The Constructor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Marston-Spangler theory for analysis of loads on sewer sanitary pipes is applicable for most of the loading conditions encountered at construction.

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Job Order Contracting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

OpenJOC – Job Order Contracting requirements, specifications , guidelines, and characteristics that can be used to assure consistency, limit variation, and enable optimal efficiency with respect to material, products, processes and services fit for facilities management… renovation, repair, maintenance, and construction. The OpenJOC suite of tools support Job Order Contracting per Owner guidelines and requirements.

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Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Tony Hamilton. Vice President, Construction Administration & Owner. EHC.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

International Truck began National Truck Driver Appreciation Week by announcing “major enhancements” to its classic-styled LoneStar model. These include redesigned doors, windows and interior gauges and controls, as well as greater comfort and a number of uptime and safety enhancements. Above: Though primarily a highway tractor, in special cases the LoneStar can be outfitted with vocationally oriented specifications suitable for some construction duties.

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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.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The 3,800-seat Covelli Multi-Sport Arena at The Ohio State University will not take the place of the Schottenstein Center, where 19,500 can watch a basketball game. What it will do is provide a home for wrestling, volleyball and gymnastics, while also allowing for lectures, concerts, banquets, academic college’s graduation, and similar campus events.

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Is your reputation based on ethics? Do you customers know they can trust your contracting work do be priced and performed ethically?

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Contractors Contract 86

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Mixed facades are becoming more popular than ever. Wall panels are increasingly being used on accent walls that complement masonry, fiber cement, and terracotta. Multiple cladding creates unique facades that draw attention. Although square and rectangular wall panels have been the norm, new shape and texture trends are emerging. Advances in manufacturing techniques allow new shape variations that are pushing the envelope and creating new design options for building exteriors.

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Drawings Design 70

Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

By the BF Staff. From the July/August 2017 Issue. A s the home to leading research in energy at Electric Power Research Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Y-12 National Security Complex, Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley has long been a mecca for renewable and alternative energy. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ornl.gov).

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Several articles with recommendations about what Houston can do to become more flood-resilient have emerged since Hurricane Harvey struck. The keys, say experts, are better land use planning and more green infrastructure. Above all, the city should acknowledge that more floods are likely and plan accordingly.

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Houston Green Infrastructure Plans 67

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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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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Irma's gone, but she left Miami's cranes battered and dangling over condos and highrises in her wake. The first crane snapped at the Vice apartment building at 300 Biscayne Blvd., on Sunday morning, where the crane's counter weight had fallen off and into the building. Shortly after, wind gusts damaged a crane boom at 600 NE 30th Terrace. Around 5p.m. another crane collapsed at Auberge Beach Residences and Spa at 2200 N.

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Miami 59

Construction Marketing Ideas

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Natural disasters and health crises (often but not necessarily correlated) provide construction businesses exceptional opportunities and challenges. Rebuilding and recovery are expensive and seemingly impossibly daunting problems. There’s money to be made, in many circumstances, but it seems wrong to focus on profit when you are dealing with survival.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Working in construction is tough enough, but lately Mother Nature seems bent on making it even tougher. Because many projects are currently dealing with issues caused by major weather events, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) has brought together a collection of TCA members with experience in these situations who wanted to pass along some ideas and comments to consider before you evacuate a job site prior to a storm and what to do prior to reentry to that job site following a disaster.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Entering some airports in the United States can feel like a throwback to the 1970s and 1980s when many of them received their last facelift. As an aviation architect, it’s hard to miss the design details that are clearly reminiscent of the days before government regulated baggage and passenger screening, and certainly well before the notion of self-service and mobile check-in.

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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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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Irma's gone, but she left Miami's cranes battered and dangling over condos and highrises in her wake. The first crane snapped at the Vice apartment building at 300 Biscayne Blvd., on Sunday morning, where the crane's counter weight had fallen off and into the building. Shortly after, wind gusts damaged a crane boom at 600 NE 30th Terrace. Around 5p.m. another crane collapsed at Auberge Beach Residences and Spa at 2200 N.

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Miami 52

Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Most of us like to keep doing things the same way. We use the same tools, the same materials and the same strategies year after year after year until we are made to change, either by competitive pressures or some other type of economic crisis.

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

A 19 th century steam plant has been adapted into the Rachel Carson Music and Campus Center for Middlesex School, an independent secondary school in Concord, Mass. The updated 22,000-sf facility includes a 134-seat recital hall and multiple practice spaces, gathering spaces, and classrooms. The former steam plant, which was once used to power the school, was updated to fit its new purpose but elements of its former life were included in the final design; the original smokestack has become the ce

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Always amuses me whenever Lois and I go to a large social event and folks discover that I'm a mechanical contractor. People seek advice for their problems and, if nothing else, it's a pleasant way to get to know new people and sometimes gain new customers.

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Contractors 49

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

As the city of Houston continues to recover from Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath, authorities are working as fast as possible to repair damages to the city’s infrastructure. Major flooding on the west side of Houston resulted in a segment of Sam Houston Tollway just south of Interstate-10 to be submerged under about 15 ft of water, which damaged the southbound lanes.

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

There is a precious resource in your business that you might be wasting. The resource I’m talking about is your decision-making ability.

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Resource 55

Green Industry Professionals

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Cedarburg Landscaping, which worked for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, must pay employees a prevailing wage.

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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

New Flyer of America Inc. will invest $25 million in major building renovations and expansions at its Anniston, AL production campus. The U.S. subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. is the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America. Photo: New Flyer. “We are extremely fortunate to have both local and state cooperation and support for this project – a true partnership,” said Wayne Joseph, President of New Flyer of America. “I specifi

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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!

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Recognize that often your CPA's (or any other professional advisor's) ability to help you is more a matter of experience than knowledge.

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Insurance 45

Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

GO Topeka Economic Partnership, the economic development organization for Topeka and Shawnee County, is committed to acting on the massive potential available to the Topeka, Kansas area. With its centralized location, Topeka is a perfect place for transport, putting the entire country easily within reach, emphasizing fuel efficiency and the future of goods transportation.

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

The online referral sites want your customers. The big box retailers want your customers. Don’t let them have them. Build a relationship fence around your customers, one picket at a time.

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Retail Site 40

Construction Superintendent Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

WASHINGTON, Wash. – The national not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in July, up 0.4 percent from a year ago, but still the third lowest July rate on record—matching the July 2001 rate, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Unemployment rates increased in 34 states on a year-over-year basis, but the construction industry employed 186,000 more workers than in July 2016, according to an analysis released today by Associated Builders and Contractors.

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Construction Cost Estimating

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

As per IS 456 : 2000 (C1 15.1), it is known that 28 days compressive strength shall individually be the standard for approval and disapproval of concrete. But as per IS 456 : 2000 (C1 16), there exist two criterion for acceptance of concrete that range from compressive strength and flexural strength. Prior to arrange test results for acceptance criteria, it is necessary to examine validation i.e. whether the sample is proper or improper for acceptance criteria.

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Contractor Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Bob Dylan wrote “The Times They Are A-Changin’” back in 1964, and boy did they ever?! Of course, ol’ Bob was referring to the political winds, but he was onto something.

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ENR Construction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Three cranes collapsed in South Florida as Hurricane Irma rolled over the state on Sept. 10, including two tower cranes working on Miami high-rises.

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