Wed.Mar 14, 2018

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Transforming Operations with Collaborative Cloud Technology

Construction Business Owner

Construction doesn’t happen in the office—it occurs out in the field among the project teams and during collaboration with everyone involved in the project. This collaboration and the timely sharing of information for fast, well-informed decision making is crucial to success. Data and information needs to be delivered to those who need it when they need it.

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5 Tips to Buying a Luxury Lake House in Minnesota

Construction Marketing

The scenic view surrounding your house should be eye-catching and breathtaking. All this can be achieved by finding the perfect lake house. At times this can be hard to find due to budgetary constraints. That is why when you look for a designer, you should be very vigilant and careful. Do a good detailed research and a background check to confirm the credentials of the designer.

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Avoid Losing Valuable Employees to the Competition

Construction Business Owner

Currently, there is less than 2 percent unemployment for project managers, estimators and field supervisors in the construction industry. Keeping your best talent should be your top priority. Let’s review a few causes of great employees leaving good companies, and what happens when business owners can’t let go of control.

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Floating Foundations – Principles, Suitability and Construction Difficulties

The Constructor

What is a Floating Foundation? A foundation is laid on ground by excavating some amount of soil. After that, a structure is built on it. In case of.

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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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How to Hire Top-Tier Talent

Construction Business Owner

Hiring talented individuals has become the latest in a long line of routine challenges for many business leaders. Whether it is exhausting the new channels of social media or tapping old relationships in the recruiting world, firms have made it a full-time job to increase the capacity in their personnel pipelines. Too often, the pull of “just in time” labor seems to take precedence, short-circuiting the need for process discipline and strict adherence to higher standards.

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Create Your Best Construction “About” Page

Construction Marketing

Customers who view your “About” page spend 22.5% more than those who don’t. If they’re looking over your “About” page, it’s already a good sign, but you don’t want to lose them there. Use your “About” page to further showcase your construction business and explain to visitors why they should consider your firm over others. Here’s some tips that will enhance your page and help you seal the deal with potential customers.

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Construction Management – the ultimate guide

Lets Build

Construction management (CM) is a long and extremely demanding process. It’s the foundation for every building project and the key to its success. The main purpose of construction management is to sharply control and monitor the progress of a project in terms of quality, cost and time. It covers a.

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JOB ORDER CONTRACTING AND BIM

Job Order Contracting

Who says LEAN, JOB ORDER CONTRACTING, AND BIM don’t mix? 4BT-CE Building in Cloud leverages the power of LEAN Repair, Renovation, and Minor New Construction Delivery with BIM, allowing you to easily link to existing building BIM models, even in a federated form. . Information in the BIM models is directly imported into the 4BT-CE Building in Cloud OpenJOC(TM) work environment, without the need for costly BIM software.

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10 Ways Technology Is Closing the Productivity Gap

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Here are 10 ways technology and software are already working to increase productivity:

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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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Build smarter with the construction industry's foundational tools

Construction Dive

From kickoff to wrap-up of a construction project, you have a lot of moving parts to coordinate. The back and forth of handling bids and blueprints and managing documents between teams can lead to confusion and mixups. But technology like Dropbox and Fieldwire can help cut through logistical down.

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Movers + Shapers: Lean and Mean

BD+C

The Lean construction movement is on the march. Its parent organization, the Lean Construction Institute, celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. LCI now has 218 corporate members, 38 owner members, and 31 active Communities of Practice. Its 2017 conference attracted more than 1,500 attendees, from 125 countries. There’s also been a noticeable bump in client interest in Lean lately.

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Augmented reality glasses enhance reality with sound

Construction Dive

With the augmented/virtual reality market projected to grow dramatically during the next four years, the technology is rapidly evolving for the construction industry.

