modernization plan unveiled Tuesday with the approval of the Allegheny County Airport Authority. The new airport proposal calls for the current landside building to be demolished and replaced with a new $783.8 million structure with new security and baggage facilities, and a reconfigured international arrivals area.
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
The Bonita Springs (Fla.) High School will cost $14 million more than its original $50 million to complete. Rising costs of construction materials and labor are driving this overrun.
Construction Equipment
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
As feared, several cranes in Miami lost their counterweights during Hurricane Irma. City of Miami inspectors have been working with general contractors at the VIce Apartment Tower, the Gran Parasio condo tower, and the Auberge Beach Residences to assess any damage the cranes may have done to the buildings' structures. Miami Commissioner Ken Russell, whose district includes downtown and Edgewater, said Miami was lucky the storm wasn't worse.
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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.
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Earthquake-prone San Francisco’s 1,070-ft-tall standout, a decade in the making, outlives the Great Recession, a height reduction, foundation woes and construction delays.
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
TRUMPF, a German machine tool and laser manufacturer, recently opened its new “Smart Factory” in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. The new space is both a factory and a showroom that turns high-tech machines and production processes into exhibition-like showpieces. The smart factory is fitted with digitally networked machines that present the entire sheet metal process chain as an interlinked, holistic process.
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
As Georgia Power created a plan to save its troubled, billions-over-budget Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project and request five more years to finish it, the utility and its parent company relied on cost, schedule and risk analyses prepared by Bechtel, Black & Veatch and consultants that included Pegasus-Global Holdings Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
BD+C
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Ken Martin, AIA, NCARB, has joined Leo A Daly to lead its Dallas office as Vice President and Managing Partner. Most of Martin’s 25-plus-year career in design, planning, and management has focused on hospitality, which happens to be the Dallas office’s largest market. He joins Leo A Daly from DLR Group, where he was that firm’s hospitality and convention center expert.
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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?
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
If initial lessons included in an interim status report on the cause of February’s failure of the main spillway at California’s Oroville Dam are heeded, hundreds of U.S. dams more than 50 years old may have to be re-examined and upgraded.
Construction Cost Estimating
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Least density of the slab should be 125 mm. Absorption of water should not be over 15% Lapping is unaccepted for the bars which contain diameter over 36 mm. Longitudinal reinforcement should be not under 0.8% and in excess of 6% of gross C/S. At least 4 numbers of bars should be used for square column and 6 numbers of bars for circular column. Minimum density of the slab should be 125 mm.
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
As Hurricane Harvey floodwaters linger in portions of Texas, assessments and some rebuilding have begun as residents and officials alike try to figure out how and whether to rebuild.
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
A new breed of folks called MSI and data engineers are rapidly evolving to help us with the process of "getting There from here.
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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.
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey’s assault on Texas and Louisiana, drones and small planes equipped with cameras and instruments fill the sky, getting a bird’s-eye view of the destruction.
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
So the networking opportunities were great, the seminars were fantastic, but the REAL action was at the Elvis Photo Booth.
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
When I was in college in the 1970s, my senior project involved designing affordable modular housing that could be transported to sites requiring minimal foundation and utility work.
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
The facility is equipped with a warehouse management system, up-to-date scanning technologies and new material-handling equipment.
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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!
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
In response to devastating floods in the past few weeks from Hurricanes Harvey and Irene in Texas, Louisiana and many areas in the Southeast, the American Society of Civil Engineers’ library has assembled a set of papers and publications that highlight post-flood response and the risks posed by flooding in urban areas, making them free and publicly available to non-members until Dec. 31, 2017.
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
A contentious special session of the Hawaii Legislature has averted the latest crisis for Honolulu’s controversial light-rail project, enacting a $2.4-billion financial bridge that backers hope will carry construction of the planned 20-mile, $8-billion system to completion in 2025.
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Weldon Long played the drums and talking about dreaming big during his opening keynote speech.
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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!
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Dominion Energy is set to build a $2-billion pumped hydroelectric storage unit in southwest Virginia to accommodate 240 MW of solar generation it plans to add every year through 2032, the company confirmed.
Business Facilities
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Paints and coatings company AkzoNobel is celebrating the opening of the world’s most advanced and sustainable paint factory in Ashington, North-East England. The Northumberland plant, which cost more than $132 million to build, is the largest ever global investment by the decorative paints business and will become the new center of production for Dulux, the UK’s most popular paint brand. “This is a significant investment in the UK and an important milestone for AkzoNobel,”
ENR Construction
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
FHWA redistributes unused TIFIA, FAST Act grants' obligation authority.
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