Thu.Nov 04, 2021

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Construction Cash Flow Forecasting: How Seeing the Full Picture Can Boost Your Profits

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Leslie Shiner's tips for maximizing construction cash flow and improving contractors' bottom lines.

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Electrical Installations at Construction Sites

The Constructor

A construction site has special electrical requirements. Not every electrical firm will provide such services since there are special standards to.

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Helping schools see the light: data reveals daylighting’s importance in education

Construction Specifier

Photos courtesy Bendheim. By Thomas Renner. Like most projects, architectural choices in education projects are incredibly complex. Many decisions including critical energy performance and efficiency choices are especially crucial. The biggest influencers are the community and site where the school is being built. Also important are budget and requirements for specialty spaces; gymnasiums and auditoriums are large masses that influence school design.

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How Housing Design is Changing to Meet Buyers’ Needs

Pro Builder

How Housing Design is Changing to Meet Buyers’ Needs. ldeakins. Thu, 11/04/2021 - 09:29. Buyers are revamping the home design process with a new list of demands. After increased time at home during the pandemic, more homeowners are looking for innovative design functionality with flex spaces and a heightened focus on wellbeing. Above all, space efficiency will become paramount to the real estate industry as more homeowners look for flexibility in their home floor plans.

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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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Ken Pankow: A career of caring

The Korte Company

Making the medical experience smoother for patients. Our friends at Anderson Healthcare always keep their patients top of mind. Just like any good Design-Build project, the end-user experience should be the first priority for every decision you make. . It requires painstaking attention to detail from people like Ken Pankow, Anderson Healthcare’s chief of facilities management and administrative director of facilities and safety.

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Creative water management

Construction Specifier

Water traces below an intermediate horizontal curtain wall framing member indicates past glazing leakage. Photos courtesy of WJE. A multi-story office building in the southeastern United States had experienced water leakage since soon after construction. Leakage to the interior of the building was so extensive occupants resorted to creative water management techniques, including placing plastic sheets and a variety of receptacles to collect water entering the building during rainstorms.

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How Technology Can Resolve the Labor Shortage

ENR Construction

Millennial and Gen Z workers are needed to fill the construction labor shortage. Learn how we can attract these skilled workers to construction careers.

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Home Buyers Discouraged by Rising Prices

Pro Builder

Home Buyers Discouraged by Rising Prices. ldeakins. Thu, 11/04/2021 - 09:33. Less buyers are actively searching for homes in the third quarter of 2021—here’s why. Fast-growing home prices across the U.S. are lowering the share of prospective buyers actively searching for homes, says the NAHB’s Eye on Housing. In the third quarter of 2021, the national percentage of active home buyers dropped to 57% compared to the previous quarter’s reported 61% peak total.

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ASCE Guide Examines Climate Change Threats to Infrastructure, How to Prioritize Projects

ENR Construction

Civil engineers' group highlights interdependence between different infrastructure sectors and examines how the fragility of one piece of infrastructure can have cascading impacts. .

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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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Rising Mortgage Rates Mean High Prices but Less Competition

Pro Builder

Rising Mortgage Rates Mean High Prices but Less Competition. ldeakins. Thu, 11/04/2021 - 09:41. High mortgage signal less market competition, but some homebuyers may benefit more than others. Higher mortgage rates in the coming months could be a blessing or a curse for homebuyers struggling to contend with record-breaking home prices, says Realtor.com.

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How AEC Professionals are Using Common Data Environments to Increase Collaboration and Reduce Risk

ENR Construction

Learn what a common data environment is and how a CDE helps you give construction stakeholders access to the information they need, when they need it.

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America’s Top Boomtowns of 2021

Pro Builder

America’s Top Boomtowns of 2021. ldeakins. Thu, 11/04/2021 - 09:45. SmartAsset reveals the top ten cities making a post-pandemic recovery. After hitting its lowest point during the COVID-19 crisis, real gross domestic product (GPD) is rebounding, and many U.S. cities are growing and recovering along with it. A recent survey by SmartAsset reveals the up-and-coming regions of a renewed economy as close to half of the nation’s cities are back to full employment. .

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UPDATE: OSHA Extends Vaccine Deadline to Jan. 4 for Big Employers, But Court Raises Constitutional Concerns

ENR Construction

In proposed COVID-19 emergency standard out Nov. 5, agency will allow periodic testing as a compliance step for employers of 100-plus workers, but that option is not offered to federal contractors.

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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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Business Leaders Hail The Return Of In-Person BF LiveXchange

Business Facilities

With more than 260 one-on-one meetings, Business Facilities’ 2021 LiveXchange event came roaring back to life last week in Tucson, AZ. The post Business Leaders Hail The Return Of In-Person BF LiveXchange appeared first on Business Facilities Magazine - Area Economic Development, Site Selection & Workforce Solutions.

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Recycled Plastic Lumber in the Philippines

Natural Building

The Plastic Flamingo is a social enterprise that collects and transforms plastics in the Philippines into better products. Their aim is to fight the country’s plastic waste crisis — the philippines is the third-biggest polluter in the world — by turning bottles, soft plastics, etc. into planks that can be used as a building material. Ocean plastic pollution is one of the world’s biggest environmental problems and in the Philippines, 500,000 metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year.

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Tyson Foods Ups Production In Texas With Looming Expansion

Business Facilities

Tyson Foods will expand its facility in Seguin, TX, to increase production capacity and meet increasing demand for Tyson chicken. The expansion project will represent a $58 million capital investment within the Seguin community. “We’re excited about the expansion project at Seguin, which is part of our commitment to meet increasing customer and consumer demand […].

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OSHA Extends Vaccine Deadline to Jan. 4 for Big Employers, Federal Contractors

ENR Construction

In proposed COVID-19 emergency standard out Nov. 5, agency will allow periodic testing as a compliance step for employers of 100-plus workers, but that option is not offered to federal contractors.

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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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Dept. of Labor Issues Emergency Temporary Standard to Protect Workers From Coronavirus

Contractor Magazine

The standard increases protections for 84 million private sector workers.

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UPDATE: US Appeals Court Stays OSHA Vaccine Emergency Mandates on Constitutional Grounds

ENR Construction

Government must respond by 8pm EST on Nov. 8 to court's claim of “grave statutory and constitutional issues,” in temporary restraining order of Nov.

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Denver Metro Housing Market Hits Cooling Period

Pro Builder

Denver Metro Housing Market Hits Cooling Period. ldeakins. Thu, 11/04/2021 - 09:37. Why Colorado’s capital city is seeing a decline in housing activity. . Though the housing market is still hot in most metro areas across the United States, Denver is seeing a major cooling period with fewer home sales and active listings during the month of October. .

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ASCE Guide Examines Climate Change Threats to Infrastructure, How to Prioritize Projects

ENR Construction

A new ASCE publication highlights the interdependence between different infrastructure sectors and examines how the fragility of one piece of infrastructure can have cascading impacts. .

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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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Sloan Security Group Named ENR Mountain States 2021 Specialty Contractor of the Year

ENR Construction

The firm has worked in more than 30 states and served several U.S. embassies, including the ones in Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia.

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A Preview of the 2021 Top Specialty Contractors List From ENR Mountain States

ENR Construction

The complete rankings will appear in the December issue of ENR Mountain States.