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How to solve the housing crunch on college campuses

BD+C

It is predicted that this year alone, 30.4 million students will enroll in higher education institutions in the U.S. – that’s 5.1 million more students than in 2000. Yet, while enrollments are on the rise, the availability of campus housing has consistently lagged behind. In fact, on-campus bed capacity, a metric that many say helps assess overall satisfaction of student life and campus culture, has been largely ignored over the years.

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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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Employers need a digital culture, not just digital tools, to compete

Construction Dive

Results from a Microsoft survey indicate that, without the right cultural mindset, new tech tools may cause conflict rather than enable innovation.

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New parking lighting technology is paying off, Energy Dept. says

BD+C

The latest lighting technology for parking areas quickly pays for itself and can reap energy savings of up to 70%, according to the U.S. Dept. of Energy.

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More features now standard on Doosan loaders

Digger Blog

Korea’s Doosan Construction Equipment has added a raft of new features as standard items on its five large wheeled loader models. Korea’s Doosan Construction Equipment has added a raft of new features as standard items on its five large wheeled loader models.

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Becoming nature: The building design evolution meets the living building revolution

BD+C

There has been an observable series of changes throughout the history of the built environment. The changes moved slowly at first and now are exploding with innovative concepts. And all this change has been in the context of the powerful relationship between humans and nature. And now the rapidly changing approach to the built environment is stumbling over rating systems on its way to provide a more harmonious connection between people, their buildings, and the environment.

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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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Pound for Pound

Green Industry Professionals

As Avant Tecno expands its dealer network across the U.S., more landscape contractors are finding out how a compact articulating loader could prove to be the toughest workhorse they could add to their fleets.

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AGC: Tariff increases threaten to make many project unaffordable

BD+C

Construction costs escalated in February, driven by price increases for a wide range of building materials including steel and aluminum , according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released today. Association officials warned that newly imposed tariffs on those metals will create steeper increases that will squeeze budgets for infrastructure, school districts and commercial projects.

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Ohio negotiating for $10B ethane cracker plant

Construction Dive

If the plan goes forward, the Belmont County plant could create as many as 6,000 construction jobs and 500 permanent positions once complete.

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Building Design+Construction named a 2018 Jesse H. Neal Award finalist in two categories

BD+C

The 64th annual Jesse H. Neal Awards recently announced its finalists, with SGC/SGC Horizon brands tallying 15 finalist recognitions in 11 categories. Among the SGC/SGC Horizon brands earning this prestigious 2018 recognition is Building Design+Construction /BDCnetwork.com.

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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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Korte Construction: A blog that communicates effectively

Construction Marketing Ideas

I could be guilty of duplicate content in deciding to re-run last year’s review of Korte Construction’s blog this year.

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Louisiana plans first P3 for $112M tunnel, bridge replacement

Construction Dive

Officials also hope to use a public-private partnership to chip away at the state's $13 billion backlog of infrastructure projects.

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Rover Pipeline Told to Cease & Desist - Again

Construction Equipment

The 713-mile long Rover Pipeline, owned by Energy Transfer Partners, was ordered to stop construction for the second time in a year. Scott Mandirola, director of West Virginia's Division of Water and Waste Management, said multiple violations were found in Tyler, Wetzel, and Doddridge counties during inspections in February.

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Serious Labs debuts aerial virtual reality training simulator

Construction Dive

The technology includes various scenarios for scissor and boom lifts and will provide feedback about the operator's performance.

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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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Getting there may be costing you more

BD+C

The cost of shipping by truck has been increasing due to a combination of conditions, including a long-running and worsening shortage of truck drivers, minimal increases in driver pay, and a new required logging device that prevents drivers from cheating on safety requirements. Several major companies that ship large quantities of goods are reporting increases of 10% or more in shipping costs. .

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Differentiating the Dealership from the Competition

Green Industry Professionals

Selling propane equipment can help outdoor power equipment dealers grow their customer base and stand out from the competition.

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Amazon HQ2 'losers' use bid process as learning experience

Construction Dive

Some cities already plan to reuse bid materials, while many agree that the bidding process alone set them up well for future competitions.

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